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Unmanned aerial vehicle systems in crop production : a compendium /

"This volume provides a useful detailed review of 250 UAVs that examines their usefulness in enhancing profitability, yield, and quality of crop production. A detailed view of the recent trends indicates an increase in agricultural drone production. Millions of dollars have been invested in sta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krishna, K. R. (Kowligi R.) (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakville, ON ; Palm Bay, Florida : Apple Academic Press Inc., [2020]
Series:Innovations in agricultural and biological engineering.
Subjects:
Agriculture > Remote sensing.
Drone aircraft.
Crops.
Agriculture > Télédétection.
Drones.
Cultures.
drone airplanes.
SCIENCE > General.
TECHNOLOGY > Aeronautics & Astronautics.
TECHNOLOGY > Agriculture > Crop Science.
Agriculture > Remote sensing
Crops
Drone aircraft
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to unmanned aerial vehicle systems utilized in agriculture
  • Fixed-winged unmanned aerial vehicle systems utilized in agriculture
  • Helicopter and multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle systems utilized in agriculture
  • Parachutes, blimps, balloons, and kites as unmanned aerial vehicles useful in agriculture
  • Sensors and image-processing computer software relevant to unmanned aerial vehicle-based technology in agriculture
  • Applications of unmanned aerial vehicle systems in agriculture: a few examples.