Abstract
Farmer and consumer are driving the request for sustainable production of fruit and vegetables. Precision agriculture, the consideration of spatial and temporal variability for increasing the efficiency of resources, has been developed over the last twentyfive years and was initially applied to field crops. Its application to tree crops and vegetables started later and has been developing with an increasing number of publications as well as research calls in the beginning of the 21st century. First applications were described for mechanical harvesting of horticultural crops with commercial solutions for harvesting fruit that is subjected to processing. A review of methodical approaches and upcoming challenges for precise management of tree crops and vegetables are covered in this paper, addressing horticulturists as well as researchers working in precision agriculture. The precision agriculture domains with specific implications in horticultural crops captured are: data collection, yield mapping, remote sensing, quality mapping, and variable rate application. The spatial and temporal variability in orchards as well as effects of site-specific application of inputs are documented in this paper. © ISHS 2016.
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Spatial and temporal variability in orchards is documented in the review.
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e1“A review of methodical approaches and upcoming challenges for precise management of tree crops and vegetables are covered in this paper”
e2“The spatial and temporal variability in orchards as well as effects of site-specific application of inputs are documented in this paper”
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First applications of mechanical harvesting were described for horticultural crops.
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e3“First applications were described for mechanical harvesting of horticultural crops with commercial solutions for harvesting fruit that is subjected to processing”