Advanced technologies for the improvement of spray application techniques in Spanish viticulture: An overview

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 691-708

  Gil, Emilio ^a   Arnó, Jaume ^b   Llorens, Jordi ^a   Sanz, Ricardo ^b   Llop, Jordi ^a   Rosell Polo, Joan R ^b   Gallart, Montserrat ^a   Escolà, Alexandre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

LIDAR; Precision viticulture; Spraying techniques; Ultrasound; Vineyard

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; GEOSTATISTICAL; PRECISION VITICULTURE; SPRAY APPLICATION; SPRAY DRIFT; SPRAYING TECHNIQUES; VARIABLE RATE; VINEYARD;

ULTRASONICS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84891811740     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140100691     Document Type: Review

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