Time (Rome) Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4

Monday, November 6
10:15-11:00 Opening Ceremony - Welcome Addresses
11:00-11:45 Plenary Session - Keynote Speaker - José Enrique Fernández
Sceptic about digital agriculture? Watch this!
12:00-13:30 S1.1: Digital technologies and sustainable agriculture: meeting users' and societal needs S1.2: Advances in Plant Phenotyping in Agriculture S1.3: Artificial Intelligence, innovative data analysis and big data for agriculture and food applications  
13:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00 S2.1: Advances on new sensors and models for more sustainable protected cultivations S2.2: Advances in Agro-Hydrological Sensing and Modelling for Precision Irrigation S2.3: Sensors and digital technologies for mapping and monitoring soil - PART I  
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-18:00 S3.1: Bioinspired Engineering, Soft Robotics and Bio-hybrid Technologies as new Frontiers in Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Management S3.2: Measurements and modelling of mass and energy fluxes in agricultural and forest ecosystems S3.3: Sensors and digital technologies for mapping and monitoring soil - PART II  
18:00-18:40 ST1: Tutorial #1 - Alessandro Matese - UAV Applications for Digital Agriculture ST2: Tutorial #2 - Filippo Giannetti - Opportunistic Use of Microwave Satellite Signals for Rainfall Measurement ST3: Tutorial #3 - Stefano Chessa - Internet of Things, Cloud and Artificial Intelligence in Digital Agriculture  
18:40-20:00 Welcome Reception

Tuesday, November 7
09:00-10:30 S4.1: Measurements in olive for precision orchard management S4.2: Vision Systems for Agri&Food Applications based on Embedded Processing S4.3: Robotics for Agro-Forestry and Landscape Applications - PART I  
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:45 Plenary Session - Keynote Speaker - John Steven Selker
The Challenge of the Simple Within the Complexity of Hydrology
12:00-13:30 S5.1: Precision management of horticultural crops - PART I S5.2: Sensing and Data Platforms: what is ahead of us - PART I S5.3: Robotics for Agro-Forestry and Landscape Applications - PART II  
13:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00 S6.1: Precision management of horticultural crops - PART II S6.2: Sensing and Data Platforms: what is ahead of us - PART II S6.3: Technologies and Strategies for Sustainable Livestock Farming - PART I  
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-18:00 S7.1: Optical sensors in Plant Pathology S7.2: Earth Observation for agricultural water management under scarcity conditions in the Mediterranean area S7.3: Technologies and Strategies for Sustainable Livestock Farming - PART II  
20:00-23:00 Gala Dinner

Wednesday, November 8
09:30-11:00 S8.1: Measurements in soil hydrological processes and properties S8.2: Smart Systems for Operational Forest Monitoring, Automation and Analysis S8.3: Metrology to support smart agricultural specialisations for monitoring and controlling pollutants in production environments S8.4: General Session
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:15 Plenary Session - Keynote Speaker - Danilo Demarchi
Let the Plants do the Talking: Smart Agriculture by the messages received from Plants and Soil
12:15-13:00 Poster Session
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Closing and Award Ceremony

Monday, November 6

Monday, November 6 10:15 - 11:00

Opening Ceremony - Welcome Addresses

Monday, November 6 11:00 - 11:45

Plenary Session - Keynote Speaker - José Enrique Fernández
Sceptic about digital agriculture? Watch this!

Monday, November 6 12:00 - 13:30

S1.1: Digital technologies and sustainable agriculture: meeting users' and societal needs

Room 1
12:00 The LandSupport Platform to Help Land Managers in the Mitigation of Degradation of Natural Resources
Marialaura Bancheri (Institute for Agriculture and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean, National Research Council & CRISP Research Center, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy); Giuliano Langella (University of Napoli Federico II, Italy); Piero Manna (Institute for Agriculture and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean & National Research Council, Italy); Florindo Antonio Mileti, Giuliano Ferraro and Luciana Minieri (CRISP Research Center, Italy); Angelo Basile (Institute for Agriculture and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean, Italy); Fabio Terribile (University of Napoli Federico II, Italy)
12:15 Development of a Data Integration Architecture for Modern Sustainable Farming Systems: A Greenhouse Test Case
Jorge A Sánchez-Molina and Manuel Muñoz Rodriguez (University of Almeria, Spain); Ruben Avelino Gonzalez Morales (CeiA3 - CIESOL. Universidad de Almería., Spain); Cynthia Lynn Giagnocavo (CIAMBITAL - CeiA3. University of Almería, Spain)
12:30 A Methodology for Process Modelling in Living Labs to Foster Agricultural Digitalisation
Chiara Mannari (National Research Council, Italy); Manlio Bacco (European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) & National Research Council (CNR), Italy); Alessio Ferrari (National Research Council (CNR), Italy); Livia Ortolani, Maria Bonaria Lai, Chiara Mignani, Alina Silvi, Alessio Malizia and Gianluca Brunori (University of Pisa, Italy)
12:45 Co-Design and e-Governance Tools for Sustainable Land and Water Management in Rural Areas: The Experience Within the DESIRA H2020 Project
Fabio Lepore and Livia Ortolani (University of Pisa, Italy); Alessio Ferrari (National Research Council (CNR), Italy); Nicholas Fiorentini (National Research Council (CNR) & University of Pisa, Italy); Chiara Mannari (National Research Council, Italy); Manlio Bacco (European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) & National Research Council (CNR), Italy); Gianluca Brunori (University of Pisa, Italy)
13:00 Enhancing Irrigation Efficiency in Living Green Wall by Using Temperature Data to Estimate Evapotranspiration
Iqra Sarfraz (Scuola Superiore Santanna, Italy); Anacleto Rizzo and Fabio Masi (Iridra, Italy); Luca Sebastiani (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy)

S1.2: Advances in Plant Phenotyping in Agriculture

Room 2
12:00 Towards an Integrated Plant Phenotyping - Technology, Data, Community
Roland Pieruschka (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany); Simone Gatzke (Forschungszentrum Julich, Germany); Philipp von Gillhaussen (IPPN, Germany); Sven Fahrner and Ulrich Schurr (Forschungszentrum Julich, Germany)
12:15 Phenotyping Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Emitted by Plants
Assunta Russo (University of Naples Federico II, Italy); Maurilia Maria Monti and Michelina Ruocco (National Reaserch Council, Italy); Francesco Loreto (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
12:30 Application of Image-Based Phenotyping for Assessing Tolerance of Rice Varieties to Combined Water and Salt Stress
Andi Isti Sakinah, Yunus Musa and Muh Farid (Hasanuddin University (UNHAS), Indonesia); Aris Hairmansis (National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia); Muhammad Fuad Anshori (Hasanuddin University (UNHAS), Indonesia); Marco Moriondo (Istituto di Bioeconomia CNR, Italy); Marco Bindi and Riccardo Rossi (University of Florence (UNIFI), Italy)
12:45 Preliminary Image-Based Appraisal of Starch in Grapevine Canes
Antonio Carlomagno, Antonella Zaccagnino and Giuseppe Montanaro (University of Basilicata, Italy); Laura Rustioni (University of Salento, Italy); Vitale Nuzzo (University of Basilicata, Italy)
13:00 Tomato Detection in Challenging Scenarios Using YOLO-Based Single Stage Detectors
Angelo Cardellicchio (STIIMA CNR, Italy); Vito Renò (STIIMA CNR - Bari, Italy); Rosa Pia Devanna (STIIMA CNR, Italy); Roberto Marani (National Research Council (CNR), Italy); Annalisa Milella (National Research Council, Italy)

S1.3: Artificial Intelligence, innovative data analysis and big data for agriculture and food applications

