Automation: The Future of Weed Control in Cropping Systems /
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2014. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Forward; Simon Blackmore
- Preface; Stephen L. Young
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Scope of the Problem – Rising Costs and Demand for Environmental
- Safety for Weed Control; Stephen L. Young, Francis J. Pierce, and Pete Nowak
- Part I Agricultural Production Systems
- Current State of Organic and Conventional Cropping Systems; Alec F. McErlich and Rick A. Boydston
- Part II Principles and Merging of Engineering and Weed Science
- Engineering Advancements; John K. Schueller
- Plant Morphology and the Critical Period of Weed Control; J. Anita Dille
- The Biological Engineer: Sensing the Difference between Crops and Weeds; David C. Slaughter
- Part III Primary Weed Control Tools for Automation
- Precision Planting and Crop Thinning; Scott A. Shearer and Santosh K. Pitla
- Automated Mechanical Weeding; M. Taufik Ahmad, Lie Tang, and Brian L. Steward
- Targeted and Micro-Dose Chemical Applications; Stephen L. Young and D. Ken Giles
- Part IV Field Applications
- Field Applications of Automated Weed Control: Western Hemisphere; Steven A. Fennimore, Bradley D. Hanson, Lynn M. Sosnoskie, Jayesh B. Samtani, Avishek Datta, Stevan Z. Knezevic, and Mark C. Siemens
- Field Applications of Automated Weed Control: Northwest Europe; Jan Willem Hofstee and Ard T. Nieuwenhuizen
- Field Applications of Automated Weed Control: Asia; Hiroshi Okamoto, Yumiko Suzuki, and Noboru Noguchi
- Part V Economies for Automated Weed Control
- Economics of Technology for Precision Weed Control in Conventional and Organic Systems; Florian Diekmann and Marvin T. Batte
- Future Adoption of Automation in Weed Control; Josse De Baerdemaeker
- Automation for Weed Control in Least Developing Countries (LDCs); Renan Aguero, Noel M. Estwick, and Edgar Gutierrez
- Part VI Future Directions
- Future Directions for Automated Weed Management in Precision Agriculture; Stephen L. Young, George E. Meyer, Wayne Woldt
- Appendix
- Glossary
- Index.