Precision in Crop Farming Site Specific Concepts and Sensing Methods: Applications and Results /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Heege, Hermann J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Biochemistry.; Botany.; Engineering.; Soil conservation.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Plant Biochemistry.; Engineering, general.; Control.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6760-7

High yields and environmental control in crop farming call for precise adaptations to local growing conditions. Treating large fields in a uniform way by high capacity machinery cannot be regarded as a sustainable method for many situations. Because differences existing within single fields must be...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Heterogeneity in Fields: Basics of Analyses
• 3 Sensing by Electromagnetic Radiation
• 4 Precision in Guidance of Farm Machinery
• 5 Sensing of Natural Soil Properties
• 6 Sensing of Crop Properties
• 7 Site-Specific Soil Cultivation
• 8 Site-Specific Sowing
• 9 Site-Specific Fertilizing
• 10 Site-Specific Weed Control
• 11 Site-Specific Sensing for Fungicide Spraying
• 12 Site-Specific Recording of Yields
• 13 Fusions, Overlays and Management Zones
• 14 Summary and Perspectives
• Index.