Utilization of artificial neural networks in the prediction of the bunches' weight in banana plants

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 155, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-29

  Soares, J D R ^a   Pasqual, M ^a   Lacerda, W S ^a   Silva, S O ^b   Donato, S L R ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Artificial neural networks (ANNs); Harvest; Mathematic; Models

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRONOMY; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FRUIT; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHENOTYPE; PRECISION; PREDICTION;

BAHIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 84875789592     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2013.01.026     Document Type: Article

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