Room 3
12:00 Satellite-Based Grapevine Phenological Stage Detection Through a Deep Supervised Machine Learning Approach
Giacomo Blanco, Federico Oldani and Dario Salza (LINKS Foundation, Italy); Boris Basile (University of Naples Federico II, Italy); Claudio Rossi (LINKS Foundation, Italy)
12:15 An Intelligent Q&A Module for Tea Diseases and Pests Based on Automatic Knowledge Graph Construction
Qiang Huang, Youzhi Tao and Shitao Ding (Sichuan Agricultural University, China); Yongbo Liu (Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China); Francesco Marinello (University of Padova, Italy)
12:30 A Novel Automatic Method for Primary Roots Length Measurements in Arabidopsis Thaliana
Ciro Allará, Manuela Ciocca, Mauro Maver and Tanja Mimmo (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy); Luisa Petti (Free University of Bolzano, Italy)
12:45 Automating Grape Thinning: Predicting Robotic Arm End-Effector Positions Using Depth Sensing Technology and Neural Networks
Prawit Buayai, Yin Suan Tan, Muhammad Faris Bin Kamarudzaman, Koji Makino, Hiromitsu Nishizaki and Xiaoyang Mao (University of Yamanashi, Japan)
13:00 Deep Learning Techniques to Predict the Optimal Harvest Time and Yield in Greenhouse Tomatoes
Manuel Pérez-Ruiz (University of Sevilla, Spain); Diego J. Gallardo Romero (University of Seville, Spain); Orly Enrique Apolo-Apolo (Ghent University, Spain)

Monday, November 6 13:30 - 14:30

Lunch

Monday, November 6 14:30 - 16:00

S2.1: Advances on new sensors and models for more sustainable protected cultivations

Room 1
14:30 Hybridization of Vegetation Index With Agroclimatic Data to Improve Biomass Estimation in Tomato for Precision N Management
Vito Cerasola, Giuseppina Pennisi and Francesco Orsini (University of Bologna, Italy); Stefano Bona (University of Padova, Italy); Giorgio Gianquinto (University of Bologna, Italy)
14:45 Identification and Counting of Cucumber Downy Mildew Sporangia in Solar Greenhouses Based on the Improved YOLOV5
Dongyuan Shi (Shihezi University, China); Zhihuan Ding, Xiaohui Chen and Kaige Liu (Research Center of Information Technology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Fo, China); Xinting Yang (Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, China); Ming Diao (Shihezi University, China); Ming Li (China National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agricul, China)
15:00 Experimental Analysis on Temperature Gradient and Environmental Parameters in a Greenhouse: A Case Study on Tomato Soilless Cultivation
Gianluca Caposciutti, Fatjon Cela, Luca Incrocci and Bernardo Tellini (University of Pisa, Italy)
15:15 Modeling Production and Energy Needs of a Vertical Farm
Andrea Baccioli, Linda Capannoli, Giuseppina Di Lorenzo, Luca Incrocci, Alberto Pardossi and Aldo Bischi (University of Pisa, Italy)
15:30 Greenhouse Climatic Sensing Through Agricultural Robots and Recurrent Neural Networks
Elia Brentarolli and Sara Migliorini (University of Verona, Italy); Davide Quaglia (Universita di Verona, Italy); Claudio Tomazzoli (University of Verona, Italy)

S2.2: Advances in Agro-Hydrological Sensing and Modelling for Precision Irrigation

Room 2
14:30 Plant Water Stress Derived Indexes From Water Potential and Diameter Fluctuations Measurements
María R. Conesa (Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS-CSIC), Spain); Wenceslao Conejero, Juan Vera, Ana Belén Mira-García and María Carmen Ruiz-Sánchez (CEBAS-CSIC, Spain)
14:45 Appraising the Stem Water Potential of Citrus Orchards From UAV-Based Multispectral Imagery
Giuseppe Longo Minnolo (University of Catania, Italy); Simona Consoli and Daniela Vanella (Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy); Serena Guarrera, Giuseppe Manetto and Emanuele Cerruto (University of Catania, Italy)
15:00 Capability of Hyperspectral and Thermal Data to Predict Gas Exchange and Chlorophyll Fluorescence Parameters in Broccoli
Juan Miguel Ramírez-Cuesta (University of Catania, Italy); Diego S. Intrigliolo and José Martínez Calvo (Desertification Research Center, CIDE- CSIC-UV-GVA, Spain); Daniela Vanella (Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy); Joaquín Bolumar Bolumar (Desertification Research Center, CIDE- CSIC-UV-GVA, Spain); Juan Gabriel Pérez Pérez (Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Spain)
15:15 Current State of Irrigation Decision Support Systems (IDSS) in Italy: Critical Insights
Mino Sportelli (National Research Council (CNR), Italy); Lorenzo Bonzi, Gianluca Brunori, Fatma Hamouda and Àngela Puig-Sirera (University of Pisa, Italy); Salvatore Marasco (Univerity of Pisa, Italy); Giovanni Rallo (University of Pisa, Italy)
15:30 Distributed FAO56 Agro-Hydrological Model for Irrigation Scheduling in Olives Orchards
Matteo Ippolito, Dario De Caro, Fulvio Capodici and Giuseppe Ciraolo (University of Palermo, Italy)

S2.3: Sensors and digital technologies for mapping and monitoring soil - PART I

Room 3
14:30 Prediction of Soil Organic Carbon Using Hyperspectral Spectroscopy
Abdel Rahman Satei Hussein Alsaleh, Mariam Alcibahy and Abdelhamid Khaled Ads (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates); Hamed Al Hashmi (UAE Space Agency, United Arab Emirates); Prashanth Marpu (Group42, United Arab Emirates); Ali Al Hammadi and Lakmal Seneviratne (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates); Maryam Rashed AlShehhi (Khalifa University, Civil, Infrastructure and Environmental Engineering & MIT, United Arab Emirates)
14:45 Generating Variable Rate Application Maps Using Live Sensor Data, Soil and Crop Sensing
Alexander Steiger (University of Rostock, Germany); Muhammad Qaswar (Ghent University, Belgium); Danyal Bustan (Ghent University, Germany); Görres Grenzdörffer (University of Rostock, Germany); Ralf Bill (Rostock University, Germany); Abdul M. Mouazen (Ghent University, Belgium)
15:00 Can Soil Organic Carbon in Long-Term Experiments Be Detected Using Vis-NIR Spectroscopy?
Roberto Barbetti (CREA - Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, Italy); Francesco Palazzi, PierMario Chiarabaglio, Carlos Lozano Fondon, Daniele Rizza and Alessandro Rocci (CREA, Italy); Carlo Grignani (University of Turin - DISAFA, Italy); Laura Zavattaro (University of Turin - DSV, Italy); Barbara Moretti (University of Turin - DISAFA, Italy); Maria Fantappiè and Stefano Monaco (CREA, Italy)
15:15 Enhancing Mediterranean Agriculture: Towards a Sensor Based Decision Support Tool for Efficient Irrigation Management in Smallholder Orchards
Felix Thomas (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany); Juan Gabriel Pérez Pérez, Luis Bonet Pérez de León and Amparo Martínez-Gimeno (Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Spain); Juan Miguel Ramírez Cuesta, Daniela Vanella and Simona Consoli (Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy); Ulrike Werban (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany)
15:30 Coupling EMI and NIR Spectroscopy for Soil Mapping With Limited Number of Samples
Simone Priori and Monica Zanini (University of Tuscia, Italy); Luca Meini, Stefano Cecchi and Annalisa Morelli (SOING srl, Italy)

Monday, November 6 16:00 - 16:30

Coffee Break

Monday, November 6 16:30 - 18:00

S3.1: Bioinspired Engineering, Soft Robotics and Bio-hybrid Technologies as new Frontiers in Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Management

