Yield prediction in apple orchards based on image processing

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 448-456

  Aggelopoulou, A D ^a   Bochtis, D ^b   Fountas, S ^a   Swain, K C ^b   Gemtos, T A ^a   Nanos, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Flower map; Image processing; Site specific management; Yield map

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALGORITHM; CROP YIELD; FLOWERING; GROWING SEASON; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; ORCHARD; SAMPLING;

CENTRAL GREECE; GREECE;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 79955846689     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-010-9187-0     Document Type: Article

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