GIS Applications in Agriculture, Volume 1

About this book

As the first volume in a series concentrating on in-depth discussions of GIS topics, GIS Applications in Agriculture examines ways that this powerful technology can help farmers/firms to produce a greater abundance of crops with more efficiency and at lower costs. Each chapter describes the nature of the problem, examines the purpose of the GIS application, describes methods used to develop the application, provides results, and offers a conclusion as well as other supportive information. When appropriate, it presents the underlying statistical approach for the GIS software that is used. This text also includes a CD-ROM that features data sets and the full color maps produced by the use of GIS.

Contents

Application of GIS to Integrated Pest Management on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Land, B. Seelig and J. AlfonsoNitrogen Management in Sugar Beet Using Remote Sensing and GIS, D.W. FranzenUsing Historical Management to Reduce Soil Sampling Errors, D.E. Clay, N. Kitchen, C.G. Carlson, J. Kleinjan, and J. ChangDeveloping Productivity Zones from Multiple Years of Yield Monitor Data, J. Kleinjan, D.E. Clay, C.G. Carlson, and S.A. ClaySite-Specific Weed Management in Growers' Fields: Predictions from Hand-Drawn Maps, L.J. Wiles, R. Bobbitt, and P. WestraMap Quality Assessment for Site-Specific Fertility Management, T.G. MuellerGleaning More Information from Yield Data, T.S. Murrell, Q.B. Rund, and H.F. Reetz, Jr.Soil Salinity Mapping Using ArcGIS, F. Cassel S.Using GIS and On-the-Go Soil Strength Sensing Technology for Variable-Depth Tillage Assessment, P. Andrade-Sanchez and S.K. UpadhyayaCollocating Multiple Self-Generated Data Layers, V.I. Adamchuk and C. WangIndex

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