Room 1
16:30 Towards a Bioinspired Soft Robotic Gripper for Gentle Manipulation of Mushrooms
Niccolo Pagliarani (The BioRobotics Institute & Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy); Giacomo Picardi (Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, Italy); Radan Pathan (The Biorobotics Institute, Italy); Andrea Uccello (Horticulture Development, Ireland); Helen Grogan (Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ireland); Matteo Cianchetti (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy)
16:45 Image-Based Approach for Fungal Network Analysis: Reconstructing Connectivity With Occluded Information
Oscar Sten (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia & University of Trento, Italy); Emanuela Del Dottore (IIT, Italy); Nicola Pugno (University of Trento, Italy); Barbara Mazzolai (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy)
17:00 A Bioinspired Multifunctional Soft Gripper With Embedded Sensing Ability: A Potential Way for Sustainable Agricultural Harvesting
Mohsen Annabestani (Weill Cornell Medicine & Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), USA); Behnam Kamare (Soft BioRobotics Perception Lab, Italy); Majid Shabani, Samuel Videira Magalhaes and Alessio Mondini (Bioinspired Soft Robotics Lab, Italy); Barbara Mazzolai (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy)
17:15 Development of an Autonomous Fish-Inspired Robotic Platform for Aquaculture Inspection and Management
Gianluca Manduca (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy); Luca Padovani (Sapienza University, Italy); Edoardo Carosio (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy); Giorgio Graziani (Sapienza University, Italy); Cesare Stefanini (Dean, Italy); Donato Romano (Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Italy)
17:30 Lightweight Soft Sensor for Droplets on Plant Leaves and Other Surfaces
Fabian Meder, Serena Armiento and Barbara Mazzolai (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy)

S3.2: Measurements and modelling of mass and energy fluxes in agricultural and forest ecosystems

Room 2
16:30 GRASSVISTOCK: Modeling Water Fluxes in Agro-Pastoral Systems
Luisa Leolini (University of Florence, Italy); Marco Moriondo (Istituto di Bioeconomia CNR, Italy); Lorenzo Brilli (Institute of BioEconomy, National Research Council (CNR-IBE), Italy); Marta Galvagno (ARPA-VDA, Italy); Marco Bindi (University of Florence (UNIFI), Italy); Giovanni Argenti (University of Florence, Italy); Davide Cammarano (Aarhus University, Denmark); Edoardo Bellini and Camilla Dibari (University of Florence, Italy); Georg Wohlfahrt (University of Innsbruck, Austria); Iris Feigenwinter (ETH Zürich, Italy); Aldo Dal Prà (Institute of BioEconomy, National Research Council (CNR-IBE), Italy); Daniela Dalmonech and Alessio Collalti (National Research Council (CNR-ISAFOM), Italy); Elisa Cioccolo (University of Viterbo, Italy); Edoardo Cremonese (ARPA VDA, Italy); Gianluca Filippa (ARPA-VDA, Italy); Nicolina Staglianò (University of Florence, Italy); Sergi Costafreda-Aumedes (Institute of BioEconomy, National Research Council (CNR-IBE), Italy)
16:45 A Simple Framework to Calibrate a Soil Water Balance Model With Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Observations Over Irrigated Fields
Martina Natali (University of Perugia, Italy); Sara Modanesi (National Research Council, Italy); Christian Massari and Luca Brocca (CNR, Italy); Gabriёlle De Lannoy (KU Leuven, Italy); Andrea Maino and Fabio Mantovani (University of Ferrara, Italy)
17:00 Meteorological Drivers of Vineyard Water Vapour Loss and Water Use Efficiency During Dry Days
Flávio Bastos Campos, Torben O. Callesen, Giorgio Alberti, Leonardo Montagnani and Massimo Tagliavini (Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy); Damiano Zanotelli (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy)
17:15 Simulating Soil Greenhouse Gases Emissions With the ARMOSA Model: Calibration With Continuous Field Measures of CO2 and N2O Soil Fluxes From the AGRESTIC Project
Mara Gabbrielli, Marco Botta and Marco Perfetto (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy); Iride Volpi and Diego Guidotti (AEDIT srl, Italy); Cristiano Tozzini (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa, Italy); Pierluigi Meriggi (Horta srl, Italy); Alessia Perego, Marco Acutis and Giorgio Ragaglini (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)
17:30 Characterization of Microclimate and Turbulent Fluxes at a Mediterranean Kiwi Orchard Covered With Hail-Protection Net
Nadia Vendrame (University of Trento, Italy); Francesco Reyes (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy); Bartolomeo Dichio and Cristos Xiloyannis (University of Basilicata, Italy); Andrea Pitacco (University of Padova, Italy)

S3.3: Sensors and digital technologies for mapping and monitoring soil - PART II

Room 3
16:30 Using an Portable Gas Analayzer to Monitoring Soil Respiration in Mediterranean Garrigues With Extensive Livestock System
Raffaello Spina, Riccardo Primi, Bruno Ronchi and Paolo Viola (Università Degli Studi Della Tuscia, Italy); Pier Paolo Danieli, Giampiero Grossi, Simone Priori and Andrea Vitali (University of Tuscia, Italy)
16:45 Digital Soil Mapping for Precision Agriculture Using Multitemporal Sentinel-2 Images of Bare Ground
Monica Zanini and Simone Priori (University of Tuscia, Italy); Matteo Petito (IBF-Agronica, Italy); Silvia Cantalamessa (University of Padova, Italy)
17:00 Low-Cost Sensors for Soil Moisture Measurement: Modeling and Characterization
Irene Cappelli, Lorenzo Parri, Benedetta Bichi, Marco Mugnaini, Valerio Vignoli and Ada Fort (University of Siena, Italy)
17:15 On the Combined Use of Static and Mobile Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensors for Monitoring Spatio-Temporal Variability of Soil Water Content in Cropped Fields
Luca Morselli and Stefano Gianessi (Finapp Srl, Italy); Riccardo Mazzoleni (Università Degli Studi di Bologna, Italy); Barbara Biasuzzi and Enrico Gazzola (Finapp Srl, Italy); Marcello Lunardon (Università Degli Studi di Padova, Italy); Gabriele Baroni (Università Degli Studi di Bologna, Italy); Luca Stevanato (Finapp Srl, Italy)
17:30 Comparative Performance of Machine Learning Algorithms for Forest Cover Classification Using ASI - PRISMA Hyperspectral Data
Eros Caputi, Gabriele Delogu and Alessio Patriarca (Università Degli Studi Della Tuscia, Italy); Miriam Perretta (Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy); Lorenzo Gatti (Università Degli Studi Della Tuscia, Italy); Lorenzo Boccia (Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy); Maria Nicolina Ripa (University of Tuscia, Italy)

Monday, November 6 18:00 - 18:40

ST1: Tutorial #1 - Alessandro Matese - UAV Applications for Digital Agriculture

Room 1

ST2: Tutorial #2 - Filippo Giannetti - Opportunistic Use of Microwave Satellite Signals for Rainfall Measurement

Room 2

ST3: Tutorial #3 - Stefano Chessa - Internet of Things, Cloud and Artificial Intelligence in Digital Agriculture

Room 3

Monday, November 6 18:40 - 20:00

Welcome Reception

Tuesday, November 7

Tuesday, November 7 9:00 - 10:30

S4.1: Measurements in olive for precision orchard management

Room 1
9:00 Dynamic Characterization of an Olive Tree by Vibration Testing
Alessandro Annessi, Francesco Belluccini, Veronica Giorgi and Enrico Maria Lodolini (Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Italy); Milena Martarelli and Paolo Castellini (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy); Davide Neri (Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Italy)
9:15 Plant2Web. A Modular Platform for Remote Data Retrieval and Visualization
Rafael Romero (IRNAS, Spain)
9:30 Mapping of Olive Trees Using Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 Images: An Evaluation of Pixel-Based Analyses
Giuliano Ramat, Giacomo Fontanelli, Fabrizio Baroni and Alessandro Lapini (CNR-IFAC, Italy); Simonetta Paloscia (IFAC-CNR, Italy); Simone Pettinato, Simone Pilia, Emanuele Santi, Leonardo Santurri and Najet Souissi (CNR-IFAC, Italy)
9:45 Preliminary Observations on the Use of Microtensiometers to Continuously Measure Water Potential in a Mature Olive Orchard
Matteo Zucchini (Marche Polytechnic University, Italy); Paula Guzman-Delgado (University of California, Davis, USA); Emly Adeline Santos, Taylor Synstelien and Giulia Marino (University of California, USA)
10:00 Continuous Monitoring of Olive Fruit Growth by Proximal Sensor: Case Study of the Daily Rain Effect
Arash Khosravi (Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Italy); Matteo Zucchini (Marche Polytechnic University, Italy); Adriano Mancini (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy); Enrico Maria Lodolini and Davide Neri (Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Italy)

