Najmeh Salehan

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Najmeh Salehan is at the forefront of a precision agriculture revolution, pioneering the use of laser technology for sustainable weed management. Her research focuses on two critical areas: the direct control of growing weeds and the preemptive destruction of weed seeds in the soil. In her highly cited 2024 work, "Laser weeding: opportunities and challenges for couch grass control," she explores how AI-guided robots can replace or reduce reliance on herbicides and tillage for managing persistent species like *Elymus repens*. Complementing this, her paper "Laser weed seed control: challenges and opportunities" addresses the urgent farmer need to deplete the soil seed bank, proposing autonomous vehicles that identify and neutralize seeds before they germinate. With her papers rapidly accumulating citations (19 and 11, respectively, in a single year), Salehan’s work is already shaping the conversation around non-chemical weed control. Her contributions are pivotal for developing autonomous, environmentally benign farming systems, offering a powerful solution to herbicide resistance and soil degradation.