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Guo Precision Ag Lab
Crop Ecophysiology & Precision Agriculture

At the Crop Ecophysiology & Precision Agriculture Laboratory, we strive to improve the bottom line of production agriculture through optimization of crop inputs, management, while protecting the environment.

Creating a More Efficient Future

Conventional farming practices treat an agricultural field uniformly despite the inherent variability in soil properties and crop growth conditions. The challenge and necessity of feeding 9 billion people on the earth by 2050 urges us to use our land and water resources more wisely.

Precision agriculture offers a suite of technologies to manage our soil and water more efficiently and effectively by applying crop inputs at the right location with the right amount and at the right time. These technologies include global navigation satellite systems, geographic information systems, remote and proximal sensing, yield monitoring, variable rate technology, and data science. This list is expanding. The goal of precision agriculture is to optimize crop input and management to enhance productivity, profitability, sustainability, while minimizing the impact of agriculture on the environment.

At the Crop Ecophysiology & Precision Agriculture Laboratory, we strive to improve the bottom line of production agriculture through optimization of crop inputs, management, while protecting the environment. Our mission is to build on partnerships with the industry and research institutions to develop and expand innovative research and teaching programs in precision agriculture and environmental modeling that align well with the department and university plans, address important local and national agricultural needs, and support the economic development of Texas and the nation through education and research.

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Meet the Research Team

Headed by Dr. Wenxuan Guo, the Crop Ecophysiology & Precision Agriculture Laboratory is home to many talented graduate and undergraduate researchers.

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In the News

Texas Tech-led study aims to transform precision ag with AI, UAV technologies (Davis College NewsCenter, October 2023)

Texas Tech researchers looking for sustainable solutions to water shortages (Texas Tech Today, May 2022)

Sensor-equipped drones help detect crop stress, aid decision making (Cotton Farming, July 1, 2020)

Jasmine Neupane wins thesis award (CASNR NewsCenter, June 2019)

Texas Tech on the cutting edge for agriculture research (KLBK, Dec 11, 2018)

Drones, new technology could be the future for West Texas farming (Doublet973.com, December 2018)

Smart Drones Take Flight for Precision Agriculture Use in Plant and Soil Science (Texas Tech Today, Dec 7, 2018)

Texas Tech earns 'Top 25' ranking for its efforts in precision agriculture (CASNR News, April 2018)

25 Best Colleges for Precision Agriculture (Precisionag.com, March 2018)

Texas Tech earns Top 25 ranking in Precision Agriculture (http://ramar.worldnow.com, Apr 2018)

Where the Grass Grows Greener (the Agriculturist, Fall 2018)

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Lab PI - Wenxuan Guo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Crop Ecophysiology & Precision Agriculture
Texas Tech University
Joint appointment - Texas AgriLife Research

Email:wenxuan.guo@ttu.edu

Phone: (806) 834-2266

Address:
Bayer Plant Science Building, Room 111
2911 15th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409-2122

Dr. Guo's research focuses on precision agriculture, environmental sciences, and remote sensing in agriculture, especially UAV application in precision plant phenotyping.

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