Soil-specific farming : precision agriculture
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Soil-specific farming : precision agriculture
（Advances in soil science）
CRC Press, c2016
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Faced with challenges of resource scarcity and environmental degradation, it is important to adopt innovative farming systems that maximize resource efficiency while protecting the environment. Soil-Specific Farming: Precision Agriculture focuses on principles and applications of soil-specific farming, providing information on rapidly evolving agricultural technologies. It addresses assessments of soil variability and application of modern innovations to enhance use efficiency of fertilizers, irrigation, tillage, and pesticides through targeted management of soils and crops.
This book provides the technological basis of adopting and promoting precision agriculture (PA) for addressing the issues of resource scarcity, environmental pollution, and climate change. It focuses specifically on PA technologies and discusses historical evolution, soil variability at different scales, soil fertility and nutrient management, water quality, land leveling techniques, and special ecosystems involving small landholders and coastal regions.
Highlighting the scale-related issues and concerns of small landholders, the text details the efficient use of resources on the basis of soil/field variability and site-specific conditions. It examines how PA technology can increase productivity, enhance profitability, and minimize environmental degradation. Woven throughout is the theme of sustainable use of resources.
Table of Contents
Precision Agriculture, the Next Revolution. Historical Evolution of Precision Farming. Estimating Spatially Variable Soil Properties for Application in Precision Farming. Soil Sampling Strategies for Precision Agriculture. A Decision Support System for Fertilizer Management. Kriging and Soil Sampling for Precision Agriculture. Nutrient Management by Site-Specific Zones in Precision Agriculture. Variable Rate Aerial Application of Input in Precision Agriculture. Application of GPS and Sensors with Information Technology for Crop Protection. Precision Irrigation. Conservation -Oriented Precision Agriculture. Root-Water Uptake Model for Sustainable Irrigation. Irrigation Management by SWAT. Spatial and Temporal Variability in Soil Hydrologic Properties. Indicators of Crop Nitrogen Status. Optical Remote Sensing of Soil Chemical Quality. Top Dressing of Nitrogen Fertilizer by Optical Sensors. Soil Fertility Assessment by Infrared Spectroscopy. Mapping Soil Properties by Measuring Electrical Conductivity. Fuzzy Clustering Techniques for Establishing Management Zones. Indicator Kriging for Soil Fertility Evaluation. Field Scale Measurement for Soil Fertility Parameters. Precision Farming in China. Research and Development Priorities.
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