Precision Crop Protection - the Challenge and Use of Heterogeneity

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Oerke, Erich-Christian. (Editor), Gerhards, Roland. (Editor), Menz, Gunter. (Editor), Sikora, Richard A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Remote sensing.; Agriculture.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9277-9

Precision farming is an agricultural management system using global navigation satellite systems, geographic information systems, remote sensing, and data management systems for optimizing the use of nutrients, water, seed, pesticides and energy in heterogeneous field situations. This book, generate...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Part I - Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of crops, pests, diseases and weeds<U+0013> causes and implications
• 1. Soil heterogeneity and crop growth; V Adamchuk
• 2. Spatial and temporal dynamics of weed populations; R Gerhards
• 3. Spatial and temporal dynamics of pathogens; FW Nutter
• 4. Spatial and temporal dynamics of arthropods in arable fields; M van Helden
• Part II - Sensing and sensor technologies in crop protection
• 5. The application of laboratory spectroscopy and optical remote sensing for estimating soil properties; J Hill
• 6. Sensing of photosynthetic activity of crops; U Rascher
• 7. Remote sensing for precision crop protection <U+0013> a matter of scale; K Voss
• 8. Detection and identification of weeds; M Weis
• 9. Detection of fungal diseases optically and pathogen inoculum by air sampling; JS West
• 10. Remote sensing for the detection of plant parasitic nematodes and disease complexes; R Sikora
• 11. Potential of digital thermography for disease control; EC Oerke
• 12. Geographical approaches for integrated pest management of arthropods in forestry and row crops; J Willers
• Part III - Modelling and decision support systems
• 13. Handling and managment of spatial data; G Bareth
• 14. Decision rules for site-specific weed management; C Gutjahr
• 15. Modelling plant diseases for decision making in crop protection; V Rossi
• 16. Model validation and use of geographic information systems (GIS) in crop protection warning service; P Racca
• Part IV - Application technologies for site-specific crop protection
• 17. Mechanical weed control; V Rueda-Ayala
• 18. Direct injection sprayer technolouy; P Schulze Lammers
• 19. Modern application techniques for pesticides; J Langewald
• 20. Autonomous systems for plant protection; HW Griepentrog
• 21. Variable rate technology for herbicide application; M Sk̲efeld
• 22. Variable rate application of fungicides; KH Dammer
• Part V - Current use of Precision Crop Protection in practice
• 23. Providing precision crop and range protection in the U.S. Northern Great Plains; G Seielstad
• 24. Site-specific detection and management of nematodes; J Muller
• 25. Precision disease control in bed-grown crop; J Van de Zande
• 26. Economic evaluation of precision crop protection measures; JO Schroers
• Index.