Advances in AI for Plant Protection

Preface

Introductory Chapter: Advances in AI for Plant Protection

Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam, Rawan K. Hassan, Toka E. Abdelkhalek, Ramadan A. Arafa and Hassan Almoammar

Plant Pest Monitoring Remote Sensing, Image Processing and Artificial Intelligence

Muhammad Atiq, Nasir Ahmad Rajput, Azeem Akram, Muhammad Jahanzaib Matloob and Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam

Robotic Systems and Drones for Precision Spraying and Monitoring

Hadjer Saifi, Rayane Saifi, Bekri Xhemali, Hysen Kokiçi, Messaouda Benabdelkader, Ali Kaan Askin and Izzet Akça

Artificial Intelligence and Sensing Techniques for the Management of Insect Pest and Diseases in Cotton

Muhammad Ashfaq, Iqra Mushtaq, Samah Bashir Kayani, Muhammad Mahmood Ahmed, Muhammad Shaaban, Nimra Zubair Khan and Mirza Abid Mehmood

AI-Driven Synergies: A New Era of Pest Control Integration

Anurag Yadav and Kusum Yadav

Early Disease Prediction and Prevention Strategies

Abdelatti I. Nowwar, Samah H. Abu-Hussien and Salem S. Salem

Detection of Tomato, Potato, and Wheat Leaf Diseases via Artificial Intelligence

Faizan Ali, Akhtar Hameed, Abdul Rahman, Hafiz Muhammad Usman Aslam, Sohaib Sarfraz and Muhammad Usman Afzal

Utilizing AI for Remote Sensing and Monitoring of Crop Health

Prajakta Y. Pachorkar, Chaitanya S. Mogal, Jagruti Chavan, Chetan A. Patil, Monali Sonwane, Pranay Deore, Harshali Deore, Pratiksha Agare and Minal Jagtap

Detection and Monitoring of Wheat Rust Disease using AI Techniques

Harold Paniza and Soumya Ghosh

AI Algorithms for Early Detection and Diagnosis of Plant Diseases

Muhammad Atiq, Nasir Ahmad Rajput, Azeem Akram, Muhammad Wahab and Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam

The Role of AI in Plant Diseases Detection and Their Impact on Crop Yields

Heba Yousef, Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam and Salah M. Abdel-Momen

Precision Spraying and Targeted Pesticide Application

Subhan Ali, Akhtar Hameed, Abdul Rehman, Rana Binyamin, Hafiz Muhammad Usman Aslam, Muhammad Waqar Alam and Rabia Rasheed

New Concepts in Artificial Intelligence for Automated Weed Control

Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam, Heba Yousef, Rawan K. Hassan, Toka E. Abdelkhalek and Hassan Almoammar

Integration of AI with Precision Agriculture for Targeted Pest Control

Akhtar Hameed, Subhan Ali, Hafiz Muhammad Usman Aslam, Muhammad Waqar Alam, Faizan Ali, Rana Binyamin and Muhammad Umair Rafiq

Artificial Intelligence-Powered Plant Protection Systems: Ethical Considerations, Challenges and Emerging Trends

Hafiz Muhammad Usman Aslam, Saba Aslam, Akhtar Hameed, Muhammad Zeeshan Mansha, Hasan Riaz and Faizan Ali

AI-Powered Innovations in Plant Virology

Prabha K.

Index

About the Editors

Biography

Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam, Ph.D., is currently a Research Professor and Deputy Director for Research at the Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt. Dr. Kamel’s research interests include developing and improving plant biosecurity diagnostic tools, understanding fungal pathogen genomes, and creating eco-friendly hybrid nanomaterials for controlling toxigenic fungi and plant diseases as well as applications in agroecosystems. Kamel earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Plant Pathology from Christian Albrechts University of Kiel (Germany) and Suez Canal University (Egypt). In 2008, he was awarded a postdoc-toral fellowship from the same institution. Dr. Kamel served as a Visiting Associate Professor at Mae Fah Luang University in Thailand, the Institute of Microbiology at TUM in Germany, the Laboratory of Phytopathology at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, and the Plant Protection Department at Sassari University in Italy.

He has published 41 books related to nanobiotechnology applications in agriculture and plant protection with major publishing houses such as Springer, Taylor & Francis, and Elsevier. Since 2019, he has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier book series Nanobiotechnology for Plant Protection and as the Series Editor for Applications of Genome Modified Plants and Microbes in Food and Agriculture. Additionally, he has been an active member of the Elsevier Advisory Panel since 2020, providing feedback and suggestions to improve Elsevier’s products and services. He has published more than 328 scientific research articles in international and regional specialized journals with high impact factors, and has an H-index of 55, an i-10 index of 173, and over +11802 citations. He served as a Guest Editor for the Journal of Fungi, Plants, and Microorganisms, and as a Review Editor for Frontiers in Genomic Assay Technology, Agrochemicals, and Plant Nano Biology. He was ranked in the top 2% of the most influential scientists in the world in nanobiotechnology for 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 by Elsevier and Stanford University. In 2014, he was awarded the Federation of Arab Scientific Research Councils Prize for excellent scientific research in biotechnology (fungal genomics), ranking first. Additionally, he received the Egyptian State Award for Agricultural Scientific Excellence from ASRT, Egypt, in 2022 with a silver medal.

Aftab Ahmad, Ph.D., is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center (NMSRC), University of Nizwa, Oman. Dr. Aftab’s research interests include developing biotic stress-tolerant gene-edited plants using CRISPR/Cas technology. He has published four international books on CRISPR and more than 40 research articles in international peer reviewed journals including Frontiers in Plant Science, Journal of Biomedical Sciences, Scientific Reports-Nature, PLOS One, Journal of Translational Medicine, Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, Molecules, Journal of Cereal Science, and Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. Dr. Aftab pursued his Ph.D. and postdocs in Plant Molecular Biology from the University of Shizuoka, Japan, under the Center of Excellence (COE, 21st Century) program. He works as a guest editor in Frontiers in Genome Editing and Frontiers in Plant Sciences. Dr. Aftab also served as a visiting scientist in the Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA. Dr. Aftab has more than ten years of teaching experience in biochemistry and molecular biology, and his research focuses on CRISPR/Cas-based genome editing in plants.