Research Article Exploration of Crucial Factors Involved in Plants Development Using the Fuzzy AHP Method Hemant Upadhyay , 1 Abhinav Juneja , 2 Hamza Turabieh , 3 Sapna Malik, 4 Ankur Gupta , 5 Zelalem Kiros Bitsue , 6 and Chanchal Upadhyay 7 1 BMIET, Sonepat, India 2 KIET Group of Institutions, Delhi NCR Ghaziabad, India 3 Department of Information Technology, College of Computing and Information Technology, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia 4 Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology, Delhi, India 5 Bennett University, Greater Noida, India 6 United States of African Health Organization, Ethiopia 7 Department of Botany, Faculty of Life Sciences, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra, India CorrespondenceshouldbeaddressedtoZelalemKirosBitsue;bitsue.zelalem29@gmail.com Received 14 December 2021; Revised 13 January 2022; Accepted 22 January 2022; Published 27 February 2022 AcademicEditor:NaeemJan Copyright©2022HemantUpadhyayetal.isisanopenaccessarticledistributedundertheCreativeCommonsAttribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Remarkable changes in the environment have been impacting the production ability of plants. Few variation strategies are availabletoadaptfortheoutcomesofenvironmentalchangessuchasmaximumandminimumtemperatureinthedevelopment phase of the plants. A large portion of the plants expresses affectability to saltiness of the dirt. Considering the tediousness of variouskinds,itisneedfultoperceivethepossibleobstructionsinplantsdevelopment.However,ithasbeenobservedthatcritical factorsinplantsdevelopmentarerequiredtobeexplored.eprimeobjectiveofthiscurrentworkisforanalysisofthechosen critical factors in plants development. Nine critical factors in plants development are shortlisted from the extensive literature reviewinginthreecategories,“climatefactors”,“terrestrialfactors”,and“humanfactors”withthehelpofexperts’inputs.Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) methodology has been selected for ranking of critical factors in plants development. Raw information is gathered from an online survey from twenty-five botanists, academicians, researchers, and agriculture scientists. e results may become very helpful in the strategy in developing efficient planning for dealing with critical factors in plants development. 1. Introduction e growth of plants and their development are controlled by several conditions, climate and the environment. In other words, plant growth and geographical distribution are greatly influencedbyclimateandclimaticconditions.Inonewayorthe other, most problems of the plants are due to climate stresses, andthechiefclimaticfactorofplantgrowthisaffectedbylight, rainfall, heat, and availability or lack of water [1]. As per O. S. University, four things affecting the development of plants are theavailabilityoflight,deficiencyofwater,andamountofheat andnutrients.Growthisapermanent,irreversibleincreaseofan organism. is characteristic is observed in almost all plants withmanymetabolictypeprocesses.Itisaknownfactthatseed germination develops new seedling for eventual development intoamatureplantandexhibitsindefinitegrowth[2].Plantcells are interconnected by rigid walls, setting their positions in relation to each other, and causing a mechanical reaction be- tween cells [3]. Plants development is accomplished by a number of chemical and physical processes that are controlled byclimatefactorssuchaslight,water,temperature,oxygen,and carbon dioxide. Hindawi Mathematical Problems in Engineering Volume 2022, Article ID 4279694, 9 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4279694