Screen LibraryUnmanned 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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Apple Academic Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oakville, ON, Canada : |
| Publication Dates: | [2020] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"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 start-ups that produce agro-drones in past several years. North America, Europe, China and the Far East have excelled in offering a large number of UAV models. Some of them are versatile, a few are specific, and many of them are low cost. With so many drone models (over 1200) available, how do farmers and |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 689 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781771887564 (hardcover : alkaline paper) : 1771887567 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 9780429757471 (ePub ebook) 0429757476 (ePub ebook) 9780429757488 (PDF ebook) 0429757484 (PDF ebook) 9780429757464 (Mobipocket ebook) 0429757468 (Mobipocket ebook) 9780429425264 (ebook) 0429425260 (ebook) |
| Index Number: | S494 |
| CLC: | S127 |
| Call Number: | S127/K927 |
| 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. |