Development of a variable-rate sprayer for nursery liner applications

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 303-312

  Jeon, H Y ^a   Zhu, H ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic sprayer; Ornamental tree; Pesticide application; Precision farming; Ultrasonic sensor

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC SPRAYER; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DETECTING SYSTEMS; GROWING SEASON; ORNAMENTAL TREE; OUTPUT RATE; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; PRECISION FARMING; RAPID GROWTH; SPRAY COVERAGE; SPRAY DEPOSITION; SPRAY FLOW; SPRAYER TRAVEL SPEED; TEST RUNS; TRAVEL SPEED; TREE SPECIES; VARIABLE RATE;

CORRELATION METHODS; DEPOSITS; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPRAY NOZZLES; ULTRASONIC SENSORS;

FORESTRY;

AUTOMATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; CORRELATION; GROWING SEASON; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SENSOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TREE; ULTRASONICS;

AGRICULTURE; AUTOMATIC CONTROL; BIOCIDES; CORRELATION; DEPOSITS; NOZZLES; PRECISION; SENSORS; SIGNALS; SPRAYERS; TREES; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES;

EID: 84859775344     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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