S4.2: Vision Systems for Agri&Food Applications based on Embedded Processing

Room 2
9:00 STEWIE: eSTimating grapE Berries Number and Radius From Images Using a Weakly supervIsed nEural Network
Davide Botturi, Alessandro Gnutti, Cristina Nuzzi, Bernardo Lanza and Simone Pasinetti (University of Brescia, Italy)
9:15 Image-Based Sensor for On-Tree Automatic Color Tracking in Pomegranate Orchards
Jaime Giménez-Gallego (Technical University of Cartagena, Spain); Jesus Martinez del Rincon (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Pedro J. Blaya-Ros (Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain); Juan D. González-Teruel (Technical University of Cartagena, Spain); Manuel Jimenez and Roque Torres (University of Cartagena, Spain)
9:30 Image-Based Measurement of Grape Inflorescence Length for Automatic Inflorescence Trimming
Shunsuke Fujisawa (University of Yamanashi, Japan); Muhammad Faris Kamarudzaman (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia); Prawit Buayai, Koji Makino, Hiromitsu Nishizaki and Xiaoyang Mao (University of Yamanashi, Japan)
9:45 Estimation of Non-Invasive Grape Ripeness and Sweetness From Images Captured by a General-Purpose Camera
Chee Siang Leow, Ryosuke Shimazu, Tomoki Kitagawa, Hideaki Yajima, Prawit Buayai, Koji Makino, Xiaoyang Mao and Hiromitsu Nishizaki (University of Yamanashi, Japan)
10:00 Video-Based Fruit Detection and Tracking for Apple Counting and Mapping
Jordi Gené-Mola (Institute of AgriFood Research and Technology (IRTA), Spain); Marc Felip-Pomés (Universitat de Lleida (UdL), Spain); Francesc Net-Barnés (Computer Vision Center, Spain); Ramon Morros (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain); Juan C. Miranda (Miranda, Spain); Jaume Arno (Universitat de Lleida, Spain); Luís Asín and Jaume Lordan (Institute of AgriFood Research and Technology (IRTA), Spain); Javier Ruiz-Hidalgo (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain); Eduard Gregorio López (University of Lleida, Spain)

S4.3: Robotics for Agro-Forestry and Landscape Applications - PART I

Room 3
9:00 Enhancing Weakly Supervised Yield Estimation Through Learn-To-Pay-Attention Module
Alessandro R. Denarda, Francesco Crocetti and Gabriele Costante (University of Perugia, Italy); Paolo Valigi (Unipg, Italy); Mario Luca Fravolini (University of Perugia, Italy)
9:15 A Glance at the Behaviour of a Tracked Mobile Robot on Different Agricultural Surfaces
Antonio Leanza, Rocco Galati and Giulio Reina (Politecnico di Bari, Italy)
9:30 Overcoming Limitations of IoT Installations: Active Sensing UGV for Agricultural Digital Twins
Miguel Pincheira (Fondazione Bruno Kessler, OpenIoT Unit & Trento, Italy); Farhad Shamsfakhr (University of Trento, Italy); Jhonny Hueller (Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy); Massimo Vecchio (OpenIoT Research Unit at FBK, Italy)
9:45 Adaptive Sliding Mode Control With Artificial Potential Field for Ground Robots in Precision Agriculture
Mauro Mancini, Enza Incoronata Trombetta, Davide Carminati and Elisa Capello (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
10:00 A Lightweight and Affordable Method for Canopy Porosity Estimation for Precision Spraying
Dario Mengoli, Gianmarco Bortolotti, Michele Bartolomei, Gianluca Allegro, Ilaria Filippetti and Luigi Manfrini (University of Bologna, Italy)

Tuesday, November 7 10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

Tuesday, November 7 11:00 - 11:45

Plenary Session - Keynote Speaker - John Steven Selker
The Challenge of the Simple Within the Complexity of Hydrology

Tuesday, November 7 12:00 - 13:30

S5.1: Precision management of horticultural crops - PART I

Room 1
12:00 Mixing Supervised and Unsupervised Learning Algorithms to Solve Human Perception Subjectivity in Internal Fruit Quality Assessment
Mirko Piani, Gianmarco Bortolotti, Dario Mengoli, Niccolò Raule, Francesco Spinelli and Luigi Manfrini (University of Bologna, Italy)
12:15 Plot-Specific Drought Stress Simulation in Vineyards Using a Microclimatic Monitoring System in Combination With a Radiation and Water Balance Model
Rikard Graß and Hannah Boedeker (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ, Germany); Marco Hofmann (Hochschule Geisenheim University, Germany); Martin Schieck (Leipzig University, Germany); Silvia Krug (Mid Sweden University, Sweden & IMMS GmbH, Germany); Tino Hutschenreuther (IMMS, Germany); Hannes Mollenhauer (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ, Germany)
12:30 Fruit Water Stress Index: Case Study on Applying Jones' Equation in Apple
Arash Khosravi (Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Italy); Manuela Zude-Sasse (Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Germany); Nikolaos Tsoulias (Geisenheim University, Germany)
12:45 Machine Learning Regressor for the Prediction of the SPAD Value of Indoor Basil With RGB Monitoring
Matteo Landolfo, Fabio Perotti, Gaia Moretti, Giuseppina Pennisi and Francesco Orsini (University of Bologna, Italy)
13:00 Development of a Consumer-Grade Scanning Platform for Fruit Thermal and Position Data Collection
Gianmarco Bortolotti, Mirko Piani, Dario Mengoli, Cristiano Franceschini, Nicolò Omodei, Simone Rossi and Luigi Manfrini (University of Bologna, Italy)

S5.2: Sensing and Data Platforms: what is ahead of us - PART I

Room 2
12:00 Preliminary Results for Halyomorpha Halys Monitoring Relying on a Custom Dataset
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Lorenzo Palazzetti and Cristina M. Pinotti (University of Perugia, Italy)
12:15 Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Riparian Vegetation Detection and Classification
Nicholas Fiorentini (National Research Council (CNR) & University of Pisa, Italy); Manlio Bacco (European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) & National Research Council (CNR), Italy); Alessio Ferrari (National Research Council (CNR), Italy); Massimo Rovai and Gianluca Brunori (University of Pisa, Italy)
12:30 CZU Data Platform: Initial Study
Michal Stočes, Vojtěch Novák, Petr Cihelka, Milos Ulman, Martin Havranek, Lukáš Kovář, Jiří Vaněk and Pavel Šimek (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic)
12:45 A Drone-Based Automated Halyomorpha Halys Scouting: A Case Study on Orchard Monitoring
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Lorenzo Palazzetti and Cristina M. Pinotti (University of Perugia, Italy)

S5.3: Robotics for Agro-Forestry and Landscape Applications - PART II

Room 3
12:00 Generalization of Reinforcement Learning Through Artificial Potential Fields for Agricultural UGVs
Petre Ricioppo, Davide Celestini and Elisa Capello (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
12:15 On-Line Real-Time Trunk Detection, Counting and Sizing to Enable Precision Agriculture Tasks on a Single-Plant Basis
Dario Mengoli, Simone Rossi, Gianmarco Bortolotti, Nicolò Omodei, Mirko Piani and Luigi Manfrini (University of Bologna, Italy)
12:30 Field Campaign and Experimental Design for Robot Performance Evaluation (ACRE 2023)
Sofia Matilde Luglio (University of Pisa, Italy); Mino Sportelli (National Research Council (CNR), Italy); Christian Frasconi and Marco Fontanelli (University of Pisa, Italy); Matteo Matteucci and Giulio Fontana (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Enrico Piazza (Politecnico di Milano & Instituto Superior Técnico, Italy); Davide Facchinetti (University of Milan, Italy)
12:45 Measuring the Operative Performance of Autonomous Mowers on Slopes
Marco Fontanelli, Nicola Del Chiaro, Lorenzo Gagliardi, Christian Frasconi, Michele Raffaelli, Andrea Peruzzi, Giuliano Sciusco and Sofia Matilde Luglio (University of Pisa, Italy)
13:00 Comparison of Autonomous Mowers Energy Consumption and Working Capacity on a Bermudagrass Turf at Different Cutting Heights
Giuliano Sciusco, Lisa Caturegli, Sofia Matilde Luglio, Marco Fontanelli, Marco Volterrani and Simone Magni (University of Pisa, Italy); Mino Sportelli (National Research Council (CNR), Italy)

