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Automation: The Future of Weed Control in Cropping Systems

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Editors:
  1. Stephen L. Young

    1. Department of Agronomy and Haorticulture, West Central Research & Extension Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, North Platte, USA

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  2. Francis J. Pierce

    1. Depts. Crop & Soil Sc. & Bio.l Sys. Eng., Washington State University, Prosser, USA

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  • Chapters written by experts in the fields of engineering, weed science, and economics
  • Comprehensive and cutting-edge information on automation and weed control from all across the world
  • Fundamental principles on weed biology and engineering principles along with economics and market readiness associated with automated weed control

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Scope of the Problem—Rising Costs and Demand for Environmental Safety for Weed Control

    • Stephen L. Young, Francis J. Pierce, Pete Nowak
    Pages 1-8

  3. Agricultural Production Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Current State of Weed Management in Organic and Conventional Cropping Systems

      • Alec F. McErlich, Rick A. Boydston
      Pages 11-32

  4. Principles and Merging of Engineering and Weed Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
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    2. Engineering Advancements

      • John K. Schueller
      Pages 35-49

    3. Plant Morphology and the Critical Period of Weed Control

      • J. Anita Dille
      Pages 51-69

    4. The Biological Engineer: Sensing the Difference Between Crops and Weeds

      • David C. Slaughter
      Pages 71-95

  5. Primary Weed Control Tools for Automation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Precision Planting and Crop Thinning

      • Scott A. Shearer, Santosh K. Pitla
      Pages 99-124

    3. Automated Mechanical Weeding

      • M. Taufik Ahmad, Lie Tang, Brian L. Steward
      Pages 125-137

    4. Targeted and Microdose Chemical Applications

      • Stephen L. Young, D. Ken Giles
      Pages 139-147

  6. Field Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Field Applications of Automated Weed Control: Western Hemisphere

      • Steven A. Fennimore, Bradley D. Hanson, Lynn M. Sosnoskie, Jayesh B. Samtani, Avishek Datta, Stevan Z. Knezevic et al.
      Pages 151-169

    3. Field Applications of Automated Weed Control: Northwest Europe

      • Jan Willem Hofstee, Ard T. Nieuwenhuizen
      Pages 171-187

    4. Field Applications of Automated Weed Control: Asia

      • Hiroshi Okamoto, Yumiko Suzuki, Noboru Noguchi
      Pages 189-200

  7. Economies for Automated Weed Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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    2. Economics of Technology for Precision Weed Control in Conventional and Organic Systems

      • Florian Diekmann, Marvin T. Batte
      Pages 203-220

    3. Future Adoption of Automation in Weed Control

      • Josse De Baerdemaeker
      Pages 221-234

    4. Automation for Weed Control in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

      • Renan Aguero, Noel M. Estwick, Edgar Gutierrez
      Pages 235-246
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About this book

Technology is rapidly advancing in all areas of society, including agriculture. In both conventional and organic systems, there is a need to apply technology beyond our current approach to improve the efficiency and economics of management. Weeds, in particular, have been part of cropping systems for centuries often being ranked as the number one production cost. Now, public demand for a sustainably grown product has created economic incentives for producers to improve their practices, yet the development of advanced weed control tools beyond biotech has lagged behind. An opportunity has been created for engineers and weed scientists to pool their knowledge and work together to ‘fill the gap’ in managing weeds in crops. Never before has there been such pressure to produce more with less in order to sustain our economies and environments. This book is the first to provide a radically new approach to weed management that could change cropping systems both now and in the future.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Agronomy and Haorticulture, West Central Research & Extension Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, North Platte, USA

    Stephen L. Young

  • Depts. Crop & Soil Sc. & Bio.l Sys. Eng., Washington State University, Prosser, USA

    Francis J. Pierce

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Automation: The Future of Weed Control in Cropping Systems

  • Editors: Stephen L. Young, Francis J. Pierce

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7512-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7511-4Published: 09 December 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0257-5Published: 17 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7512-1Published: 21 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 265

  • Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations, 47 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Agriculture, Robotics and Automation, Control, Robotics, Mechatronics, Agricultural Economics

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