Variable-rate fungicide spraying in real time by combining a plant cover sensor and a decision support system

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 431-442

  Dammer, K H ^a   Thole H ^a   Volk, T ^b   Hau, B ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b Plant Company for Agricultural and Environmental Informatics   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Fungicide; Map overlay; Real time variable rate spraying; Sensor

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CEREAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE SPREAD; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; LEAF AREA INDEX; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; REAL TIME; SENSOR; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 71449118392     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-008-9088-7     Document Type: Article

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