Chapter 1 - The use of unmanned aerial systems (UASs) in precision agriculture: Chunhua Zhang, Algoma University, Canada; and John M. Kovacs and Dan Walters, Nipissing University, Canada; 1 Introduction 2 Platforms and sensors 3 Flight planning and imagery acquisition 4 Image processing: stitching and ortho-rectification 5 UAS imagery applications 6 Image analysis 7 Case study 8 Future trends and conclusion 9 Acknowledgements 10 Where to look for further information 11 References Chapter taken from: Stafford, J. (ed.), Precision agriculture for sustainability, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2019, (ISBN: 978 1 78676 204 7; www.bdspublishing.com) Chapter 2 - Advances in high-throughput crop phenotyping using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): Helge Aasen, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich and Remote Sensing Team, Division of Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Switzerland; and Lukas Roth, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; 1 Introduction 2 Remote sensing tools: unmanned aerial vehicles and flight protocols 3 Major plant traits that can be extracted using unmanned aerial vehicle remote sensing 4 Conclusion and future trends 5 Authors' contributions 6 Acknowledgements 7 References Chapter taken from: Walter, A. (ed.), Advances in plant phenotyping for sustainable crop production, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2022, (ISBN: 978 1 78676 856 8; www.
bdspublishing.com) Chapter 3 - Advances in agricultural unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): Tarin Paz-Kagan, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel; 1 Introduction 2 Unmanned aerial vehicle remote sensing sensors 3 Platforms for precision agriculture 4 Flight planning and pre-processing 5 Application in precision agriculture 6 Conclusion and future trends 7 Where to look for further information 8 References Chapter taken from: van Henten, E. and Edan, Y. (ed.), Advances in agri-food robotics, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2024, (ISBN: 978 1 80146 277 8; www.bdspublishing.com) Chapter 4 - Advances in remote/aerial sensing of crop water status: Wenxuan Guo, Texas Tech University and Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA; and Haibin Gu, Bishnu Ghimire and Oluwatola Adedeji, Texas Tech University, USA; 1 Introduction 2 Quantification of plant water status 3 Electromagnetic radiation and interaction with matter 4 Optical remote sensing of plant water status 5 Remote sensing of plant water status using thermal infrared 6 Microwave remote sensing of plant water status 7 Conclusion and future trends in research 8 Where to look for further information 9 References Chapter taken from: Lobsey, C. and Biswas, A.
(ed.), Advances in sensor technology for sustainable crop production, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2023, (ISBN: 978 1 78676 977 0; www.bdspublishing.com).