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Physical Methods in Agriculture: Approach to Precision and Quality | 
 enlarge | Creators: Jirí Blahovec, Miroslav Kutílek
Publisher: Springer
Category: Book
List Price: $260.00
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 2539508
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 472
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.8 x 1.4
ISBN: 0306474301
Dewey Decimal Number: 631
EAN: 9780306474309
ASIN: 0306474301
Publication Date: January 31, 2003
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The papers in this book deal with both the physical theories and their applications in the full broad range of agriculture: soils, their parameters and transport processes, soil technology, precision agriculture, agricultural products and their processing, testing and storage and products, genetic modification of agricultural plants. In all those subjects the physical aspects are studied. The majority of the papers belong to the category of interdisciplinary sciences. The papers are divided into three groups. In the first group are papers dealing with soil physical properties. The research was aimed at direct observation of soil porous systems from which the appropriate theory of transport was derived. Special attention was paid to estimation errors of physical parameters. High accuracy in determination of data monitoring location is reflected by papers on allocation agriculture, precision farming. The second group contains papers with experimental and theoretical improvement in product properties knowledge. The possibilities of application of such methods in modern genetic engineering are discussed too. The third group of papers represents recent physical approach to technological properties of fruits, especially in relation to their pre-harvest and storage softening, as well as to their susceptibility to damage.
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Review taken from Agriculutural Systems 79 (2004) 369-370 May 10, 2004
The book for the most part maintains its focus on physical properties, examining classical and modern non destructive approaches to physical property evaluation of soils, process variables and fruit firmness and mechanical damage evaluation.
I found the book to contain....high quality reviews of specific topics. The introductory essay is a thought provoking introductory essay on precision and quality. Other topic chapters are potentially valuable for researchers working in represented areas. Review by Ernest W. Tol, University of Georgia, USA
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