iPathology: Robotic applications and management of plants and plant diseases

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Ampatzidis, Yiannis ^a,b   Bellis, Luigi De ^c   Luvisi, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Machine learning; Machine vision; Mechatronics; Smart city; Smartmachines; Vertical farming systems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE CONTROL; FARMING SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERNET; MACHINE LEARNING; MACHINERY; PATHOLOGY; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; ROBOTICS; SMART CITY; SYMPTOM; URBAN AGRICULTURE;

EID: 85020627885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9061010     Document Type: Review

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