Automation in Tree Fruit Production (eBook)

Principles and Practice

Qin Zhang (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
CABI (Verlag)
978-1-78064-852-1 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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The technology that allows automation in agriculture is rapidly developing and being applied to wide variety of key crops. This book focuses on automation in tree fruit crops worldwide. It covers topics such as automated tree fruit production systems, plant stress sensing and high-throughput phenotyping in precision horticulture, the economics of automation in tree fruit production, light interception sensing systems for canopy management, precision irrigation and water management, precision technologies for pest and disease management, opportunities for the application of robotics in tree fruit production, and the mechanical harvesting and handling of fruit crops.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.11.2017
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 1-78064-852-9 / 1780648529
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78064-852-1 / 9781780648521