Optics in Agriculture

Patricia Daukantas

Around the world, farmers—in their continual quest for higher crop yields, lower production costs and better-quality products—are gaining an edge from optical sensing and lighting technologies.

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Few industries define human civilization as strongly as agriculture. And, as the world’s population continues to grow, few technologies are as poised to improve the cultivation of food, fiber and fuel crops as optics.

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