Precision Agriculture Application in Fruit Crops: Experience in Handpicked Fruits

Precision agriculture was applied in handpicked fruit orchards in Greece in the last few years. The results of applications in apples and vines are presented in this paper. Yield, quality and NDVI maps were created for three years. The results for both crops showed that there was high variability in the measured parameters. Comparison of the maps indicated that fruit quality was inferior in areas where yield was high. NDVI maps in apples at the beginning of June were correlated to the final yield variability. This result can be used as an early warning of yield variability and could be used to manage the predicted variability. Similar results were indicated for vines.