Potential Applications and Limitations of Electronic Nose Devices for Plant Disease Diagnosis

Electronic nose technology has recently been applied to the detection of several plant diseases and pests, with promising results. However, in spite of its numerous advantages, including operational simplicity, non-destructivity, and bulk sampling, drawbacks include a low sensitivity and specificity...

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Main Authors:	Antonio Cellini, Sonia Blasioli, Enrico Biondi, Assunta Bertaccini, Ilaria Braschi, Francesco Spinelli
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2017-11-01
Series:	Sensors
Subjects:	e-nose VOCs plant pathogen detection pest infestation gas sampling sensor signal drift relative humidity control
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/11/2596

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spelling	doaj-26916eda455f404ca2148ef54f4dc9702020-11-24T23:55:27ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202017-11-011711259610.3390/s17112596s17112596Potential Applications and Limitations of Electronic Nose Devices for Plant Disease DiagnosisAntonio Cellini0Sonia Blasioli1Enrico Biondi2Assunta Bertaccini3Ilaria Braschi4Francesco Spinelli5Department of Agricultural Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, viale G. Fanin 44, 40127 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, viale G. Fanin 44, 40127 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, viale G. Fanin 44, 40127 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, viale G. Fanin 44, 40127 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, viale G. Fanin 44, 40127 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, viale G. Fanin 44, 40127 Bologna, ItalyElectronic nose technology has recently been applied to the detection of several plant diseases and pests, with promising results. However, in spite of its numerous advantages, including operational simplicity, non-destructivity, and bulk sampling, drawbacks include a low sensitivity and specificity in comparison with microbiological and molecular methods. A critical review of the use of an electronic nose for plant disease diagnosis and pest detection is presented, describing the instrumental and procedural advances of sensorial analysis, for the improvement of discrimination between healthy and infected or infested plants. In conclusion, the use of electronic nose technology is suggested to assist, direct, and optimise traditionally adopted diagnostic techniques.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/11/2596e-noseVOCsplant pathogen detectionpest infestationgas samplingsensor signal driftrelative humidity control
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spellingShingle	Antonio Cellini Sonia Blasioli Enrico Biondi Assunta Bertaccini Ilaria Braschi Francesco Spinelli Potential Applications and Limitations of Electronic Nose Devices for Plant Disease Diagnosis Sensors e-nose VOCs plant pathogen detection pest infestation gas sampling sensor signal drift relative humidity control
author_facet	Antonio Cellini Sonia Blasioli Enrico Biondi Assunta Bertaccini Ilaria Braschi Francesco Spinelli
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title	Potential Applications and Limitations of Electronic Nose Devices for Plant Disease Diagnosis
title_short	Potential Applications and Limitations of Electronic Nose Devices for Plant Disease Diagnosis
title_full	Potential Applications and Limitations of Electronic Nose Devices for Plant Disease Diagnosis
title_fullStr	Potential Applications and Limitations of Electronic Nose Devices for Plant Disease Diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed	Potential Applications and Limitations of Electronic Nose Devices for Plant Disease Diagnosis
title_sort	potential applications and limitations of electronic nose devices for plant disease diagnosis
publisher	MDPI AG
series	Sensors
issn	1424-8220
publishDate	2017-11-01
description	Electronic nose technology has recently been applied to the detection of several plant diseases and pests, with promising results. However, in spite of its numerous advantages, including operational simplicity, non-destructivity, and bulk sampling, drawbacks include a low sensitivity and specificity in comparison with microbiological and molecular methods. A critical review of the use of an electronic nose for plant disease diagnosis and pest detection is presented, describing the instrumental and procedural advances of sensorial analysis, for the improvement of discrimination between healthy and infected or infested plants. In conclusion, the use of electronic nose technology is suggested to assist, direct, and optimise traditionally adopted diagnostic techniques.
topic	e-nose VOCs plant pathogen detection pest infestation gas sampling sensor signal drift relative humidity control
url	https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/11/2596
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Potential Applications and Limitations of Electronic Nose Devices for Plant Disease Diagnosis

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