This volume reviews key advances in precision agriculture technology and applications. Chapters summarise developments in monitoring techniques, including proximal crop and soil sensors and remote sensing technologies. The book then goes on to discuss how this information is processed to identify management zones and input targets. Chapters also assesses advances in delivery mechanisms such as variable rate application and targeted spray technologies. The final part of the book surveys the wide range of applications of precision agriculture, from controlled traffic farming to site-specific nutrient and water management. With its distinguished editor and international team of subject experts, this will be a standard reference for crop scientists and agronomists as well as all those concerned with improving the efficiency and sustainability of agriculture.
| ISBN: | 9781786762047 |
| Publication date: | 6th November 2018 |
| Author: | Prof Richard B Ferguson, Dr R Gebbers, Dr Chenghai Yang |
| Publisher: | Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 514 pages |
| Series: | Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science |
| Genres: |
Agronomy and crop production Sedimentology and pedology Irrigation and water management Sustainable agriculture |