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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Other Authors: Pierce, F. J., Clay, David
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2007.
Series:GIS applications in agriculture.
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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 ...
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.)