Assessing the potential of images from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to support herbicide patch spraying in maize

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 76-94

  Castaldi, F ^a   Pelosi, F ^a   Pascucci, S ^b   Casa, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass; Corn; Multispectralsensor; Prescription map; Site specific weed management; Weed

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CROP YIELD; HERBICIDE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAIZE; MAP; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SILAGE; UNMANNED VEHICLE; VIDEOGRAPHY; WEED CONTROL;

ITALY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84983462453     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: 15731618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-016-9468-3     Document Type: Article

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