The application of unmanned aircraft systems to plant protection in China

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 278-292

  Yang, Shulin ^a,b   Yang, Xiaobing ^b   Mo, Jianyou ^c  

^a GUIZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR NON FOOD BIOREFINERY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerial application; Agricultural aviation; Farm size; Remote sensing; UAV

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AIRCRAFT; CROP PRODUCTION; FARM SIZE; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REMOTE SENSING; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

CHINA;

EID: 85015983647     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: 15731618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-017-9516-7     Document Type: Review

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