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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830467003321

Titolo

Precision agriculture : spatial and temporal variability of environmental quality

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, [England] : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 1997

©1997

ISBN

1-282-12248-7

9786612122484

0-470-51541-4

0-470-51542-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation Symposium ; ; 210

Altri autori (Persone)

LakeJ. V

BockGregory

GoodeJamie

Disciplina

631

631.58

Soggetti

Precision farming

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

PRECISION AGRICULTURE: SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; Contents; Participants; Chairman's introduction; Precision agriculture: introduction to the spatial and temporal variability of environmental quality; Spatial variability of soil moisture regimes at different scales: implications in the context of precision agriculture; Modelling non-stationary spatial covariance structure from space-time monitoring data; Ecological constraints on the ability of precision agriculture to improve the environmental performance of agricultural production systems

General discussion IPredicting wheat yields: the search for valid and precise models; Geostatistics, remote sensing and precision farming; General discussion I1; Variability and uncertainty in spatial, temporal and spatiotemporal cropl-yield and related data; Spatial sampling; GIS support for precision agriculture: problems and possibilities; Modelling for precision weed management; General discussion I11; Optimal mapping of site-specific multivariate soil properties; Uncertainty in



hydrogeological modelling; General reflections; Summary; Index of contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates new agricultural systems such as organic and green manuring, as well as integrated pest management practices, and looks at how they can improve farm productivity against the enhancements for the environment. Much of the information presented focuses on microinvestigation of the soil, and on the effects of soil variability within fields on yields and nutrient flows.