Data collection is the process of collecting and storing high amounts of data from any system. The data results from the calculations by sensors, machines and experiments. They can be weather data, environmental parameters, images etc.
Paper Introduction An UAV equipped with a commercial camera (visible spectrum) was used to obtain ultra-high resolution image on a wheat field during the early period. From these images, six visible spectral indices CIVE, ExG, ExGR, Woebbecke Index, NGRDI, VEG and two combinations of these indices for mapping the vegetation fraction were evaluated and evaluated… read more »
Introduction Modern agricultural engineering tools are necessary to enable agriculture to meet great challenges : The global demand for food, feed and bio-based products, to reduce the environmental footprint of agriculture, to respond to customer demands for healthy food and to combine precision livestock farming with high animal welfare standards. Related Project Information… read more »
Introduction Improved GNSS ground-based augmentation systems can enable cost-effective precision agriculture services to farmers, especially those with small and medium-sized businesses in areas of Europe where EGNOS availability may be poor under certain conditions. In several areas of Eastern and South Europe GPS accuracy is much less than the standard provided by existing augmentation services. This… read more »
Paper Introduction The automation of agricultural tasks has received an important stimulus, especially in the area of selective weed control where high precision is essential for the proper use of resources and the implementation of more efficient treatments. Autonomous agricultural systems incorporate and integrate perception systems for acquiring information from the environment, decision-making systems for… read more »
Introduction Crop protection is a key issue in farm management. It involves dealing with important risks and expensive pesticide products. Most of these products are to be applied by means of sprayers. Spraying techniques have been continuously evolving in recent decades. However, it is not only the sprayer itself, but everything related to the… read more »
Scientific Article Abstract[1] Site-specific application of agricultural chemicals including granular fertilizers is an effective way of resource saving and environmental protection. The objective of this research was to develop and to evaluate the performance of a map-based variable rate row crop granular fertilizer placement system. The applicator system consists of an AVR microcontroller for… read more »
Scientific Article Researchers at UC Davis and elsewhere have demonstrated the technical feasibility of using RTK-GPS technology to automatically create crop plant maps at planting (Sun et al., 2010; Perez-Ruiz, 2011). This paper describes the development and field evaluation of a completely automatic system for intra-row weed control in tomato fields. This system uses… read more »
Introduction Hops are the flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant Humulus lupulus.[1] They are used primarily as a bittering, flavouring, and stability agent in beer, to which, in addition to bitterness, they impart floral, fruity, or citrus flavours and aromas.[2] Hops are also used for various purposes in other beverages and herbal medicine. The hop plant is usually… read more »
Introduction Herbs have been widely used in food preparation, medicine and cosmetic industry. Knowing which herbs to be used would be very critical in these applications. Nevertheless, the current way of identification and determination of the types of herbs is still being done manually and prone to human error. Designing a convenient and automatic… read more »
Introduction Variable rate technology (VRT ) is used for the application of various agricultural inputs in order to respond adequately to the within-field variability of environmental factors like soil properties, incidence of pests and crop parameters[1]. In agricultural crop production, indiscriminate application of herbicides leads to environmental pollution and reduced quality of the agricultural… read more »