DESIGN and evaluation of a yield monitoring system for pistachios

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1555-1567

  Rosa, U A ^a,b   Rosenstock, T S ^c   Choi, H ^d   Pursell, D ^e   Gliever, C J ^e   Brown, P H ^d   Upadhyaya, P H ^f  

^a TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD   (United States)

^b Univ of California   (United States)

^c Agricultural Sustainability Institute   (United States)

^d Department of Computer Engineering ^*  (United States)

^e Texas A M University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate bearing; Pistachio; Precision harvest; System design; Tree localization; Weigh bucket; Yield monitor; Yield variability

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATE BEARING; PISTACHIO; PRECISION HARVEST; TREE LOCALIZATION; WEIGH BUCKET; YIELD MONITOR; YIELD VARIABILITY;

ERRORS; FORESTRY; HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; ORCHARDS; PRODUCTIVITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); WEIGHING;

MONITORING;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ALGORITHM; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CROP YIELD; DATA SET; DGPS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONITORING SYSTEM; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SHRUB;

PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 81755186945     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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