Tuesday, November 7 13:30 - 14:30

Lunch

Tuesday, November 7 14:30 - 16:00

S6.1: Precision management of horticultural crops - PART II

Room 1
14:30 Exploring the Potential of Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy for Predicting Internal Browning in Apples
Sundus Riaz (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano & PARC, Italy); Pietro Ibba (Free University of Bolzano, Italy); Nadja Sadar (Laimburg Research Centre, Italy); Ahmed Rasheed and Paolo Lugli (Free University of Bolzano, Italy); Angelo Zanella (Laimburg Research Centre, Italy); Luisa Petti (Free University of Bolzano, Italy)
14:45 Disease Early Warning and Intelligent Climate Control in the Chinese Solar Greenhouse
Ran Liu (National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, China); Ming Li (China National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agricul, China); José Luis Guzmán (University of Almería, Spain); Xinting Yang (Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, China); Ce Shi (Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences & National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, China)
15:00 Evaluation of Fruit Temperature on Cherries by Means of Thermal Point Clouds
Marco Bignardi (Hocschule Geisenheim University, Germany); Nikolaos Tsoulias (Geisenheim University, Germany); Luigi Manfrini (University of Bologna, Italy); Manuela Zude-Sasse (Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Germany)
15:15 Apple Fruit Surface Temperature Prediction Using Weather Data-Driven Machine Learning Models
Nelson Goosman, Basavaraj Amogi and Lav Khot (Washington State University, USA)
15:30 Hyperspectral Imaging-Based Monitoring of Apple Fruit in Storage and Shelf Life
Arman Arefi and Manuela Zude-Sasse (Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Germany)

S6.2: Sensing and Data Platforms: what is ahead of us - PART II

Room 2
14:30 Towards Detecting Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Using Stationary Cameras
David Niederprüm, Shashank Jhansale Anil Kumar and Lars C Wolf (Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany)
14:45 Uncertainty Model for NDVI Estimation From Multispectral Camera Measurements
Fatemeh Khalesi, Pasquale Daponte, Luca De Vito, Francesco Picariello and Ioan Tudosa (University of Sannio, Italy)
15:00 Evaluation of Wireless Technologies for an Embedded Camera-Based Pest Monitoring System
Leonard J Zurek (Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany); Amin Kargar (Tyndall National Institute, Ireland & University College Cork, Ireland); Brendan O'Flynn (Tyndall National Institude, Ireland); David Niederprüm and Lars C Wolf (Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany); Dimitrios Zorbas (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)
15:15 Enhancing Machine Learning Training Performance in Smart Agriculture Datasets Using a Mobile App
Temirlan Zarymkanov (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan); Amin Kargar (Tyndall National Institute, Ireland & University College Cork, Ireland); Cristina M. Pinotti (University of Perugia, Italy); Brendan O'Flynn (Tyndall National Institude, Ireland); Dimitrios Zorbas (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)
15:30 A Model for Simulation of Developmental Instars of Halyomorpha Halys
Catalin Lazar (National Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Romania); Dan Popescu (National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Romania & Politehnica Bucharest, Romania); Lara Maistrello (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy); Elena Costi (Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Romania); Loretta Ichim (University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania); Emil Igor Georgescu (National Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Romania)

S6.3: Technologies and Strategies for Sustainable Livestock Farming - PART I

Room 3
14:30 Ankom DaisyII Modifications to Stabilise the Rotation Speed
Salvatore Barbera (University of Turin, Italy); Chiara Sarnataro (University of Udine, Italy); Sabah Mabrouki, Sara Glorio Patrucco, Hatzumi Kaihara and Sonia Tassone (University of Turin, Italy)
14:45 Automated Method for Measuring Body Size Parameters of Live Pigs Based on Non-Rigid Registration of Point Clouds
Zicheng Gao, Jie Lei, Jianhuan Wu and Jialong Zhang (China Agricultural University, China); Alexey Ruchay (Chelyabinsk State University, Russia); Andrea Pezzuolo (University of Padova, Italy); Hao Guo (China Agricultural University, China)
15:00 Insights From an Oxygen Integrated Monitoring and Control System in Land-Based Aquaculture
Carlo Bibbiani (Università di Pisa, Italy); Riccardo Tonasso and Marco Gentili (Cosa - Società Agricola, Italy); Baldassare Fronte and Lorenzo Rossi (University of Pisa, Italy)
15:15 Modelling the Spatial Distribution of THI in a Cattle Barn From Data of a Smart Monitoring System
Carlos Alejandro Perez Garcia, Marco Bovo, Alberto Barbaresi, Patrizia Tassinari, Daniele Torreggiani and Stefano Benni (University of Bologna, Italy)
15:30 Laser Methane Smart Detector for Measuring the Reduction of Emissions in Dairy Cows: A Pilot Study
Elena Senatore, Giulia Foggi, Alina Silvi, Alberto Mantino, Giuseppe Conte and Marcello Mele (University of Pisa, Italy)

Tuesday, November 7 16:00 - 16:30

Coffee Break

Tuesday, November 7 16:30 - 18:00

S7.1: Optical sensors in Plant Pathology

Room 1
16:30 Hyperspectral Detection and Monitoring of Eggplant Verticillium Wilt in Field Conditions
Ivan Fiaccadori, Cosimo Bettiol, Gian Piero Ricci, Lorenzo D'Asaro, Giuseppe Quaratiello, Samuele Risoli, Athos Pedrelli, Claudia Pisuttu and Lorenzo Cotrozzi (University of Pisa, Italy)
16:45 Hyperspectral Imaging to Oversee the Status of Baby Leaf Vegetable Crops: The Agrofiliere Project Results
Catello Pane (Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Italy); Nicola Nicastro (CREA, Italy); Gelsomina Manganiello and Francesco Carotenuto (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy); Federico Pallottino and Corrado Costa (CREA, Italy)
17:00 Hyperspectral Signatures and Betalain Indicator for Beet Mosaic Virus Infection in Sugar Beet
Nathan Okole (Institut Fuer Zuckerruebenforschung, Germany); Facundo R Ispizua Yamati (Institute of Sugar Beet Research, Germany); Roxana Hossain, Mark Varrelmann and Anne-Katrin Mahlein (Institut Für Zuckerrübenforschung, Germany); René HJ Heim (Institut Für Zuckerrübenforschung, Universität Göttingen, Germany)
17:15 An Experimental Setup for the Study of Plasmopara Viticola on Vine Leaves by Fluorescence
Manuel Greco and Mariagrazia Leccisi ("Roma Tre" University, Italy); Giuseppe Schirripa Spagnolo (University of "Roma Tre", Italy); Fabio Leccese ("Roma Tre" University, Italy)
17:30 Detection of Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat From Hyperspectral Images
Luca Tuzzi, Ilaria Busi and Roberto Garzonio (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy); Lorenzo Cotrozzi, Samuele Risoli and Giuseppe Quaratiello (University of Pisa, Italy); Roberto Colombo (University of Milano- Bicocca, Italy); Sergio Cogliati and Laura Sironi (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)

S7.2: Earth Observation for agricultural water management under scarcity conditions in the Mediterranean area

