GIS applications in agriculture
We are entering a new era in production agronomics. Agricultural scientists the world over call for the development of techniques that simultaneously increase soil carbon storage and reduce agriculture's energy use. In response, site-specific or precision agriculture has become the focus and di...
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Format: | Electronic |
Language: | English |
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Boca Raton :
CRC Press,
c2007.
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Series: | GIS applications in agriculture.
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Online Access: | ebrary ebrary; v. 2 ebrary; v. 3 View fulltext via EzAccess View fulltext via EzAccess MyiLibrary |
Summary: | We are entering a new era in production agronomics. Agricultural scientists the world over call for the development of techniques that simultaneously increase soil carbon storage and reduce agriculture's energy use. In response, site-specific or precision agriculture has become the focus and direction for the three motivating forces that are changing agriculture today: the expanding capacity of personal computers, the molecular biology revolution, and the recent developments in information technology such as the increasing use of geographical information systems (GIS). Using mathematics ... |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (203 p.) : ill. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781420007718 (electronic bk.) 1420007718 (electronic bk.) 9781420078817 (electronic bk.) 142007881X (electronic bk.) 9781420092714 (v. 2 : electronic bk.) 1420092715 (v. 2 : electronic bk.) |