TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zhang,Qin
ED  - C.A.B. International,
TI  - Automation in tree fruit production: principles and practice 
SN  - 9781780648521
AV  - S494.5.P73 A98 2018eb
U1  - 338.1/74 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK
PB  - CABI
KW  - Precision farming
KW  - Farm mechanization
KW  - Fruit trees
KW  - Agricultural economics
KW  - cabt
KW  - Automation
KW  - Canopy
KW  - Centre pivot irrigation
KW  - Crop production
KW  - Crops
KW  - Detection
KW  - Fertigation
KW  - Fruit crops
KW  - Fruit growing
KW  - Handling
KW  - Horticulture
KW  - Mechanical harvesting
KW  - Mechanization
KW  - Orchards
KW  - Perennial cropping
KW  - Pest management
KW  - Pests
KW  - Plant diseases
KW  - Plant pests
KW  - Precision agriculture
KW  - Robots
KW  - Sensing
KW  - Sensors
KW  - Stress
KW  - Tree fruits
KW  - Tree shakers
KW  - Trees
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Tree fruit production automation / Qin Zhang -- The economics of perennial crops' production automation / R. Karina Gallardo and David Zilberman -- Sensing for stress detection and high-throughput phenotyping in precision horticulture / Sindhuja Sankaran, Chongyuan Zhang and Afef Marzougui -- Light interception and canopy sensing for tree fruit canopy management / Francisco Rojo, Jingjin Zhang, Shrinivasa Upadhyaya and Qin Zhang -- Precision orchard systems / Matthew Whiting -- Variable rate irrigation on center pivots / R. Troy Peters -- Precision technologies for pest and disease management / Lav Khot, Gwen-Alyn Hoheisel, Yasin Osroosh and Reza Ehsani -- Precision nutrient management / Gerry Neilsen and Denise Neilsen -- Precise crop load management / Caixi Zhang and Du Chen -- Mechanical harvest and in-field handling of tree fruit crops / Manoj Karkee, Abhisesh Silwal and Joseph R. Davidson -- Opportunity of robotics in precision horticulture / Thomas Burks, Duke Bulanon and Siddhartha Mehta; Access limited to subscribing institution; Also available in print format
N2  - This book on automation in tree fruit production consists of 11 chapters covering the following topics: (1) concept of tree fruit production automation; (2) 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 centre 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; and (11) opportunity of robotics in precision horticulture
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781780648507.0000
ER  -