Room 2
16:30 Implementation of Integrated Technologies for Hydrological Modeling in Mediterranean Viticulture: The SOSVITE Project
Riccardo Rossi (University of Florence (UNIFI), Italy); Camilla Dibari, Gloria Padovan, Nicolina Staglianò and Anna Rita Balingit (University of Florence, Italy); Marco Bindi (University of Florence (UNIFI), Italy); Sergi Costafreda-Aumedes (Institute of BioEconomy, National Research Council (CNR-IBE), Italy); Marta Chiesi and Fabio Maselli (National Research Council (CNR), Italy); Marco Moriondo (Istituto di Bioeconomia CNR, Italy)
16:45 Remote Sensing Techniques for Soil Humidity Monitoring in Drought Areas: Case Study of the Wadi Hallouf/Oum Zessar Watershed (Tunisia)
Amal Hachani (CNR-IFAC, Italy & IRA, Tunisia); Giuliano Ramat (CNR-IFAC, Italy); Simonetta Paloscia (IFAC-CNR, Italy); Emanuele Santi, Fabrizio Baroni, Giacomo Fontanelli, Alessandro Lapini, Simone Pettinato, Simone Pilia and Leonardo Santurri (CNR-IFAC, Italy)
17:00 PRIMA MAGO Project: Open-Source Applications Based on Copernicus Data for Agricultural Water Management
Laurent Pouget, Albert Serra, Francisco Nuñez and Miquel Sarrias (CETAQUA, Spain); Samir Yacoubi (INRGREF, Tunisia); Ignacio Gil and Marta Pérez (AGBAR Agriculture, Spain)
17:15 Remote Sensing Measurements for Efficient Crop Irrigation Management
Irene Terlizzi (University of Padova, Italy); Federico Toson (University of Padova & CISAS G. Colombo, Italy); Sebastiano Chiodini, Carlo Bettanini, Giacomo Colombatti, Francesco Morbidini, Carmelo Maucieri and Maurizio Borin (University of Padova, Italy)
17:30 Improving Irrigation Scheduling at Farm Level by Using High Quality Weather Forecasts
Anna Pelosi (University of Salerno, Italy); Oscar Rosario Belfiore and Angeloluigi Aprile (University of Naples Federico II, Italy); Paolo Villani (University of Salerno, Italy); Guido D Urso and Giovanni Battista Chirico (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)

S7.3: Technologies and Strategies for Sustainable Livestock Farming - PART II

Room 3
16:30 An Integrated Renewable Energy Plant With Smart Monitoring System for Sustainable Farming
Stefano Benni, Francesco Tinti, Marco Bovo, Alberto Barbaresi, Daniele Torreggiani and Patrizia Tassinari (University of Bologna, Italy)
16:45 Algorithms for the Identification of Yield Anomalies in Cattle Dataset Collected by Automatic Milking Systems
Mattia Ceccarelli, Miki Agrusti, Claudia Giannone, Marco Bovo, Alberto Barbaresi, Enrica Santolini, Stefano Benni, Daniele Torreggiani and Patrizia Tassinari (University of Bologna, Italy)
17:00 A Valuable Strategy for Chicken Welfare Management: A Review for Chicken Live Weight Monitoring
Jing Xie (Beijing Vocational College of Agriculture & University of Almeria, China); Ming Li (National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, China); Chunxu Wan (Beijing Vocational College of Agriculture, China)
17:15 A Mechanizability Index to Evaluate the Potential of Alpine Pastures and Meadows in the Province of Trento in North-East Italy
Daniele Pinna, Andrea Pezzuolo, Stefano Macolino, Cristina Pornaro, Alessia Cogato and Francesco Marinello (University of Padova, Italy)
17:30 Cattle Face Recognition Using Deep Transfer Learning Techniques
Alexey Ruchay (Chelyabinsk State University, Russia); Ilya Akulshin (Chelyabinsk State University Chelyabinsk, Russia); Vladimir Kolpakov (Federal Research Centre of Biological Systems, Italy); Kinispay Dzhulamanov (Federal Research Centre of Biological Systems, Russia); Hao Guo (China Agricultural University, China); Andrea Pezzuolo (University of Padova, Italy)

Tuesday, November 7 20:00 - 23:00

Gala Dinner

Wednesday, November 8

Wednesday, November 8 9:30 - 11:00

S8.1: Measurements in soil hydrological processes and properties

Room 1
9:30 Effect of Rainfall Intensity on the Mechanical Biases of Tipping Bucket Rainfall Measurements
Daniel Alberto Segovia-Cardozo (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid & Research Group Hydraulics for Irrigation, Spain); Carlota Bernal Basurco (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain); Leonor Rodriguez Sinobas (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain)
9:45 A New BEST Algorithm for Determining Soil Saturated Hydrodynamic Parameters Without Measuring Soil Water Content
Dario Autovino (University of Palermo, Italy); Raphael Angulo-Jaramillo (Université Lyon, France); Vincenzo Alagna (University of Palermo, Italy); Simone Di Prima (University of Basilicata, Italy); Massimo Iovino (University of Palermo, Italy); Laurent Lassabatere (Université Lyon, France); Jianbin Lai (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China); Vincenzo Bagarello (University of Palermo, Italy)
10:00 Hydrological Response of a Volcanic Medium as a Potential Substrate for Green Roofs
Cristina Bondì, Vincenzo Alagna and Massimo Iovino (University of Palermo, Italy)
10:15 Estimating Soil Water Repellency From Infiltration Experiments Conducted With Ethanol and Water
Gaetano Caltabellotta, Vincenzo Bagarello and Massimo Iovino (University of Palermo, Italy)
10:30 Estimating the Saturated Soil Hydraulic Conductivity in a Farm Constructed Wetland From the Borehole Permeameter Infiltration Method
Vincenzo Alagna, Dario Autovino and Massimo Iovino (University of Palermo, Italy); Attilio Toscano (University of Bologna, Italy)

S8.2: Smart Systems for Operational Forest Monitoring, Automation and Analysis

Room 2
9:30 Cutting Systems Evaluation for a Tree-Pruning Robot
Giovanni Carabin (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy); Stefan Leitner (Free University of Bolzano, Italy); Fabrizio Mazzetto (University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy); Renato Vidoni (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy); Marco Bietresato (University of Udine & Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy)
9:45 Stem Sensors for Tree Health/Vitality: Perspectives to Quantify the Synchronization of Environmental Patterns and Plant Response Dynamics
Alessio Giovannelli (National Research Council, Italy); Negar Rezaie (CNR IRET Sesto Fiorentino Italy, Italy); Claudia Cocozza (University of Florence, Italy)
10:00 A Pilot Study to Classify Salt Treated Poplar Plants Using Machine Learning Algorithms
Bushra Jalil (Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Italy); Iqra Sarfraz (Scuola Superiore Santanna, Italy); Lorenzo Della Maggiora and Alessandra Francini (Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Italy); Luca Valcarenghi and Luca Sebastiani (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy)
10:15 Is Handheld Mobile Scanner Data Operational for the Evaluation of Field Performance of Poplar Clones?
Rodrigo Arevalo (Universidad de León Ponferrada (León), Spain); Carlos Cabo Gómez (Escuela Politécnica de Mieres, Universidad de Ovideo, Spain); Joaquín Garnica López (Bosques y Ríos, Spain); Fernando Castedo Dorado (Universidad de León. Ponferrada (León), Spain); Carlos Álvarez Cuevas (GARNICA Valencia de Don Juan, Spain); Flor Álvarez-Taboada (DRACONES research group Universidad de León Ponferrada (León), Spain https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-1530-3309)
10:30 Development and Application of an Automated System for Early Detection of Stress and Damage in Poplar Clone Plantations Using Eco-Physiological Sensors and IoT
Isabel Cristina Grisales Sánchez (Universidad de León, Spain); Rodrigo Arthus Bacovich (IDAF SL Córdoba, Spain); Joaquín Garnica López (Bosques y Ríos, Spain); Carlos Álvarez Cuevas (GARNICA Valencia de Don Juan, Spain); Claudia Cocozza (University of Florence, Italy); Flor Álvarez-Taboada (DRACONES research group Universidad de León Ponferrada (León), Spain)

