Design and testing of an ultrasound system for targeted spraying in orchards

Strojniski Vestnik/Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 587-598

  Jejcic, Viktor ^a   Godeša, Tone ^a   Hocevar, Marko ^a   Širok, Brane ^b   Malneršic, Aleš ^b   Štancar, Andrej ^b   Lešnik, Mario ^c   Stajnko, Denis ^c  

^a Agricultural Institute of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Air assisted sprayer; Algorithm; Orchard; Spray distribution; Ultra sound

Indexed keywords

AIR-ASSISTED SPRAYER; APPLE TREES; BASIC SYSTEMS; CANOPY STRUCTURE; CLOSE-IN; CURRENT PROJECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; IN-FIELD; INDIVIDUAL TREE; PESTICIDE SPRAY; PLANT PROTECTION; SOUND SENSORS; SOUND SIGNAL; SPRAY DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; WATER SENSITIVE PAPER;

ORCHARDS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPRAY NOZZLES; TREES (MATHEMATICS); WATERWORKS;

PESTICIDES;

EID: 80051924782     PISSN: 00392480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5545/sv-jme.2011.015     Document Type: Article

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