The management and planning of citrus orchards at a regional scale with GIS

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-54

  Wu, Wei ^a   Liu, Hong Bin ^a   Dai, Heng Lin ^b   Li, Wei ^b   Sun, Peng Shou ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Environmental Protection Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Growth conditions; Precision management; Regional scale; Spatial database; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; DATABASE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL MAP; GIS; GROWTH; LAND USE; LIMESTONE; ORCHARD; PH; PLANNING METHOD; SHALE; SLOPE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; SUSTAINABILITY; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

CHINA; CHONGQING;

CITRUS;

EID: 79251604273     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-009-9154-9     Document Type: Article

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