A yield mapping system for hand-harvested fruits based on RFID and GPS location technologies: Field testing

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-72

  Ampatzidis, Y G ^a   Vougioukas, S G ^a   Bochtis, D D ^a   Tsatsarelis, C A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hand harvested fruits; Labelling; RFID technology; Traceability; Yield mapping

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT; GPS; HARVESTING; ORCHARD; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EID: 58349105160     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-008-9095-8     Document Type: Article

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