S8.3: Metrology to support smart agricultural specialisations for monitoring and controlling pollutants in production environments

Room 3
9:30 Chemical Risk Assessment in Agriculture: A New Methodological Approach
Marco Bietresato (University of Udine & Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy); Rino Gubiani and Nicola Zucchiatti (University of Udine, Italy)
9:45 Use of the Logistic Function to Model Cumulative Volumes of Spray Nozzles
Emanuele Cerruto, Juan Miguel Ramírez-Cuesta and Salvatore Privitera (University of Catania, Italy); Simone Pascuzzi (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy); Giuseppe Manetto (University of Catania, Italy)
10:00 Autonomous Navigation Simulation of an Agricultural Robot During Soil Fertilization in Open Fields
Francesco Paciolla (Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy); Nicola Pace (E80Group, Italy); Gianluca Barile (Procmatech srl, Italy); Francesco Valenza (Politecnico di Bari, Italy); Pietro Patimisco (Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy); Simone Pascuzzi (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy)
10:15 Nozzle Characterisation to Support Aerosol Spray Drift Measurement in a Semi-Controlled Environment
Lorenzo Becce (Libera Università di Bolzano, Italy); Giovanna Mazzi (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy); Ayesha Ali (Free University of Bozen Bolzano, Italy); Mara Bortolini and Andrea Gambaro (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy); Fabrizio Mazzetto (University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy)
10:30 Enhancing Spray Drift Deposition Analysis: Towards Real-Time Estimation Through Resistive Measurements and Optical Tracers
Ayesha Ali (Free University of Bozen Bolzano, Italy); Antonio Altana (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy); Lorenzo Becce (Libera Università di Bolzano, Italy); Paolo Lugli and Luisa Petti (Free University of Bolzano, Italy); Fabrizio Mazzetto (University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy)

S8.4: General Session

Room 4
9:30 Early Prediction of Honeybee Hive Winter Survivability Using Multi-Modal Sensor Data
Yi Zhu (INRS, Canada); Mahsa Abdollahi (INRS-EMT, Canada); Ségolène Maucourt (Université Laval, Canada); Nico Coallier (Nectar Technologies Inc, Canada); Heitor R Guimarães (INRS-EMT, Canada); Pierre Giovenazzo (Laval University, Canada); Tiago Falk (INRS-EMT, Canada)
9:45 Adapting Self-Supervised Features for Background Speech Detection in Beehive Audio Recordings
Heitor R Guimarães and Mahsa Abdollahi (INRS-EMT, Canada); Yi Zhu (INRS, Canada); Ségolène Maucourt (Université Laval, Canada); Nico Coallier (Nectar Technologies Inc, Canada); Pierre Giovenazzo (Laval University, Canada); Tiago Falk (INRS-EMT, Canada)
10:00 Detection of Biodiversity Indicators for Regenerative Agriculture Compliance
Mohua Haldar, Priyanka Pandey, Manali Shyam and Bharathi Venkat (Accenture, India); Bhushan Gurmukhdas Jagyasi (Accenture & Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India)
10:15 Combined Approach for Hillslope Hydrogeological Assessment, in Rainfall-Induced Shallow Landslides Prone Area
Valerio Vivaldi, Patrizio Torrese, Massimiliano Bordoni and Claudia Meisina (University of Pavia, Italy)
10:30 Wavelet Coherence Analysis to Assess Cross-Correlation of Mediterranean Vegetation and Drought Condition at Local Scale
Martina Perez (University of Rome Sapienza, Italy); Danilo Lombardi and Marcello Vitale (University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy)

Wednesday, November 8 11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

Wednesday, November 8 11:30 - 12:15

Plenary Session - Keynote Speaker - Danilo Demarchi
Let the Plants do the Talking: Smart Agriculture by the messages received from Plants and Soil

