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Principles, Applications, and Future Evolution of Agricultural Nondestructive Testing Based on Microwaves
Ran Tao1, Leijun Xu1, Xue Bai1
1School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 14, 2025
Summary
Microwave technology offers advanced agricultural nondestructive testing (NDT) for quality control, overcoming optical method limitations. Future systems aim for portable, IoT-integrated solutions for dynamic monitoring and contaminant detection.
Area of Science:
- Agricultural Science
- Nondestructive Testing (NDT)
- Microwave Technology
Background:
- Conventional optical NDT methods (e.g., spectroscopy, hyperspectral imaging) have limited penetration and environmental sensitivity.
- Effective quality assurance, safety monitoring, and supply chain transparency in agriculture require advanced NDT solutions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the potential of microwave technologies for agricultural nondestructive testing.
- To examine the principles, applications, and future development of microwave NDT in agriculture.
Main Methods:
- Leveraging dielectric response mechanisms for material analysis.
- Utilizing low-frequency penetration for moisture testing and high-frequency analysis for multi-parameter detection.
- Exploring microwave-millimeter wave systems for enhanced precision and contaminant identification.
Main Results:
- Microwave technology enables moisture quantification, storage monitoring, mycotoxin detection, and adulteration screening.
- High-frequency systems offer molecular resonance and sub-millimeter resolution for trace contaminant detection.
- Challenges include signal absorption in high-moisture products, path loss, and lack of standardized dielectric data.
Conclusions:
- Microwave NDT presents a transformative approach to agricultural quality control.
- Future research should focus on developing low-cost, portable systems integrated with IoT and 6G for dynamic monitoring.
- This review provides a roadmap for next-generation agricultural NDT systems.
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