Automation In Tree Fruit Production

Author : Qin Zhang
Publisher : CABI
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781780648507

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Automation in Tree Fruit Production by Qin Zhang Pdf

Automation in agriculture is made possible by the integration of advanced agricultural technology and precision agriculture management. This book, uniquely, will focus on applications of automation to the important industry of tree fruit production. Written by experts in agricultural automation technology from around the world, chapters in this book cover topics such as automated tree fruit production systems, plant stress sensing and high-throughput phenotyping in precision horticulture, the economics of automation in tree fruit production, light interception sensing systems for canopy management, precision irrigation and water management, precision technologies for pest and disease management, opportunities for the application of robotics in tree fruit production, and the mechanical harvesting and handling of fruit crops. The book is a representative, concise overview of the variety of technologies currently being applied to tree fruit crops around the world and the challenges faced by engineers and farmers that these technologies raise. It is aimed at researchers and graduate students of agriculture systems, agricultural and biological engineering, crop and soil sciences, horticulture, precision agriculture, and other relevant disciplines. It will also be of use to agriculture consultants, engineers, and other professionals such as agricultural equipment manufacturers and management professionals who use precision agriculture technologies.

Author : Stavros G. Vougioukas,Qin Zhang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031269417

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Advanced Automation for Tree Fruit Orchards and Vineyards by Stavros G. Vougioukas,Qin Zhang Pdf

Modern tree fruit orchards and vineyards constitute complex production systems that are exposed to highly dynamic and stochastic natural, financial and societal forces, and face demands for increased production using fewer resources, with reduced environmental impact. Successful operation of orchards and vineyards under these conditions is practically impossible without careful and extensive use of state-of-the-art automation technologies and careful planning of future operations (e.g., training systems when replanting) that can be enabled by knowledge of emerging technologies and future trends. Also, improvement of existing automation technologies and development of novel future systems cannot be accomplished without a working understanding of the tree and vine biological production systems, their management needs, and the capabilities and limitations of existing automation systems. The book aims to provide the necessary knowledge to achieve the above goals in a way that can engage readers without engineering or horticultural backgrounds.

Author : Benjamin J. E. Teskey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Fruit trees
ISBN : OCLC:19847731

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Tree Fruit Production by Benjamin J. E. Teskey Pdf

Author : Manoj Karkee,Qin Zhang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Agricultural engineering
ISBN : 9783030704001

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Fundamentals of Agricultural and Field Robotics by Manoj Karkee,Qin Zhang Pdf

Over the past century, mechanization has been an important means for optimizing resource utilization, improving worker health and safety and reducing labor requirements in farming while increasing productivity and quality of 4F (Food, Fuel, Fiber, Feed). Recognizing this contribution, agricultural mechanization was considered as one of the top ten engineering achievements of 20th century by the National Academy of Engineering. Accordingly farming communities have adopted increasing level of automation and robotics to further improve the precision management of crops (including input resources), increase productivity and reduce farm labor beyond what has been possible with conventional mechanization technologies. It is more important than ever to continue to develop and adopt novel automation and robotic solutions into farming so that some of the most complex agricultural tasks, which require huge amount of seasonal labor such as fruit and vegetable harvesting, could be automated while meeting the rapidly increasing need for 4F. In addition, continual innovation in and adoption of agricultural automation and robotic technologies is essential to minimize the use of depleting resources including water, minerals and other chemicals so that sufficient amount of safe and healthy food can be produced for current generation while not compromising the potential for the future generation. This book aims at presenting the fundamental principles of various aspects of automation and robotics as they relate to production agriculture (the branch of agriculture dealing with farming operations from field preparation to seeding, to harvesting and field logistics). The building blocks of agricultural automation and robotics that are discussed in the book include sensing and machine vision, control, guidance, manipulation and end-effector technologies. The fundamentals and operating principles of these technologies are explained with examples from cutting-edge research and development currently going on around the word. This book brings together scientists, engineers, students and professionals working in these and related technologies to present their latest examples of agricultural automation and robotics research, innovation and development while explaining the fundamentals of the technology. The book, therefore, benefits those who wish to develop novel agricultural engineering solutions and/or to adopt them in the future. .

Author : Avital Bechar
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030770365

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Innovation in Agricultural Robotics for Precision Agriculture by Avital Bechar Pdf

This book provides a review of the state-of-the-art of agricultural robotics in different aspects of PA, the goals, and the gaps. The book introduces the area of Agricultural Robotics for Precision Agriculture (PA) specifically the conditions and limitations for implementing robots in this field and presents the concepts, principles, required abilities, components, characteristics and performance measures, conditions, and rules for robots in PA.

