Abstract
Cranberries are harvested by flooding the field and agitating vines so the fruit, which float can be skimmed from the surface and loaded into barrels. This harvesting method makes application of standard precision farming practices difficult. This paper investigates the potential of combining Area-to-Area (AtoA) and Area-to-Point (AtoP) kriging of yield totals from individual fields with remotely sensed data for defining within-field management zones.
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We would like to thank Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. for providing yield data, Larisa Pozdnyakova (Golovko) of RiceTec, Alvin, TX for collecting and pre-processing much of the data used in this paper and Dan A. Sims, Ball State University for calculating the EVI values. Funding was provided as part of USDA-IFAFS grant # 2001-52103-11310.
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Kerry, R., Giménez, D., Oudemans, P., Goovaerts, P. (2010). Investigating the Potential of Area-to-Area and Area-to-Point Kriging for Defining Management Zones for Precision Farming of Cranberries. In: Atkinson, P., Lloyd, C. (eds) geoENV VII – Geostatistics for Environmental Applications. Quantitative Geology and Geostatistics, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2322-3_24
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