Design of a system for individual microsprinkler control

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1963-1970

  Coates, Robert W ^a   Delwiche, Michael J ^a,b   Brown, Patrick H ^b  

^a Davis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Latching valve; Microsprinkler; Network; Orchard; Precision agriculture; Site specific; Spatially variable; Variable rate application

Indexed keywords

LATCHING VALVE; MICROSPRINKLER; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SITE SPECIFIC; SPATIALLY VARIABLE; VARIABLE-RATE APPLICATION;

FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MACHINERY; ORCHARD; PRECISION AGRICULTURE;

FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION; NETWORKS; ORCHARDS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

PRUNUS PERSICA NUCIPERSICA; SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 33947104130     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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