Instrumentation and method for high accuracy geo-referencing of sugar beet plants

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-146

  Norremark M ^a   Sogaard H T ^b   Griepentrog, H W ^a   Nielsen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

RTK GPS; Seed geo referencing; Seeding technology

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GROWTH KINETICS; SEED;

REAL TIME KINEMATIC GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (RTK-GPS); SEED GEO REFERENCING; SEEDING TECHNOLOGY; ZERO HORIZONTAL VELOCITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; GPS; SEEDING; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SENSOR; SUGAR BEET; VEGETATION MAPPING;

GEOLOGY; PLANTS; SEEDING; SEEDS;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 33947272007     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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