Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Methods And Systems For Pest And Disease Management Of Onion Crop(S)' Filed by Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay; TIH Foundation For IoT & IoE; and Indian Council Of Agricultural Research

MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202321081043 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay; TIH Foundation For IoT & IoE; and Indian Council Of Agricultural Research, Maharashtra, on Nov. 29, 2023, for '"methods and systems for pest and disease management of onion crop.'

Inventor(s) include Susmita Banerjee; Kisan Sarda; Ashwini Gajarushi; Dhanashri Parate; Shital Bhandure; Rajbabu Velmurugan; Maryam Shojaei Baghini; Suresh Janardhan Gawande; Rajiv Baliram Kale; Karuppaiah V; and Vijay Mahajan.

The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Embodiments herein disclose Internet of Things (IoT)-based methods and systems for pest and disease management of onion crop(s). The method comprises of collecting real field onion crop health, weather, and soil data sensors units (102), performing data pre-processing, analysis of effects of variations in a plurality of parameters on the growth of crop, pest and disease attack, abiotic stress, yield and quality etc., in the onion crops during the various phases of the crop through the management module (101). Prediction of the crop health, pest infestations, diseases, yield etc., is done using AI/ML models (304). Embodiments herein disclose agricultural management protocols/tactics, which are based on real-time, real-field data for better control of disease/pest in onion crop(s). Embodiments herein disclose mass scale dissemination of onion crop management protocols via various platform as mobile application(s), web application(s), and messages."

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