Crop biometric maps: The key to prediction

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 12698-12743

  Rovira Más, Francisco ^a   Sáiz Rubio, Verónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural robotics; Crop monitoring; Global positioning; Information technology; Precision farming; Precision viticulture; Vineyard management; Yield prediction

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; MAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL MECHANICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTICS; CROP MONITORING; GLOBAL POSITIONING; PRECISION FARMING; PRECISION VITICULTURE; VINEYARD MANAGEMENT; YIELD PREDICTION;

CROPS;

EID: 84884548277     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130912698     Document Type: Article

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