Precision Agriculture for Sustainability and Environmental Protection
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系列名:Earthscan Food and Agriculture
ISBN13:9780415504409
出版社:Taylor & Francis
作者:Margaret Oliver; Thomas Bishop (EDT); Ben Marchant (EDT)
出版日:2013/10/18
裝訂/頁數:精裝/304頁
規格:23.5cm*15.9cm*1.9cm (高/寬/厚)
商品簡介
Precision agriculture (PA) involves the application of technologies and agronomic principles to manage spatial and temporal variation associated with all aspects of agricultural production in order to improve crop performance and environmental quality. The focus of this book is to introduce for a non-specialist audience the role of PA in food security, environmental protection, and sustainable use of natural resources, as well as its economic benefits.
The technologies covered include yield monitors and remote sensing, and the key agronomic principles addressed are the optimal delivery of fertilizers, water and pesticides to crops only when and where these are required. As a result, it is shown that both food production and resource efficiency can be maximized, without waste or damage to the environment, such as can occur from excessive fertilizer or pesticide applications. The authors of necessity describe some technicalities about PA, but the overall aim is to introduce readers who are unfamiliar with PA to this very broad subject and to demonstrate the potential impact of PA on the environment and economy.
The book shows how farmers can place sustainability of the environment at the centre of their operations and that this is improved with the application of PA. The range of topics described includes sampling and mapping, weed and pest control, proximal and remote sensing, spatio-temporal analysis for improving management, management zones and water management. These are illustrated with case studies such as sports field and grassland management, viticulture, biofuels from sugar cane and maize, paddy rice cultivation, and cotton production.
作者簡介
Margaret Oliver is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Soil Science at the University of Reading, UK, and was for several years editor of the Journal of Precision Agriculture.
Thomas Bishop is Senior Lecturer in Environmetrics in the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Sydney, Australia.
Ben Marchant is a Senior Post-doctoral Scientist in the Biomathematics and Bioinformatics Department at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK.
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