20世纪末,国际上形成了数字农业的概念,以3S技术（遥成（RS）技术、地理信息系统（GIS）技术和全球定位系统（GPS）技术）为基础的数字农业预示着21世纪的农业将呈现出一个以数字化为特征的崭新面貌。它将对农业资源环境、生产状况、气象和生物性灾害等进行有效预测,指导人们根据各种变异情况实时实地采取相应的农事操作。本文概述数字农业的含义和技术体系,阐述数字农业在中药农业中的作用,及其对中药农业发展的影响。

In the end of the 20th century the conception of digital agriculture was formed internationally. Based on three S technology digital agriculture means that the agriculture in the 21st century will assume a completely new aspect with the characteristics of digitalization, which will efficiently predict the environment of agricultural resources, the situation of agricultural production and metiorological and biological disasters in agriculture and guide people to engage in farm work appropriately and timely in accordance with various variations. This article summarizes the implications and technical system of digital agriculture and expounds the roles of it in, and its influence on, the agriculture of Chinese medicinal crops.

重庆市科委攻关项目(6455):“优质中药材青蒿、黄连、补骨脂、仙茅规范化种植研究”