@article{696370,
      recid = {696370},
      author = {Young, Stephen L., and Pierce, F. J.},
      title = {Automation : the future of weed control in cropping  systems [electronic resource]  /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book shifts the paradigm that weeds can only be  controlled using broadcast applications of chemical and  mechanical techniques in distinct spatiotemporal scales,  also referred to as integrated weed management. In fact,  true integrated weed management is more than just  diversification of techniques and for the first time could  be achieved using advanced technologies. Automated weed  control is not the proverbial 'silver bullet', but an  entirely new approach in cropping systems where multiple  weed control strategies are available for use at the same  time. In an automated system, sensor and computer  technologies onboard a robot would first categorize each  and every plant in a farmer's field as either weed or crop,  and then go on to identify the species of weed. Once those  identifications were made, multiple weed fighting  strategies located on a single platform could be applied to  individual plants based on their biology. If the system  identified a weed that's resistant to Roundup(Tm), for  example, it could be spritzed with a different herbicide.  Or an onboard cutting or flaming micro-tool could be used  to kill the plant instead. The production of a book that  addresses weed control of the future will have profound  impacts on current and future cropping systems across the  globe. To date, no other resource exists on this important  and rapidly advancing topic of automated weed control in  cropping systems. In the near future, a new approach will  be needed for managing weeds, especially with the  challenges of weed resistance to herbicides, off-site  movement of soil, fertilizers, and chemicals, an  increasingly non-agrarian public, labor shortages,  economies in recession, and the continued rural to suburban  land use conversion. Automation is part of the solution.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/696370},
}