Variable rate sprayer. Part 2 - Vineyard prototype: Design, implementation, and validation

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 136-150

  Gil, E ^a   Llorens, J ^a   Llop, J ^a   Fabregas X ^a   Escola A ^b   Rosell Polo, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canopy geometry; Ultrasonic sensors; Variable rate application; Vineyard

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; CROPS; FORESTRY; TREES (MATHEMATICS); ULTRASONIC SENSORS; WINE;

APPLICATION RATES; CABERNET-SAUVIGNON; CANOPY CHARACTERISTICS; LABORATORY TEST; SPRAY APPLICATION; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; VARIABLE RATE APPLICATION; VINEYARD;

SPRAY NOZZLES;

ALGORITHM; CANOPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DESIGN; GEOMETRY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; SPRAY; ULTRASONICS; VINE;

COMPOSTING; FARM CROPS; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICS; NOZZLES; SENSORS; SPRAYERS; TREES; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES;

VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 84878187283     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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