TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zhang,Q.
TI  - Automation in tree fruit production: principles and practice
T2  - CABI Books
SN  - 9781780648514
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Wallingford           UK
PB  - CABI
KW  - site specific crop management
KW  - precision farming
KW  - trees
KW  - tree shakers
KW  - tree fruits
KW  - agricultural economics
KW  - plant pests
KW  - mechanization
KW  - horticulture
KW  - precision agriculture
KW  - orchards
KW  - crop production
KW  - detection
KW  - crops
KW  - pest management
KW  - fertirrigation
KW  - center pivot irrigation
KW  - plants
KW  - woody plants
KW  - fruit crops
KW  - fertigation
KW  - robots
KW  - canopy
KW  - automation
KW  - perennial cropping
KW  - sensing
KW  - centre pivot irrigation
KW  - pests
KW  - stress
KW  - plant diseases
KW  - eukaryotes
KW  - orchard crops
KW  - mechanical harvesting
KW  - leaf canopy
KW  - handling
KW  - fruit trees
KW  - fruit growing
KW  - sensors
N2  - Automation in agriculture is made possible by the integration of advanced agricultural technology and precision agriculture management. This book, uniquely, will focus on applications of automation to the important industry of tree fruit production.  Written by experts in agricultural automation technology from around the world, chapters in this book cover topics such as automated tree fruit production systems, plant stress sensing and high-throughput phenotyping in precision horticulture, the economics of automation in tree fruit production, light interception sensing systems for canopy management, precision irrigation and water management, precision technologies for pest and disease management, opportunities for the application of robotics in tree fruit production, and the mechanical harvesting and handling of fruit crops.The book is a representative, concise overview of the variety of technologies currently being applied to tree fruit crops around the world and the challenges faced by engineers and farmers that these technologies raise. It is aimed at researchers and graduate students of agriculture systems, agricultural and biological engineering, crop and soil sciences, horticulture, precision agriculture, and other relevant disciplines.  It will also be of use to agriculture consultants, engineers, and other professionals such as agricultural equipment manufacturers and management professionals who use precision agriculture technologies.Key Features:-          Takes a systematic approach to how to apply precision and automation technologies to fruit production.-          Combines the disciplines of economics, horticulture, and engineering.-          Illustrated by case studies throughout describing actual applications of automation technology
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1079/9781780648507.0000
UR  - https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/action/showBook?doi=10.1079%2F9781780648507.0000
ER  -