TY - BOOK ID - 7691565 TI - Precision in crop farming : site specific concepts and sensing methods : applications and results PY - 2013 SN - 9400794452 9400767595 9400767609 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Agricultural innovations. KW - Agricultural machinery. KW - Crops -- Technological innovations. KW - Precision farming KW - Agricultural innovations KW - Crops KW - Agricultural machinery KW - Agriculture KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Agriculture - General KW - Technological innovations KW - Precision farming. KW - Precision agriculture KW - Prescription farming KW - Site-specific agriculture KW - Site-specific farming KW - Soil specific crop management KW - Life sciences. KW - Agriculture. KW - Plant biochemistry. KW - Plant science. KW - Botany. KW - Engineering. KW - Control engineering. KW - Soil science. KW - Soil conservation. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Plant Sciences. KW - Soil Science & Conservation. KW - Plant Biochemistry. KW - Engineering, general. KW - Control. KW - Biochemistry. KW - Control and Systems Theory. KW - Construction KW - Industrial arts KW - Technology KW - Biological chemistry KW - Chemical composition of organisms KW - Organisms KW - Physiological chemistry KW - Biology KW - Chemistry KW - Medical sciences KW - Conservation of soil KW - Erosion control, Soil KW - Soil erosion KW - Soil erosion control KW - Soils KW - Agricultural conservation KW - Soil management KW - Botanical science KW - Phytobiology KW - Phytography KW - Phytology KW - Plant biology KW - Plant science KW - Natural history KW - Plants KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Life sciences KW - Food supply KW - Land use, Rural KW - Composition KW - Control KW - Prevention KW - Conservation KW - Control engineering KW - Control equipment KW - Control theory KW - Engineering instruments KW - Automation KW - Programmable controllers KW - Phytochemistry KW - Plant biochemistry KW - Plant chemistry KW - Biochemistry KW - Botany KW - Phytochemicals KW - Plant biochemical genetics KW - Pedology (Soil science) KW - Earth sciences KW - Floristic botany UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7691565 AB - High yields and environmental control in crop farming call for precise adaptations to local growing conditions. Treating large fields in a uniform way by high capacity machinery cannot be regarded as a sustainable method for many situations. Because differences existing within single fields must be considered. The transition from former field work carried out manually or by small implements to present day high capacity machinery caused that the farmers lost the immediate and close contact with soils and crops. However, modern sensing and controlling technology can make up for this deficit. High tech methods that include proximal sensing and signals from satellites can provide for controls that allow adjusting farming operations to small fractions of one ha and sometimes even down to some m2, hence in a site-specific mode. This applies to operations for soil cultivation, sowing, fertilizing and plant protection. This book deals with concepts, applications and results, and has an interdisciplinary approach that pervades all chapters. ER -