Research-Driven Agriculture & AgTech
Dr. Yavuz Selim Sahin
AI-assisted crop protection, plant nutrition, and controlled-environment production
I provide agricultural consultancy focused on smart agriculture systems, supporting soil-based and soilless operations in plant nutrition, irrigation, climate control, and day-to-day production management.
How I Work
I support this consultancy approach with software and data-driven tools. Smart4Drip is one of the applications I developed to make plant nutrition decisions more manageable through analysis, recipe optimization, and field data.
My consultancy is backed by active research in AI-driven precision agriculture and biological crop protection. With 20+ peer-reviewed publications spanning real-time pest detection with deep learning, crop disease monitoring through thermal imaging, biological control with entomopathogenic agents, and controlled-environment cultivation, I bridge the gap between scientific innovation and practical field solutions.
Consultancy Scope
- Soilless cultivation and controlled-environment operations
- Plant nutrition recipes and fertigation planning
- Climate, irrigation, and production optimization
- Field-data-based decision support and operational follow-up
Selected Research
- AI-based pest detection & segmentation (YOLOv8, deep learning)
- Thermal imaging for early crop disease diagnosis
- Biological control with entomopathogenic nematodes
- Controlled-environment cultivation & mushroom production
20+ peer-reviewed publications — view all on Google Scholar
Digital Tools
Decision-Support Applications
Smart4Drip
Plant nutrition planning and fertilizer recipe optimization
Smart4Drip is a decision-support application I developed to support my consultancy work by making plant nutrition management more analytical, measurable, and efficient.
The application combines water, crop, and production data to generate nutrition recipes according to crop variety and phenological stage. Users define the fertilizers they already have, and the system calculates suitable combinations and doses to standardize decision-making.
VPD
Vapor pressure deficit, dew point, and humidity deficit guidance
VPD is a climate-decision calculator I built to convert greenhouse temperature and relative humidity into actionable humidity deficit, dew point, and vapor pressure deficit targets.
The tool combines preset crop profiles with quick manual inputs so growers can move between density-based and kPa-based targets without interrupting daily operations. It is designed to be fast on both desktop and mobile.