{"id":2,"date":"2016-07-11T23:50:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T23:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-08-06T17:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T00:57:09","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1468444978507\" class=\"row side-right gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<header>\n<h2>Welcome!<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<h3>Research Interest<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Dr. Khot<\/strong> works in the <a href=\"http:\/\/bsyse.wsu.edu\/research\/ag-automation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Agricultural Automation <\/a>Engineering research\u00a0emphasis area of the <a href=\"http:\/\/bsyse.wsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of Biological Systems Engineering<\/a>. His research and extension program focuses on \u201cSensing and automation technologies for site specific and precision management of production agriculture\u201d. Special emphasis is towards integration of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Crop &amp; Weather Sensing (ground and aerial systems)<\/li>\n<li>Internet-of-Things enabled Cyber Physical Systems<\/li>\n<li>Edge and Cloud Compute driven Decision Support Systems<\/li>\n<li>Smartphone Apps &amp; Information Delivery Technologies<\/li>\n<li>Precision Chemical Application Technologies<\/li>\n<li>Agricultural Machinery, Processes &amp;\u00a0Data-based Modeling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Brief Bio:<\/strong> Dr. Lav R. Khot is the Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.wsu.edu\/\">AgWeatherNet<\/a> and Professor of Precision Agriculture at <a href=\"https:\/\/cpaas.wsu.edu\/\">CPAAS<\/a>, Washington State University. Under his leadership, AgWeatherNet is undergoing a major infrastructure upgrade to establish a mesoscale weather sensing network in the state of Washington. This network provides crucial weather data and decision support, enhancing the resilience of Washington&#8217;s agriculture, animal, and human health systems. His research and extension program in precision agriculture focuses on integrating advanced sensing and automation technologies to improve the efficiency of irrigated and tree fruit crop production. He has advised over 30 graduate students, postdocs, Fulbright and international scholars as well as over 20 undergraduate interns. His program has published over 200 peer-reviewed research and extension articles, and he has been cited 5,851 times (h-index = 35).<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Khot is playing a leadership role in bringing AI-driven tools in Washington agriculture through the USDA-NIFA funded <a href=\"https:\/\/agaid.org\/\">AgAID Institute<\/a>, where he co-leads the Farm Operations Intelligence thrust efforts. He is also leading collaborative efforts that has established the first-of-its-kind public-private partnership-driven &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/smartorchard.wsu.edu\/\">Smart Apple Orchard Testbed<\/a>&#8216; in commercial settings for effective smart ag-tech evaluation and grower education. He continues to serve as an Associate Editor of the Journal of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ASABE) and has co-organized a special session at the IEEE MetroAgriFor past few years. His programmatic efforts at WSU have been recognized with the 2024 Early Career Excellence Award and the 2024 Team Interdisciplinary Award, as well as the ASABE Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award, Outstanding Associate Editor, Superior Paper Awards, among others. He is also recipient of Fruit + Vegetable 40 Under 40 (Class of 2021 from Fruit Growers News), and the 2018 New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award from Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research.\u00a0 He was chair of S1069 Multi-State Group (2021) and of the \u2018Mechanization, Digitization, Sensing &amp; Robotics\u2019 Working Group of International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) (2018-2022).<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Group Research Video\/Photo&#8217;s<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 AgWeatherNet team member details can be <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.wsu.edu\/?p=92750\">found here\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/pa2025\/'><img width=\"2345\" height=\"1150\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2025\/08\/PA2025-e1754525892574.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Precision Ag Group 2025\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2025\/08\/PA2025-e1754525892574.png 2345w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2025\/08\/PA2025-e1754525892574-396x194.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2025\/08\/PA2025-e1754525892574-792x388.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2025\/08\/PA2025-e1754525892574-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2025\/08\/PA2025-e1754525892574-1536x753.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2025\/08\/PA2025-e1754525892574-2048x1004.png 2048w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2025\/08\/PA2025-e1754525892574-990x486.png 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2025\/08\/PA2025-e1754525892574-1188x583.png 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2345px) 100vw, 2345px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-808'>\n\t\t\t\tPrecision Ag Group 2025\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/research-group-2\/group_photo_2\/'><img width=\"1478\" height=\"1504\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2022\/06\/Group_photo_2-scaled-e1655506681748.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2022\/06\/Group_photo_2-scaled-e1655506681748.jpg 1478w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2022\/06\/Group_photo_2-scaled-e1655506681748-396x403.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2022\/06\/Group_photo_2-scaled-e1655506681748-792x806.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2022\/06\/Group_photo_2-scaled-e1655506681748-768x782.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2022\/06\/Group_photo_2-scaled-e1655506681748-990x1007.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2022\/06\/Group_photo_2-scaled-e1655506681748-1188x1209.