WASHINGTON STATE IS THE PRIMARY PRODUCER OF FRESH MARKET APPLES, SWEET CHERRIES, PEARS AND OTHER HIGH VALUE CROPS IN THE US. DESPITE IMPRESSIVE STATISTICS, GROWERS CONTINUE TO FACE ENORMOUS CHALLENGES TO DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY, FRESH-MARKET PRODUCE WHICH IS ALSO CRITICAL PART OF THE US CONSUMER DIET. IT IS DUE TO CROP LOSS CAUSED BY SUNBURN (APPLE), FRUIT SPLITTING (CHERRY), FROST DAMAGE, AND INSECT INFESTATION. GROWERS CAN USE SEVERAL ACTIVE METHODS TO MITIGATE CROP LOSS, HOWEVER, THEY LACK MONITORING SYSTEMS THAT LINK 'REAL-TIME AGRICULTURAL DATA ANALYTICS' ON CROP PHYSIOLOGY AND 'MICRO-CLIMATE' AT THE ORCHARD BLOCK LEVEL WITH 'INTELLIGENT CONTROL' TECHNOLOGIES. THIS KNOWLEDGE GAP REDUCES YIELDS AND PRODUCE MAKERTABILITY CAUSING ECONOMIC LOSS TO GROWERS AND DECREASES CONSUMERS ACEESS TO NUTRIENTIONAL FRUIT PRODUCE AT AFFORDABLE COST. OUR PROJECT, LEAD BY NEW INVESTIGATOR PI-KHOT, WILL HELP IN OVERCOMING THIS HURDLE BY DEVELOPING AN INTERNET OF THINGS COMPATIBLE PRECISION MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM THAT IS ABLE TO DETERMINE THE PHYSIOLOGY OF HIGH-VALUE TREE FRUIT CROPS IN THE ORCHARD ENVIRONMENT AND TRIGGER THE PROTECTION SYSTEM ACTUATION FOR PREVENTING CROP LOSSES. THIS IS THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF THE PROJECT. DEVELOPED TECHNOLOGY WILL BE TESTED TO MONITOR AND MANAGE SUNBURN IN PREMIUM APPLE CULTIVARS. SUNBURN IS DETRIMENTAL TO APPLE PRODUCTION WHERE EXCESS HEAT AND SUNLIGHT, BECOMING A FREQUENT PHENOMENON IN THE REGION, CAUSES 6 TO 30% ANNUAL FRUIT LOSS. SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTION, AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY CAN THEN BE TRANSLATED TO OTHER CROPS (CHERRY, PEAR, GRAPE, BLUEBERRY) TO MANAGE PERTINENT ABIOTIC STRESSORS.