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Automation in tree fruit production : principles and practice / edited by Qin Zhang.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Farm mechanization.
- Fruit trees.
- Precision farming.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (323 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxfordshire, England ; Boston, Massachusetts : CABI, [2018]
- Summary:
- Written by an international team of experts, this unique edited volume focuses on applications of automation technology to the important industry of tree fruit production. It is aimed at researchers and graduate students of agricultural and biological engineering, crop and soil sciences, precision agriculture, and other relevant disciplines.
- Contents:
- Tree fruit production automation
- The economics of perennial crops production automation
- Sensing for stress detection and high-throughput phenotyping in precision horticulture
- Light interception and canopy sensing for tree fruit canopy management
- Precision orchard systems
- Variable rate irrigation on center pivots
- Precision technologies for pest and disease management
- Precision nutrient management
- Precise crop load management
- Mechanical harvest and in-field handling of tree fruit crops
- Opportunity of robotics in precision horticulture.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781780648521
- 1780648529
- 9781780648514
- 1780648510
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