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Optical peanut yield monitor: Development and testing

Thomasson, J.A., Sui, R., Wright, G.C. and Robson, A.J. (2006) Optical peanut yield monitor: Development and testing. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 22 (6). pp. 809-818.

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Abstract

An optical peanut yield monitor was developed, fabricated, and field-tested. The overall system includes an optical mass-flow sensor, a GPS receiver, and a data acquisition system. The concept for the mass-flow sensor is based on that of the cotton yield-monitor sensor developed previously by Thomasson and Sui (2000). A modified version of the sensor was designed to be specific to peanut mass-flow measurement. Field testing of the peanut yield monitor was conducted in Australia during the May 2003 harvest. After subsequent minor modifications, the system was more extensively tested in Mississippi in October of 2003 and November of 2004. Test results showed that the output of the peanut mass-flow sensor was very strongly correlated with the harvested load weight, and the system's performance was stable and reliable during the tests.

Item Type:Article
Corporate Creators:Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI), Agri-Science, Crop and Food Science, Plant Science
Business groups:Crop and Food Science
Additional Information:© American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
Keywords:Peanut; precision agriculture; reflectance; sensors; yield monitor.
Subjects:Technology > Technology (General)
Plant culture > Fruit and fruit culture > Nuts
Plant culture > Harvesting, curing, storage
Live Archive:23 Jan 2009 06:04
Last Modified:03 Sep 2021 16:43

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