Author : Qin Zhang,Francis J. Pierce
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781439880586

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Agricultural Automation by Qin Zhang,Francis J. Pierce Pdf

Agricultural automation is the core technology for computer-aided agricultural production management and implementation. An integration of equipment, infotronics, and precision farming technologies, it creates viable solutions for challenges facing the food, fiber, feed, and fuel needs of the human race now and into the future. Agricultural Automat

Author : Victor Ray Gardner,Frederick Charles Bradford,Henry Daggett Hooker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Fruit-culture
ISBN : NYPL:33433007697257

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The Fundamentals of Fruit Production by Victor Ray Gardner,Frederick Charles Bradford,Henry Daggett Hooker Pdf

Author : Yanbo Huang,Qin Zhang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030721022

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Agricultural Cybernetics by Yanbo Huang,Qin Zhang Pdf

Agricultural systems are uniquely complex systems, given that agricultural systems are parts of natural and ecological systems. Those aspects bring in a substantial degree of uncertainty in system operation. Also, impact factors, such as weather factors, are critical in agricultural systems but these factors are uncontrollable in system management. Modern agriculture has been evolving through precision agriculture beginning in the late 1980s and biotechnological innovations in the early 2000s. Precision agriculture implements site-specific crop production management by integrating agricultural mechanization and information technology in geographic information system (GIS), global navigation satellite system (GNSS), and remote sensing. Now, precision agriculture is set to evolve into smart agriculture with advanced systematization, informatization, intelligence and automation. From precision agriculture to smart agriculture, there is a substantial amount of specific control and communication problems that have been investigated and will continue to be studied. In this book, the core ideas and methods from control problems in agricultural production systems are extracted, and a system view of agricultural production is formulated for the analysis and design of management strategies to control and optimize agricultural production systems while exploiting the intrinsic feedback information-exchanging mechanisms. On this basis, the theoretical framework of agricultural cybernetics is established to predict and control the behavior of agricultural production systems through control theory.

Author : Shaochun Ma,Tao Lin,Enrong Mao,Zhenghe Song,Kuan-Chong Ting
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031038341

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Sensing, Data Managing, and Control Technologies for Agricultural Systems by Shaochun Ma,Tao Lin,Enrong Mao,Zhenghe Song,Kuan-Chong Ting Pdf

Agricultural automation is the emerging technologies which heavily rely on computer-integrated management and advanced control systems. The tedious farming tasks had been taken over by agricultural machines in last century, in new millennium, computer-aided systems, automation, and robotics has been applied to precisely manage agricultural production system. With agricultural automation technologies, sustainable agriculture is being developed based on efficient use of land, increased conservation of water, fertilizer and energy resources. The agricultural automation technologies refer to related areas in sensing & perception, reasoning & learning, data communication, and task planning & execution. Since the literature on this diverse subject is widely scattered, it is necessary to review current status and capture the future challenges through a comprehensive monograph. In this book we focus on agricultural automation and provide critical reviews of advanced control technologies, their merits and limitations, application areas and research opportunities for further development. This collection thus serves as an authoritative treatise that can help researchers, engineers, educators, and students in the field of sensing, control, and automation technologies for production agriculture.

Author : Tofael Ahamed
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811981135

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IoT and AI in Agriculture by Tofael Ahamed Pdf

This book reviews recent innovations in the smart agriculture space that use the Internet of Things (IoT) and sensing to deliver Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutionsto agricultural productivity in the agricultural production hubs. In this regard, South and Southeast Asia are one of the major agricultural hubs of the world, facing challenges of climate change and feeding the fast-growing population. To address such challenges, a transboundary approach along with AI and BIG data for bioinformatics are required to increase yield and minimize pre- and post-harvest losses in intangible climates to drive the sustainable development goal (SDG) for feeding a major part of the 9 billion population by 2050 (Society 5.0 SDG 1 & 2). Therefore, this book focuses on the solution through smart IoT and AI-based agriculture including pest infestation and minimizing agricultural inputs for in-house and fields production such as light, water, fertilizer and pesticides to ensure food security aligns with environmental sustainability. It provides a sound understanding for creating new knowledge in line with comprehensive research and education orientation on how the deployment of tiny sensors, AI/Machine Learning (ML), controlled UAVs, and IoT setups for sensing, tracking, collection, processing, and storing information over cloud platforms for nurturing and driving the pace of smart agriculture in this current time. The book will appeal to several audiences and the contents are designed for researchers, graduates, and undergraduate students working in any area of machine learning, deep learning in agricultural engineering, smart agriculture, and environmental science disciplines. Utmost care has been taken to present a varied range of resource areas along with immense insights into the impact and scope of IoT, AI and ML in the growth of intelligent digital farming and smart agriculture which will give comprehensive information to the targeted readers.

