Applications of precision agriculture in horticultural crops

European Journal of Horticultural Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 78-90

  Zude Sasse, Manuela ^a,b   Fountas, Spyros ^c   Gemtos, Theofanis A ^d   Abu Khalaf, Nawaf ^e  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b BEUTH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^e PALESTINE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Arable farming; Horticulture; Orchard; Precision agriculture; Precision farming; Precision fruticulture; Precision horticulture; Quality; Site specific management; Tree fruits; Variable rate applications; Vegetables; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964239594     PISSN: 16114434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17660/eJHS.2016/81.2.2     Document Type: Review

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