A. Bernardi, G. M. Bettiol, Giulia Guillen Mazzuco, S. N. Esteves, P. P. Oliveira, J. Pezzopane
{"title":"Spatial variability of soil fertility in an integrated crop livestock forest system.","authors":"A. Bernardi, G. M. Bettiol, Giulia Guillen Mazzuco, S. N. Esteves, P. P. Oliveira, J. Pezzopane","doi":"10.1017/S2040470017001145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040470017001145","url":null,"abstract":"Material and Methods The 6-ha field experiment was carried out at Embrapa Cattle Southeast in São Carlos, SP, Brazil (21°57'S, 47°50'W, 860 m alt) during the growing season of 2013/2014. The ICLFS is planted with Eucalyptus urograndis (GG100) planted in single rows with 15m-distance and 2m between plants. Pasture is Urochloa brizantha cv. Piatã. Annually 1/3 of area is renewed with the corn sown together with the Piatã grass. Soil fertility parameters (P, K + , cation exchange capacity – CEC, basis saturation-V% and soil organic matter SOM) were evaluated at 1.5; 3.0; and 7.5m distance from the trees and 0-20 cm depth, before and after annual crop corn growth.","PeriodicalId":7228,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Animal Biosciences","volume":"13 1","pages":"590-593"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78785941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Campos, L. González, J. Villodre, María Calera, Jaime Campoy, Nuria Jiménez, C. Plaza, A. Calera
{"title":"Mapping within-field biomass variability: a remote sensing-based approach","authors":"I. Campos, L. González, J. Villodre, María Calera, Jaime Campoy, Nuria Jiménez, C. Plaza, A. Calera","doi":"10.1017/S2040470017000139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040470017000139","url":null,"abstract":"Biomass production is a diagnosis tool for the evaluation of the effect of climate, crop genomic and management. The differences in biomass accumulation are necessary for the assessment of the fertilization necessities in the strategies for variable nitrogen doses. Remote sensing-based data provide a direct observation of the differences in canopy development across time and space and can be integrated into the physiological basis of crop growth models to provide estimates of biomass production at fine scales. The proposed approach was applied in a wheat field in Albacete, Spain and the results were compared with measurements of aboveground biomass and yield maps obtained by a combined-mounted grain yield monitor.","PeriodicalId":7228,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Animal Biosciences","volume":"18 1","pages":"764-769"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85092733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Colaço, R. Trevisan, J. Molin, J. R. Rosell-Polo, A. Escolà
{"title":"Orange tree canopy volume estimation by manual and LiDAR-based methods","authors":"A. Colaço, R. Trevisan, J. Molin, J. R. Rosell-Polo, A. Escolà","doi":"10.1017/S2040470017001133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040470017001133","url":null,"abstract":"LiDAR (Light detection and ranging) technology is an alternative to current manual methods of canopy geometry estimations in orange trees. The objective of this work was to compare different types of canopy volume estimations of orange trees, some inspired on manual methods and others based on a LiDAR sensor. A point cloud was generated for 25 individual trees using a laser scanning system. The convex-hull and the alpha-shape surface reconstruction algorithms were tested. LiDAR derived models are able to represent orange trees more accurately than traditional methods. However, results differ significantly from the current manual method. In addition, different 3D modeling algorithms resulted in different canopy volume estimations. Therefore, a new standard method should be developed and established.","PeriodicalId":7228,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Animal Biosciences","volume":"9 1","pages":"477-480"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72760180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design and development of a navigation system for agricultural aerial spraying","authors":"M. Zhang, R. R. Zhang, G. Xu, L. P. Chen","doi":"10.1017/S2040470017001108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040470017001108","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7228,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Animal Biosciences","volume":"734 1","pages":"870-875"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76798767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sweet pepper maturity evaluation","authors":"B. Harel, P. Kurtser, Y. Parmet, Y. Edan","doi":"10.1017/S2040470017001236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040470017001236","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7228,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Animal Biosciences","volume":"43 1","pages":"167-171"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82257664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuval Shahar, C. Blacker, R. Kavanagh, P. James, J. Taylor
{"title":"Implementation of Ag Data Agricultural Services for Precision Agriculture","authors":"Yuval Shahar, C. Blacker, R. Kavanagh, P. James, J. Taylor","doi":"10.1017/S2040470017000644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040470017000644","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7228,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Animal Biosciences","volume":"577 1","pages":"656-661"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85701940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of methods for remotely sensing grass growth to enable precision application of nitrogen fertilizer","authors":"P. Berry, H. Holmes, C. Blacker","doi":"10.1017/S2040470017000863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040470017000863","url":null,"abstract":"A ‘chessboard’ field experiment set up to investigate how the yield response to nitrogen (N) fertiliser varied spatially within a field in the UK indicated that the optimum N rate varied substantially by up to 100 kg N/ha within the three hectare experimental area. Variation in N optima was negatively related to the soil N supply. However, soil N supply, yield potential and apparent fertiliser recovery rate were inter-related which meant that the influence of each element on N optima was complex. Spectral reflectance indices related well to crop N uptake and could be used to help estimate soil N supply.","PeriodicalId":7228,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Animal Biosciences","volume":"76 1","pages":"758-763"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90987238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a sensor fusion method for crop row tracking operations","authors":"B. Benet, R. Lenain, V. Rousseau","doi":"10.1017/S2040470017000310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040470017000310","url":null,"abstract":"A sensor fusion method was developed in order to track crop rows, considering various vegetation levels, for various crops. This application consisted to use a laser sensor, an inertial measurement unit and a color camera, in a fusion mode, to get a set of points corresponding to crop rows and eliminate noise like grass or leaves in environment, in real time. After applying a method such as Hough or Least Square (LS) technique for obtaining the geometric data of the crop line, automatic control operations were applied to realize the crop row tracking operation, with the desired lateral deviation parameter, taking into account the robot angular deviation and the temporal aspect, to realize the task with accuracy and without oscillations. The results showed the robustness of fusion method, to get a stable autonomous navigation for crop row tracking, particularly in the vineyards, with many perturbations such as bumps, hole and mud, and speeds between 1 and 2 m s⁻¹. The mean lateral error between desired and obtained trajectory varied between 0.10 and 0.40 m, depending of speed and perturbations.","PeriodicalId":7228,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Animal Biosciences","volume":"69 1","pages":"583-589"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88123288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Whole Farm Analysis of the Implications of Variable Maturity Groups on Harvest Logistics and Net Returns","authors":"B. Martin, C. Dillon, T. Mark, T. Davis","doi":"10.1017/S2040470017001005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040470017001005","url":null,"abstract":"A whole farm economic analysis was performed to maximize net returns utilizing variable maturity groups of corn and soybeans over different soil types. Demand for drying and storage equipment throughout harvest was generated based on profit-maximizing combinations of grain types, their respective maturity groups, and yield potential over different topsoil depths. Two marketing strategies were considered: cash and futures contract sales. It was found that drying equipment became a limiting factor in the proposed system. This prevented storage facilities from reaching full capacity and additional grain from capturing value in the futures market.","PeriodicalId":7228,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Animal Biosciences","volume":"22 1","pages":"668-671"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81419541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}