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    Sprayer Inspection in Sicily on the Basis of Workshop Activity

    The European Directive on the sustainable use of pesticides makes mandatory the functional inspection of pesticide application equipment in all member States by the 26th November 2016. In this paper the inspec...

    Emanuele Cerruto, Giuseppe Manetto in Innovative Biosystems Engineering for Sust… (2020)

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    Error on Drop Size Measurement Due to Image Analysis Digitisation

    For spray pesticide applications, drop size spectrum is one of the most important factors affecting environment and operator safety. Assessment of drop size distribution is based on different techniques, among...

    Giuseppe Manetto, Emanuele Cerruto in Safety, Health and Welfare in Agriculture … (2022)

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    Automatic Image Labelling for Deep-Learning-Based Navigation of Agricultural Robots

    The aim of this work is to define a procedure for the automatic labeling of images used for the training of a deep neural network which is used to learn a direct map** from images to steering angles and coll...

    Dario Calogero Guastella, Gaetano Rua in Safety, Health and Welfare in Agriculture … (2022)

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    Purpose-Intended Modification of a Conventional Sprayer Machine for Application in Precision Agriculture

    The application of precision agriculture (PA) in the management of agricultural practices is increasingly widespread, especially in crops with higher income such as vineyards. The organization of agricultural ...

    Elio Romano, Giampaolo Schillaci in Safety, Health and Welfare in Agriculture … (2022)

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    Influence of short-term surface temperature dynamics on tree orchards energy balance fluxes

    Land surface temperature (LST) plays an essential role in develo** and applying precision agriculture protocols, especially for calculating crop evapotranspiration (ETc) by surface energy balance (SEB) approach...

    Juan Miguel Ramírez-Cuesta, Simona Consoli, Domenico Longo in Precision Agriculture (2022)

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    Development of a Test Bench for Vibration Measurements of Hand-Held Harvesters for Olives

    Olive harvesting is the most expensive activity among cultural operations, so its mechanization is essential to reduce production costs. For this reason, the use of hand-held vibrating harvesters is quite wide...

    Emanuele Cerruto, Giuseppe Manetto in AIIA 2022: Biosystems Engineering Towards … (2023)

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    Effect of Image Binarization on Drop Diameters Measurement

    With reference to agricultural nozzles for pesticide applications, droplet size affects biological efficacy of a phytosanitary treatment, environmental pollution, and operator’s safety. Measuring droplet size ...

    Salvatore Privitera, Emanuele Cerruto in AIIA 2022: Biosystems Engineering Towards … (2023)

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    Identifying soil-plant interactions in a mixed-age orange orchard using electrical resistivity imaging

    The ever-increasing demand of fresh water from irrigated agriculture and the water scarcity condition that characterizes the Mediterranean region, encourages the adoption of efficient water saving strategies. ...

    Daniela Vanella, Juan Miguel Ramírez-Cuesta, Giuseppe Longo-Minnolo in Plant and Soil (2023)