Spatially resolved monitoring of fruit development in an apple orchard by means of sensor fusion

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 880, Issue , 2010, Pages 217-222

  Gebbers, R ^a   Zude, M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Apple; Maturity; Non destructive sensing; Precision horticulture; Quality; Soil apparent electrical conductivity; Spatio temporal variability; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 80053129705     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.880.24     Document Type: Article

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