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Explains general Precision Agriculture (PA) theory, identifies and describes essential tools and techniques, and includes practical examples from the grains industry.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Whelan, Brett (Autor), Taylor, James (James Arnold), 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, ©2013.
Temas:
Precision farming > Study and teaching > Australia.
Agriculture > Australia > Management.
Farmers > Education > Australia.
Préciculture > Étude et enseignement > Australie.
Agriculture > Australie > Gestion.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
Agriculture > Management.
Farmers > Education.
Australia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to Precision Agriculture
  • Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Precision Agriculture
  • Hardware for Precision Agriculture
  • Software for Precision Agriculture
  • Data management for Precision Agriculture
  • Making and interpreting maps for Precision Agriculture
  • Yield variability and site-specific crop management
  • Economics of PA in Australian grain crops.
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction to Precision Agriculture; Objectives of SSCM; Implementation of SSCM; A brief development history of SSCM; General adoption path; 2 Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Precision Agriculture; Introduction to GNSS; Transmissions from GPS satellites; Calculating a receiver location; Turning on a GPS receiver; GPS errors; Differential correction; The expected accuracy from GPS receivers; Receiver accuracy measurement terms; Agricultural uses for GPS; Coordinate systems; GNSS-based vehicle navigation systems; 3 Hardware for Precision Agriculture.
  • Yield monitoring systems information recorded by yield monitoring systems; Grain protein and oil content monitors; Soil sensing systems; Terrain sensing; Airborne and satellite optical imagery; Proximal crop reflectance sensors; Summary of reflectance sensors; Variable-rate technology; Multi-sensor and autonomous platforms; 4 Software for Precision Agriculture; Software for PA; Proprietary file formats; Task-based software; Data processing packages (data management, analysis, action options and archiving in a single program); Decision support software; Web-based software or services.
  • 5 Data management for Precision AgricultureData management; Types of data files; File organisation and storage in PA software; Manual file organisation and storage; Data back-up; Data ownership; 6 Making and interpreting maps for Precision Agriculture; Making maps from PA data; Point-based maps; Spatial prediction process; Comparison of maps; Raster-based maps; The map legend; Interpreting PA data maps; 7 Yield variability and site-specific crop management; Understanding variability; Impact of variation in soil attributes on crop yield variability.
  • Impact of variation in other important factors on crop variability applying SSCM; Variable-rate application of inputs; SSCM decisions using maps of variability; SSCM decisions using real-time sensors; Cropping simulation; Incorporating SSCM into farm management: a summary; 8 Economics of PA in Australian grain crops; General introduction; Balance sheet approach; Other benefits; Triple bottom line accounting; Whole-farm assessment; Summary; Further reading; Index.

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