Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS-SERIES MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC ENGINEERING IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, cilt.23, sa.3, ss.863-870, 2023 (ESCI)
In recent years, apprehensions surrounding the pervasive employment of chemical control methods in global
agricultural production have intensified, primarily due to their detrimental effects on non-target organisms. This
situation accentuates the importance of technology-driven alternatives for managing plant diseases in agriculture.
One such technological innovation, thermal imaging technology, has emerged as a promising tool for the early
detection of plant diseases. Infections often induce stress in plants, leading to either elevated or reduced
temperatures at the point of infection. It is postulated that thermal imaging may effectively identify such temperature
deviations in plant tissues afflicted by disease during the initial stages. The study investigated temperature
differences in leaves infected by Erysiphe cichoracearum, with disparities up to 1.6 °C. Over three weeks, the
surface temperatures of numerous leaves were analysed at 30-minute intervals. In three weeks period, it was shown
that infected leaf surfaces had significantly lower average daily temperatures than ambient and healthy leaf
temperatures. Furthermore, healthy leaf temperatures remained consistently lower than ambient temperatures
throughout the study.