Precision Agriculture Basics: ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Books

Editors ix
Contributors xi
About the Companion Website xxi

Chapter 1 - An Introduction to Precision Agriculture Basics
David E. Clay, Skye Brugler, and Katsutoshi Mizuta 1

Chapter 2 - Adoption, Barriers and Pathways Forward in Precision Agriculture Technologies
Bhavna Joshi and Maaz Gardezi 7

Chapter 3 - Discovery, Adoption, and Training for Precision Agriculture
Harkirat Kaur, Luan Oliveira, Simerjeet Virk, David E. Clay, and Ali Mirzakhani Nafci 19

Chapter 4 - Advances in Variable Rate Field Equipment Technologies
Ali Mirzakhani Nafchi, Ajay Sharda, David E. Clay, and Simerjeet Virk 29

Chapter 5 - Identifying, Understanding, and Managing Variability
Sharon A. Clay, Bruce J. Erickson, and Newell R. Kitchen 49

Chapter 6 - Understanding Soil Variability and Sampling Strategies for Site-specific Nutrient Management
Katsutoshi Mizuta, Skye Brugler, Srinadh Kodali, Ahmed Harb Rabia, Xi Zhang, and David E. Clay 63

Chapter 7 - GPS and Other Global Navigation Satellite Systems for Precision Agriculture
Timothy Stombaugh, Won Suk Lee, Ali Mirzakhani Nafchi, Kent Shannon, and Hasan Mirzakhaninafchi 81

Chapter 8 - Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems
Liang Liang, Katsutoshi Mizuta, Indunil P. Dharmasiri, Leonardo M. Bastos, and Rob Proulx 97

Chapter 9 - GIS Applications to Precision Agriculture
Leonardo M. Bastos, Katsutoshi Mizuta, and Rob Proulx 117

Chapter 10 - Web Soil Survey and Soil Health Assessments
Carrie Werkmeister and Douglas Malo 141

Chapter 11 - Fundamentals of Proximal Soil and Crop Sensing
Robin Gebbers, Katsutoshi Mizuta, and Viacheslav Adamchuk 155

Chapter 12 - Proximal Soil Sensing
Asim Biswas, Robin Gebbers, Viacheslav Adamchuk, Gaurav Jha, Katsutoshi Mizuta, Slawomir Kurpaska, Maciek Gliniak, Ce Yang, Naoya Kadota, and Hiteshkumar Bhogilal Vasava 175

Chapter 13 - Proximal Plant Sensing Systems
Ce Yang, Alireza Sanaeifar, Lang Qiao, Sravanthi Bachina, Asim Biswas, Robin Gebbers, Viacheslav Adamchuk, Gaurav Jha, Katsutoshi Mizuta, Slawomir Kurpaska, Maciek Gliniak, and Dharani Suresh Babu 189

Chapter 14 - Remote Sensing for Site-specific Crop Management
Richard Ferguson, Brian Wardlow, Jackson Stansell, Gaurav Jha, Leonardo Bastos, Guillermo Balboa, and Sheetal Kumari 199

Chapter 15 - Remote Sensing for Water Stress Management
Lorena N. Lacerda and Meetpal Kukal 223

Chapter 16 - Precision Irrigation Technology and Management
Meetpal S. Kukal, Emily Bedwell, Jasmine Neupane, and Unius Arinaitwe 233

Chapter 17 - Precision Insect Measurement and Management
Ivan Grijalva, Brian McCornack, and Sharon A. Clay 249

Chapter 18 - Targeted Weed Management Using Precision Agriculture
J. Anita Dille, Rodrigo Werle, Thomas R. Butts, Lynn Sosnoskie, and Thierry Besançon 259

Chapter 19 - Plant Disease Identification and Management Using Remote Sensing
Febina Mathew, Harikat Kaur, Milsha George, Karthika Mohan, Taofeek Mukaila, Nitha Rafi, and Sharon Clay 279

Chapter 20 - Yield Monitoring and Mapping
John P. Fulton, Elizabeth Hawkins, Kent Shannon, Sunoj Shajahan, and Simerjeet Virk 295

Chapter 21 - On-farm Replicated Strip Trials
Peter M. Kyveryga, Matthew E. Caroll, and Takashi S. T. Tanaka 317

Chapter 22 - Precision Agriculture Data Management
Ali Mirzakhani Nafchi and John Fulton 343

Chapter 23 - Economics of Precision Agriculture
Tong Wang, Akinsola Oyebanji, and David Clay 355

Chapter 24 - Soil Health in Precision Agriculture
Xi Zhang, Kristen Veum, Yuchuan Fan, Vander Luis Novaes Nunes, Wei Dai, Skye Brugler, and David E. Clay 367

Chapter 25 - Precision Conservation: A Pathway to Improved Sustainability
Jasmine Neupane, Gretchen Sassenrath, Deepak Joshi, Jorge Delgado, Rojina Kafle, and Dharani Suresh Babu 397

Chapter 26 - From Control Systems to Variable Rate Seeding, Pesticide, Chemical Applicators, and Irrigation
Ali Mirzakhani Nafchi, Douglas Prairie, Todd Trooien, Nicholas Uilk, Xufei Yang, Mazhar Sher, Karishma Kumari, Ahmed Abdalla, and Hasan Mirzakhaninafchi 415

Chapter 27 - Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence-Driven Solutions in Precision Agriculture
Deepak R. Joshi, Skye Brugler, David Mulla, Jitender Rathore, Ahmed Harb Rabia, and Pappu Yadav 435

Chapter 28 - An Introduction to Using Life Cycle Analysis as an Agricultural Sustainability Assessment Tool
Heidi Sieverding, Nowrin Mostafa Tuly, Skye Brugler, and James J. Stone 449

Chapter 29 - Precision Agriculture Basics for Major Agronomic Crops Worldwide
Unius Arinaitwe, Thandiwe Nleya, Dwarika Bhattarai, Rojina Kafle, Shailesh Pandit, Janet Moriles-Miller, Abraham Hangamaisho, Rafael Otto, Guilherme Martineli Sanches, Prakriti Sharma, and Varshith Kommineni 461

Chapter 30 - Instructor's Guide to Teaching with Precision Agriculture Basics
Katsutoshi Mizuta, Skye Brugler, Sravanthi Bachina, Sarah E. LaRose, and Nick Schiltz 481

Chapter 31 - Precision Agriculture Datasets
Liujun (Johnny) Li, Sravanthi Bachina, Viacheslav Adamchuk, David Bullock, Qianqian Du, Ivan Grijalva, Saurav Upadhyaya, Brian McCornack, and Brennan Lewis 487

Chapter 32 - Soil and Plant Calculations
Brennan Lewis, Dwarika Bhattarai, Skye Brugler, Shailesh Pandit, Nowrin Mostafa Tuly, Janet Moriles-Miller, Sravanthi Bachina, Norah Ochonye, Varshith Kommineni, Rojina Kafle, Graig Reicks, and Deepak Joshi 499

Glossary 529
Study Questions Answer Key 543