Automation in Tree Fruit Production
Principles and Practice
Published on 30. November 2017
323 pages
978-1-78064-852-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
File size
12,87 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78064-852-1 (9781780648521)
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Book
11/2017
CABI Publishing
€218.50
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Person
Qin Zhang is a Professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering and the Director of the Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems, Washington State University, USA
Content
1: Tree Fruit Production Automation 2: The Economics of Perennial Crops' Production Automation 3: Sensing for Stress Detection and High-throughput Phenotyping in Precision Horticulture 4: Light Interception and Canopy Sensing for Tree Fruit Canopy Management 5: Precision Orchard Systems 6: Variable Rate Irrigation on Center Pivots 7: Precision Technologies for Pest and Disease Management 8: Precision Nutrient Management 9: Precise Crop Load Management 10: Mechanical Harvest and In-field Handling of Tree Fruit Crops 11: Opportunity of Robotics in Precision Horticulture
