Spatial variation in yield and quality in a small apple orchard

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 538-556

  Aggelopoulou, K D ^a   Wulfsohn, D ^b   Fountas, S ^a   Gemtos, T A ^a   Nanos, G D ^a   Blackmore, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Flowering; Fruit quality; Intrinsic random function k (IRF k) kriging; Malus domestica; Precision horticulture; Spatial variation; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FLOWERING; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; GPS; GROWING SEASON; HARVESTING; HORTICULTURE; KRIGING; ORCHARD; PH; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; YIELD RESPONSE;

GREECE;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 77956681944     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-009-9146-9     Document Type: Article

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