Author : Qin Zhang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1636 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031248610

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Encyclopedia of Digital Agricultural Technologies by Qin Zhang Pdf

Digital agriculture is an emerging concept of modern farming that refers to managing farms using modern Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (EICT) aiming at increasing the overall efficiency of agricultural production, improving the quantity and quality of products, and optimizing the human labor required and natural resource consumption in operations. This encyclopedia is designed to collect the summaries of knowledge on as many as subjects or aspects relevant to ECIT for digital agriculture, present such knowledge in entries, and arrange them alphabetically by articles titles. Springer Major Reference Works platform offers Live Update capability. Our reference work takes full advantage of this feature, which allows for continuous improvement or revision of published content electronically. The Editorial Board Dr. Irwin R. Donis-Gonzalez, University of California Davis, Dept. Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Davis, USA (Section: Postharvest Technologies) Prof. Paul Heinemann, Pennsylvania State University, Department Head of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, PA, USA (Section: Technologies for Crop Production) Prof. Manoj Karkee, Washington State University, Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems, Washington, USA (Section: Robotics and Automation Technologies) Prof. Minzan Li, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China (Section: Precision Agricultural Technologies) Prof. Dikai Liu, University of Technology Sydney (UTS),Faculty of Engineering & Information Technologies, Broadway NSW, Australia (Section: AI, Information and Communication Technologies) Prof. Tomas Norton, University of Leuven, Dept. of Biosystems, Heverlee Leuven, Belgium (Section: Technologies for Animal and Aquatic Production) Dr. Manuela Zude-Sasse, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), Precision Horticulture, Potsdam, Germany (Section: Engineering and Mechanization Technologies)

Author : Chun-Yi Su,Subhash Rakheja,Liu Honghai
Publisher : Springer
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642335037

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Intelligent Robotics and Applications by Chun-Yi Su,Subhash Rakheja,Liu Honghai Pdf

The three volume set LNAI 7506, LNAI 7507 and LNAI 7508 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2012, held in Montreal, Canada, in October 2012. The 197 revised full papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 271 submissions. They present the state-of-the-art developments in robotics, automation and mechatronics. This volume covers the topics of robot actuators and sensors; robot design, development and control; robot intelligence, learning and linguistics; robot mechanism and design; robot motion analysis and planning; robotic vision, recognition and reconstruction; and planning and navigation.

Author : Gardner,Victor Ray,Bradford Frederick Charles Hooker Jr. Henry Daggett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8190906550

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The Fundamentals Of Fruit Production by Gardner,Victor Ray,Bradford Frederick Charles Hooker Jr. Henry Daggett Pdf

Author : Debashis Mandal,Ursula Wermund,Lop Phavaphutanon,Regina Cronje
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000067910

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Temperate Fruits by Debashis Mandal,Ursula Wermund,Lop Phavaphutanon,Regina Cronje Pdf

This volume, Temperate Fruits: Production, Processing, and Marketing, presents the latest pomological research on the production, postharvest handling, processing and storage, and information on marketing for a selection of temperate fruits. These include apple, pear, quince, peach, plum, sweet cherry, kiwifruit, strawberry, mulberry, and chestnut. With chapters from fruit experts from different countries of the world, the book provides the latest information on the effect of climate change on fruit production, organic fruit growing and advanced fruit breeding, the nutraceutical value and bioactive compounds in fruits and their role in human health, and new and advanced methods of fruit production. Topics include microirrigation, sustainable nutrient management, crop protection and plant health management, and farm mechanization.

Author : Gabe Carr
Publisher : Scientific e-Resources
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781839471872

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Fruit Production and Processing Technology by Gabe Carr Pdf

Fruit Production and Processing Technology is the exciting subject developed in the field and makes accessible to the reader a comprehensive and coherent coverage of the basic needs of orchard management with the principles and techniques of plant regeneration, care, preservation of fruit. A large variety of fruits can be used to obtain by the appropriate technological process different kinds of semi - finished product starting from fresh fruits just harvested from field or stored in controlled atmosphere warehouses. The ripeness degree, the freshness and the cleanness of the raw materials are very important to obtain a high quality juice. Fruit is sometimes defined as the product of growth from an angiosperm, or flowering plant. From a purely botanical point of view, the fruit may be only the fleshy growth that arises from the ovary of a flower and may not necessarily include any other structures. From the consumer's or food processor's point of view, however, fruit is generally characterized as the edible product of a plant or tree that includes the seed and its envelope and can typically be described as juicy, sweet, and pulpy. Present book has been designed to provide overall information of principles of fruit production and processing technology.