Wednesday, November 8 12:15 - 13:00

Poster Session

Measuring Energy Use in Controlled Environment Agriculture
Alessandro Franco and Lorenzo Miserocchi (Università di Pisa, Italy)
Sensor Networks for Indexing Disease Severity on Rose Plants in a Low-Tech Mediterranean Greenhouse Conditions
Silvia Traversari (National Research Council (CNR), Italy); Catello Pane (Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Italy); Piero Battista (National Research Council (CNR), Italy); Bernardo Rapi and Maurizio Romani (National Research Council (CNR), Italy); Beatrice Nesi (Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Italy); Daniele Massa (CREA, Italy); Sonia Cacini (Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Italy)
Calibration and Validation of a Model for the Prediction of Biomass and Nutrient Uptake of a Tomato (Cv. Pisanello) Grown in a Greenhouse Soilless Cultivation System
Giulia Carmassi (University of Pisa, Italy); Susanna Cialli (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy); Fatjon Cela and Luca Incrocci (University of Pisa, Italy)
The Contribution of the European Project Probefield to In-Field Use of Proximal Soil Sensors
Romina Lorenzetti (Institute of BioEconomy National Research Council of Italy CNR-IBE Firenze, Italy); Fabio Castaldi (National Research Council of Italy, Italy); Carlos Lozano Fondon (Agricolture and Enviroment Council for Agricultural Research and Economics); Luboš Borůvka (Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic); Konrad Metzger (Agroscope, Switzerland); Eyal Ben-Dor (Tel Aviv Universit, Israel); Fenny van Egmond (Wageningen Environmental Research, The Netherlands); Roberto Barbetti (CREA - Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, Italy); Maria Fantappiè (Agricolture and Enviroment Council for Agricultural Research and Economics); Guillaume Debaene (Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation State Research Institute, Poland); Katja Klumpp (French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment, France); Frank Liebisch (Field-Crop Systems and Plant Nutrition Agroscope, Switzerland); Asa Gholizadeh (Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic); Bo Stenberg (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden); Maria Knadel (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Carbon and Water Fluxes of a Laurisilva Cloud Forest in Anaga Biosphere Reserve (Tenerife, Canary Islands)
Axel Ritter (University of La Laguna, Spain); Carlos M. Regalado (Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias (ICIA), Spain); María León-González (University of La Laguna, Spain)
Platform to Decision-Making in Sustainable Tourism and Landscape Protection Based on Signal Detection
Vojtěch Novák, Michal Stočes, Lukáš Kovář, Milos Ulman, Jan Jarolímek, Jan Masner, Karel Kubata and Eva Kánská (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic)
A Modular Platform to Build Task-Specific IoT Network Solutions for Agriculture and Forestry
Silvia Krug (Mid Sweden University, Sweden & IMMS GmbH, Germany); Marco Goetze, Sören Schneider and Tino Hutschenreuther (IMMS, Germany)
Enhancing Precision Agriculture Through Cyber-Physical Systems: A Functional Monitoring Platform as a Decision Support Tool
Eduardo Suraci Picchiotti (UNIBZ, Italy); Soufiane Krik (Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy); Pietro Ibba (Free University of Bolzano, Italy); Pietro Tosato (Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy); Antonio Altana (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy); Matteo Valt and Andrea Gaiardo (Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy); Luisa Petti (Free University of Bolzano, Italy)
Bio-Inspired Complete Coverage Path Planner for Precision Agriculture in Dynamic Environments
Davide Celestini, Stefano Primatesta and Elisa Capello (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Measuring Fruit Quality Traits in Olive Through RGB Imaging and Artificial Neural Networks: Opportunities and Limitations
Giuseppe Montanaro (University of Basilicata, Italy); Angelo Petrozza (Centro Ricerche Metapontum Agrobios ALSIA, Italy); Laura Rustioni (University of Salento, Italy); Francesco Cellini (Metapontum Agrobios Research Center - ALSIA, Italy); Antonio Carlomagno and Vitale Nuzzo (University of Basilicata, Italy)
Preliminary Evaluation of Volatile Organic Compounds as Drought Resistance Indicators for Phenotyping Different Durum Wheat Genotypes
Liberata Gualtieri (CNR - National Research Council, Italy); Maurilia Maria Monti and Michelina Ruocco (National Reaserch Council, Italy); Donatella Danzi (ALSIA Metapontum Agrobios' Research Centre, Italy); Angelo Petrozza (Centro Ricerche Metapontum Agrobios ALSIA, Italy); Stephan Summerer and Domenico Pignone (ALSIA Metapontum Agrobios' Research Centre Matera, Italy); Francesco Loreto (University of Naples Federico II, Italy); Federico Brilli (CNR, Italy)
First Step Towards Embedded Vision System for Pruning Wood Estimation
Bernardo Lanza, Cristina Nuzzi, Davide Botturi and Simone Pasinetti (University of Brescia, Italy)
Design of Crop Growth Analysis Platform With Image and Time Series Analysis
Seung Woo Kum (Korea Elecronics Technology Institute, Korea (South)); Seungtaek Oh, Youngkee Kim and Jaewon Moon (Korea Electronics Technology Institute, Korea (South)); Alejandro Barrera Carvajal (CT Engineering Group, Spain); Francisco Andres Perez (CT Engineering, Spain)
Grapevine Bunch Digital Twin Analysis to Detect Alternative Traits for Bunch Morphology Classification
Alessandro Zanchin, Mahshid Kalantari and Uxue Encinas (University of Padua, Italy); Marco Sozzi (University of Padova, Italy); Lorenzo Guerrini (University of Padua, Italy); Francesco Marinello (University of Padova, Italy)
Designing and Implementing a Multifunctional Network of Urban Green Infrastructures
Ernesto Marcheggiani, Mattia Balestra, MD Abdul Mueed Choudhury, Francesco Paci and Nicole Hofmann (Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Italy); Adriano Mancini (Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy); Andrea Galli, Davide Neri, Stefano Chiappini and Simona Casavecchia (Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Italy)
Enabling High-Quality Compost for a Smart Domestic Production
Giovanna Turvani, Melania Fiore, David O. Rodriguez-Duarte, Francesca Demichelis, Tonia Tommasi, Francesca Vipiana and Fabrizio Riente (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Predictive Measurements of Pigmentation Index and Polyphenols in Olive Fruits Using a Colorimetric Approach
Carmen Fidalgo Illesca, Elena Vichi, Dario Torresi, Letizia Tozzini, Andrea Raffaelli, Alessandra Francini and Luca Sebastiani (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy)
Time Series Analysis of Olive Orchard Coverage in the Rural Landscape: A Case Study of the Cartoceto Municipality
Stefano Chiappini, Mattia Balestra and Andrea Galli (Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Italy); Eva Savina Malinverni (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy); Arash Khosravi, Davide Neri and Ernesto Marcheggiani (Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Italy)
Monitoring Olive Tree Water Status by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Trunk Dendormeters
Giovanni Caruso, Giacomo Palai and Riccardo Gucci (University of Pisa, Italy)
Analysis of the Feasibility of a Low-Cost DAQ for EM-38 Detection and Mapping
Fatma Hamouda, Lorenzo Bonzi, Àngela Puig-Sirera, Damiano Remorini and Andrea Sbrana (University of Pisa, Italy); Mino Sportelli (National Research Council (CNR), Italy); Giovanni Rallo, Filippo Giannetti, Vincenzo Lottici, Rosario G. Garroppo and Salvo Marcuccio (University of Pisa, Italy)
Comparison of Landsat and Sentinel-2 Surface Reflectance Data and Derived Vegetation Indexes: Application in a Rainfed Vineyard
Àngela Puig-Sirera and Giovanni Rallo (University of Pisa, Italy); Diego S. Intrigliolo (Desertification Research Center, CIDE- CSIC-UV-GVA, Spain); Salvatore Marasco (Univerity of Pisa, Italy); Marco Carrara (University of Pisa, Italy); Juan Miguel Ramírez-Cuesta (University of Catania, Italy)
Revolutionizing Precision Agriculture: Exploring a Novel Biodegradable Substrate for Advanced Electronic Sensors
Elena Palmieri (CNR-IMM, Italy); Francesco Maita (IMM-CNR, Italy); Alessandra Pellegrino, Giovanni Avola and Miriam Distefano (CNR, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Italy); Luca Maiolo (CNR-IMM, Italy)
Foliar Hyperspectral Identification of Butternut Canker Infection in Pure and Hybridized Butternut (Juglans Cinerea)
Elisabeth Joll and Aziz Ebrahimi (Purdue University, USA); Anna Conrad (USDA, USA); Doug Jacobs and John J Couture (Purdue University, USA)
Image-To-Image Translation for Satellite and UAV Remote Sensing: A Use Case for Cercospora Leaf Spot Monitoring on Sugar Beet
Facundo R Ispizua Yamati and René HJ Heim (Institute of Sugar Beet Research, Germany); Maurice Günder (Universität Bonn, Germany); Weronika Gajda (Utrecht University, Netherlands); Anne-Katrin Mahlein (Institute of Sugar Beet Research, Germany)
Design and Stability Analysis of an Agricultural Sprayer UAS Integrated With an Anti-Sloshing Tank
Pietro Surico, Nicoletta Bloise, Stefano Primatesta and Giorgio Guglieri (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Effects of Drought Stress on the Water Relations of Sweet Cherry Trees
Pedro J. Blaya-Ros (Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain); Víctor Blanco (Washington State University, USA); Roque Torres (University of Cartagena, Spain); Jaime Giménez-Gallego (Technical University of Cartagena, Spain); Manuel Jimenez (University of Cartagena, Spain); Rafael Domingo (Technical University of Cartagena, Spain)
On the Automatic Detection and Monitoring of Leaves and Grapes Using In-Field Optical Cameras
Giacomo Blanco, Federico Oldani, Dario Salza and Claudio Rossi (LINKS Foundation, Italy)
Predictive Model for the Growth Rate of Tomatoes in Saline Substrate Cultivation
Alexander Kocian, Paolo Milazzo, Antonella Castagna and Annamaria Ranieri (University of Pisa, Italy); José A Hernández (CEBAS-SCIC, Spain); Pedro D Vivancos and Gregorio B Espín (CEBAS-CSIC, Spain); Karim B Hamed and Aida Selmi (CBBC, Tunisia); Nesrine Kalboussi (CERTE, Tunisia); Stefano Chessa (Universita' di Pisa, Italy)
Measure of Spray Deposition in a "Tendone Vineyard Produced by an Air Blast Sprayer Machine
Simone Pascuzzi (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy); Fabrizio Mazzetto (University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy); Giuseppe Manetto and Emanuele Cerruto (University of Catania, Italy)
Data Integration of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 for Evaluating Vegetation Biomass and Water Status
Simone Pilia, Giacomo Fontanelli, Leonardo Santurri, Giuliano Ramat, Fabrizio Baroni, Emanuele Santi, Alessandro Lapini and Simone Pettinato (CNR-IFAC, Italy); Simonetta Paloscia (IFAC-CNR, Italy)
Mapping Irrigated Crops Through Sentinel 2 Satellite Images: Evidences From Southern Italy
Raffaella Matarrese (Italian National Research Council & CNR, Italy); Ivan Portoghese (National Research Council (CNR), Italy); Laura Mirra (Italian National Research Council, Italy); Giacomo Giannoccaro (University of Bari, Italy); Pietro Sciusco and Vincenzo Barbieri (Planetek, Italy)
Augmented Reality for the Management of Microclimate Variability in Greenhouses
Elio Romano (CREA & CREA IT, Italy); Carlo Bisaglia, Andrea Lazzari, Alex Filisetti, Elia Premoli and Massimo Brambilla (CREA, Italy)

Wednesday, November 8 13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

Wednesday, November 8 14:00 - 14:30

Closing and Award Ceremony