Precision in Crop Farming - Site Specific Concepts and Sensing Methods: Applications and Results (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	July 2013
First published:	2013
Editors:	Hermann J Heege
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	356
Edition:	2013 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9400767591
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Crop husbandry > General Promotions
LSN:	9400767595
Barcode:	9789400767591

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