Vineyard Yield Statistics Database
An investigation of yield variation in vineyards using
classical and spatial statistics
Australian Suppliers of Site-specific information for Viticulture:
The adoption of new and emerging technologies by viticulturists and the development of site-specific tools for viticulture has taken off in the past five years. In terms of global adoption there is no doubt that Australia is in the vanguard for Precision Viticulture (PV). The object of this page is to provide a starting point for people interested in adopting Precsion Viticultural practices. The focus here is (unashamedly) on Australian Viticulture but is largely applicable to production within the 'New World'.
'PV
or not PV?' is an introduction to the concepts and philosophy of Precsion
Agriculture (PA) and how they relate to viticulture. A further review
of how PA technologies are being applied in Australian (and global)
viticulture forms part of my post-graduate
dissertation.
Vineyard Yield Statistics Database
An investigation of yield variation in vineyards using
classical and spatial statistics
Australian Suppliers of Site-specific information for Viticulture:
A wide variety of information
is now available to Australian growers. The following paragraphs
aims at providing a list of people who are currently supplying this information.
It is my intention to list the suppliers and not to rank them, thus they
are presented in alphabetical order. Where available a URL or contact
is provided and interested parties are advised to contact the companies
to determine if they provide the service required. If you are not
listed or know of a company that is not or alternatively do not wish to
be listed please let me know (j.taylor@agec.usyd.edu.au) and I will update
the list.
Aerial Imagery1
Specterra (www.specterra.com.au)
Terrabyte (www.terrabyte.net.au)
Satellite Imagery1
Quickbird
(www.skmconsulting.com/index.cfm?id=1449)
Ikonos
(www.raytheon.com.au)
Spot*
(www.raytheon.com.au)
Landsat*
(www.ga.gov.au/acres/)
NB. The listed contacts above are for the direct suppliers of the satellite imagery. Other on-sellers are also available e.g. www.geoimage.com.au, www.agrilink-int.com.
* Resolution maybe too coarse
for viticulture
1 For both aerial
and satellite imagery I would advise consumers to purchase the data as
bands (i.e. B, G, R, NIR for multispectral data) rather than as an image.
While proprietatry images may be useful it is our experience that the band
data (suitable corrected for sensor and radiometric errors) is preferable
and permits the mapping of a variety of standard vegetative indices.
Soil Electrical Conductivity Surveys
EMI
Geoforce (www.geoforce.com.au)
Provisor (www.provisor.com.au)
Terrabyte (www.terrabyte.net.au)
Advanced Soil Mapping (dennis@ncable.com.au
(Dennis Ormeisher))
Veris 3100
Australian Centre for Precision
Agriculture (acpa@acss.usyd.edu.au)
Independent Agricultural Resources
(tcrowley@mcs.net.au (Tony Crowley))
Agrilink Agricultural Consultants
(faulkner@chariot.net.au (Mick Faulkner)
Consultants
Provisor (www.provisor.com.au)
Agrilink Agricultural Consultants
(www.agrilink-int.com)
Corbans Viticulture (NZ) (http://www.corbansviticulture.co.nz/)
Links:
Other good Precision Viticulture information can be found at:
CRC for Viticulture/CSIRO
www.crcv.com.au/publications/precisionviticulture/
www.clw.csiro.au/staff/BramleyR/