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1478px) 100vw, 1478px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-703'>\n\t\t\t\tPrecision Ag Group 2022\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure 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sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-429'>\n\t\t\t\tCrop Physiology Sensing System\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/extension-overview\/img_8857\/'><img width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_8857-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_8857-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_8857-396x528.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_8857-792x1056.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_8857-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_8857-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_8857-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_8857-990x1320.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_8857-1188x1584.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-632'>\n\t\t\t\tCrop Physiology Sensing System\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/extension-overview\/dsc_1713\/'><img width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/DSC_1713-Lav-Team-orchard-phone-1-w.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/DSC_1713-Lav-Team-orchard-phone-1-w.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/DSC_1713-Lav-Team-orchard-phone-1-w-396x264.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-636'>\n\t\t\t\tAppSense 1.0\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/home\/img_0774\/'><img width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0774.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0774.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0774-396x264.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0774-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0774-792x528.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0774-990x660.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0774-1188x792.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-420'>\n\t\t\t\tRemote Sensing w\/drones\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/extension-overview\/img_9145\/'><img width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_9145-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_9145-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_9145-396x223.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_9145-792x446.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_9145-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_9145-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_9145-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_9145-990x557.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/09\/IMG_9145-1188x668.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-633'>\n\t\t\t\tOptimizing Aerial Drone Spray Technology \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/home\/img_0799\/'><img width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0799.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0799.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0799-396x264.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0799-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0799-792x528.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0799-990x660.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0799-1188x792.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-423'>\n\t\t\t\tIntelligent orchard sprayer\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/home\/img_0827\/'><img width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0827.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0827.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0827-396x264.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0827-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0827-792x528.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0827-990x660.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2019\/08\/IMG_0827-1188x792.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-425'>\n\t\t\t\tSolid Set Canopy Delivery System\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-431'>\n\t\t\t\tSolid Set Canopy Delivery System\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/home\/img_20190722_065641\/'><img width=\"2560\" height=\"1209\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/02\/IMG_20190722_065641-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/02\/IMG_20190722_065641-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/02\/IMG_20190722_065641-396x187.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2021\/02\/IMG_20190722_065641-792x374.jpg 792w, 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https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2023\/06\/IMG_1507_2023-990x990.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1416\/2023\/06\/IMG_1507_2023-1188x1188.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:%20lav.khot@wsu.edu\">Lav.Khot@wsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Director, <a href=\"http:\/\/weather.wsu.edu\/\">AgWeatherNet<\/a> | Professor, Precision Agriculture<\/p>\n<p>College of Agricultural, Human,<br \/>\nand Natural Resource Sciences<br \/>\nWashington State University<br \/>\nPhone: 509-786-9302\/335-5638<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=RIDYWdgAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Scholar Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> <\/p>\n<h2>Welcome!<\/h2>\n<h3>Research Interest<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Dr. Khot<\/strong> works in the <a 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His research and extension program focuses on \u201cSensing and automation technologies for site specific and precision management of production agriculture\u201d. Special emphasis is towards integration of<\/p>\n<p>Crop &amp; Weather Sensing (ground and aerial systems)<br \/> Internet-of-Things enabled Cyber Physical Systems<br \/> Edge and Cloud Compute driven Decision Support Systems<br \/> Smartphone Apps &amp; Information Delivery Technologies<br \/> Precision Chemical Application Technologies<br \/> Agricultural Machinery, Processes &amp;\u00a0Data-based Modeling<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brief Bio:<\/strong> Dr. Lav R. 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