Economic evaluation of precision crop protection measures

Publication Type
Book chapter
Authors
Schroers, Jan Ole and Gerhards, Roland and Kunisch, Martin
Year of publication
2010
Published in
Precision Crop Protection - the Challenge and Use of Heterogeneity
Editor
Erich-Christian Oerke and Roland Gerhards and Gunter Menz and Richard A. Sikora
Pubisher
Springer Verlag , Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York
ISBN / ISSN / eISSN
978-90-481-9276-2
Page (from - to)
417-426
Abstract

This chapter analyzes the economic benefits of precision crop protection based on experimental data for site-specific application of herbicides in winter cereals, maize and sugar beets in Western Europe. Despite of additional costs for weed sensing and application technology, site-specific weed control resulted in higher economic return compared to conventional uniform applications even over periods of several years.

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