Olive crown porosity measurement based on radiation transmittance: An assessment of pruning effect

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Castillo Ruiz, Francisco J ^a   Castro Garcia, Sergio ^a   Blanco Roldan, Gregorio L ^a   Sola Guirado, Rafael R ^a   Gil Ribes, Jesus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canopy shaker; Gap fraction; Harvesting; Leaf area density; Leaf area index; Mechanical pruning; Olea europaea L; Radiation balance; Trunk shaker

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FARMS; FORESTRY; FRUITS; HARVESTING; ORCHARDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CANOPY SHAKER; GAP FRACTION; LEAF AREA; LEAF AREA INDEX; MECHANICAL PRUNING; OLEA EUROPAEA L; RADIATION BALANCE; TRUNK SHAKER;

POROSITY;

EID: 84982130894     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s16050723     Document Type: Article

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