Ebook: Precision in Crop Farming: Site Specific Concepts and Sensing Methods: Applications and Results
- Tags: Agriculture, Plant Sciences, Soil Science & Conservation, Plant Biochemistry, Engineering general, Control
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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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 considered. The transition from former field work carried out manually or by small implements to present-day high-capacity machinery caused that the farmers lost the immediate and close contact with soils and crops. However, modern sensing and controlling technology can make up for this deficit. High tech methods that include proximal sensing and signals from satellites can provide for controls that allow adjusting farming operations to small fractions of one ha and sometimes even down to some m2, hence in a site-specific mode. This applies to operations for soil cultivation, sowing, fertilizing and plant protection. This book deals with site-specific concepts, applications and results.
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 considered. The transition from former field work carried out manually or by small implements to present day high capacity machinery caused that the farmers lost the immediate and close contact with soils and crops.
However, modern sensing and controlling technology can make up for this deficit. High tech methods that include proximal sensing and signals from satellites can provide for controls that allow adjusting farming operations to small fractions of one ha and sometimes even down to some m2, hence in a site-specific mode. This applies to operations for soil cultivation, sowing, fertilizing and plant protection.
This book deals with concepts, applications and results, and has an interdisciplinary approach that pervades all chapters.
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 considered. The transition from former field work carried out manually or by small implements to present day high capacity machinery caused that the farmers lost the immediate and close contact with soils and crops.
However, modern sensing and controlling technology can make up for this deficit. High tech methods that include proximal sensing and signals from satellites can provide for controls that allow adjusting farming operations to small fractions of one ha and sometimes even down to some m2, hence in a site-specific mode. This applies to operations for soil cultivation, sowing, fertilizing and plant protection.
This book deals with concepts, applications and results, and has an interdisciplinary approach that pervades all chapters.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Heterogeneity in Fields: Basics of Analyses....Pages 3-13
Sensing by Electromagnetic Radiation....Pages 15-33
Precision in Guidance of Farm Machinery....Pages 35-50
Sensing of Natural Soil Properties....Pages 51-102
Sensing of Crop Properties....Pages 103-141
Site-Specific Soil Cultivation....Pages 143-170
Site-Specific Sowing....Pages 171-192
Site-Specific Fertilizing....Pages 193-271
Site-Specific Weed Control....Pages 273-294
Site-Specific Sensing for Fungicide Spraying....Pages 295-311
Site-Specific Recording of Yields....Pages 313-329
Fusions, Overlays and Management Zones....Pages 331-344
Summary and Perspectives....Pages 345-347
Back Matter....Pages 349-356
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 considered. The transition from former field work carried out manually or by small implements to present day high capacity machinery caused that the farmers lost the immediate and close contact with soils and crops.
However, modern sensing and controlling technology can make up for this deficit. High tech methods that include proximal sensing and signals from satellites can provide for controls that allow adjusting farming operations to small fractions of one ha and sometimes even down to some m2, hence in a site-specific mode. This applies to operations for soil cultivation, sowing, fertilizing and plant protection.
This book deals with concepts, applications and results, and has an interdisciplinary approach that pervades all chapters.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Heterogeneity in Fields: Basics of Analyses....Pages 3-13
Sensing by Electromagnetic Radiation....Pages 15-33
Precision in Guidance of Farm Machinery....Pages 35-50
Sensing of Natural Soil Properties....Pages 51-102
Sensing of Crop Properties....Pages 103-141
Site-Specific Soil Cultivation....Pages 143-170
Site-Specific Sowing....Pages 171-192
Site-Specific Fertilizing....Pages 193-271
Site-Specific Weed Control....Pages 273-294
Site-Specific Sensing for Fungicide Spraying....Pages 295-311
Site-Specific Recording of Yields....Pages 313-329
Fusions, Overlays and Management Zones....Pages 331-344
Summary and Perspectives....Pages 345-347
Back Matter....Pages 349-356
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