Precision Agriculture for Sustainability

Prof. Roland Gerhards

ISBN 10: 1786762048 / ISBN 13: 9781786762047

Published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, GB, 2018

About this Item

This volume reviews key advances in precision agriculture technology and applications. Chapters summarise developments in monitoring techniques, including proximal crop and soil sensors and remote sensing technologies. The book then goes on to discuss how this information is processed to identify management zones and input targets. Chapters also assesses advances in delivery mechanisms such as variable rate application and targeted spray technologies. The final part of the book surveys the wide range of applications of precision agriculture, from controlled traffic farming to site-specific nutrient and water management.With its distinguished editor and international team of subject experts, this will be a standard reference for crop scientists and agronomists as well as all those concerned with improving the efficiency and sustainability of agriculture.

Seller Inventory # LU-9781786762047

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Precision Agriculture for Sustainability
• Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, GB
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786762048
• ISBN 13: 9781786762047
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 855 grams

About this title

Synopsis

This volume reviews the key elements of and advances in precision agriculture technology and applications.

Part 1 looks at monitoring techniques, including proximal soil and crop sensors and remote sensing technologies. The book then goes on to discuss how this information is processed to identify management zones and input targets as well as the delivery mechanisms required such as variable rate application and targeted spray technologies. The final part of the book surveys the wide range of applications of precision agriculture, from controlled traffic farming to site-specific nutrient and water management.

With its distinguished editor and international team of subject experts, this will be a standard reference for crop scientists and agronomists as well as all those concerned with improving the efficiency and sustainability of agriculture.

About the Authors

Formerly a scientist at the internationally-renowned Silsoe Research Institute, Dr John Stafford is well known as a leader in precision agriculture technologies. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers, Co-Editor of the journal Precision Agriculture and past President of the International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA).

Dr Troy Jensen is Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow (Precision Agriculture) at the Centre for Agricultural Engineering, University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He has also been developing innovative market entry solutions to precision spot spraying and providing technologies to monitor crops at a very fine spatial and temporal scale, along with using his extensive agricultural experience to provide valuable post graduate student supervision.