Precision in crop farming : site specific concepts and sensing methods : applications and results
Agricultural innovations Agricultural machinery Crops sähkökirjat
Springer
2013
EISBN 9789400767607
1 Introduction.
2 Heterogeneity in Fields: Basics of Analyses.
3 Sensing by Electromagnetic Radiation.
4 Precision in Guidance of Farm Machinery.
5 Sensing of Natural Soil Properties.
6 Sensing of Crop Properties.
7 Site-Specific Soil Cultivation.
8 Site-Specific Sowing.
9 Site-Specific Fertilizing.
10 Site-Specific Weed Control.
11 Site-Specific Sensing for Fungicide Spraying.
12 Site-Specific Recording of Yields.
13 Fusions, Overlays and Management Zones.
14 Summary and Perspectives.
Index.
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.
2 Heterogeneity in Fields: Basics of Analyses.
3 Sensing by Electromagnetic Radiation.
4 Precision in Guidance of Farm Machinery.
5 Sensing of Natural Soil Properties.
6 Sensing of Crop Properties.
7 Site-Specific Soil Cultivation.
8 Site-Specific Sowing.
9 Site-Specific Fertilizing.
10 Site-Specific Weed Control.
11 Site-Specific Sensing for Fungicide Spraying.
12 Site-Specific Recording of Yields.
13 Fusions, Overlays and Management Zones.
14 Summary and Perspectives.
Index.
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.
