Young, Stephen L.
Automation: The Future of Weed Control in Cropping Systems
1. Introduction: Scope of the Problem—Rising Costs and Demand for Environmental Safety for Weed Control
Stephen L. Young, Francis J. Pierce, Pete Nowak
Section I. Agricultural Production Systems
2. Current State of Weed Management in Organic and Conventional Cropping Systems
Alec F. McErlich, Rick A. Boydston
Section II. Principles and Merging of Engineering and Weed Science
3. Engineering Advancements
John K. Schueller
4. Plant Morphology and the Critical Period of Weed Control
J. Anita Dille
5. The Biological Engineer: Sensing the Difference Between Crops and Weeds
David C. Slaughter
Section III. Primary Weed Control Tools for Automation
6. Precision Planting and Crop Thinning
Scott A. Shearer, Santosh K. Pitla
7. Automated Mechanical Weeding
M. Taufik Ahmad, Lie Tang, Brian L. Steward
8. Targeted and Microdose Chemical Applications
Stephen L. Young, D. Ken Giles
Section IV. Field Applications
9. 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, Mark C. Siemens
10. Field Applications of Automated Weed Control: Northwest Europe
Jan Willem Hofstee, Ard T. Nieuwenhuizen
11. Field Applications of Automated Weed Control: Asia
Hiroshi Okamoto, Yumiko Suzuki, Noboru Noguchi
Section V. Economies for Automated Weed Control
12. Economics of Technology for Precision Weed Control in Conventional and Organic Systems
Florian Diekmann, Marvin T. Batte
13. Future Adoption of Automation in Weed Control
Josse Baerdemaeker
14. Automation for Weed Control in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Renan Aguero, Noel M. Estwick, Edgar Gutierrez
Section VI. Future Directions
15. Future Directions for Automated Weed Management in Precision Agriculture
Stephen L. Young, George E. Meyer, Wayne E. Woldt
Nyckelord: Life Sciences, Agriculture, Robotics and Automation, Control, Robotics, Mechatronics, Agricultural Economics
- Författare
- Young, Stephen L.
- Pierce, Francis J.
- Utgivare
- Springer
- Utgivningsår
- 2014
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 2014
- Sidantal
- 12 sidor
- Kategori
- Naturvetenskaper
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9789400775121