Monitoring wheat protein content on-harvester - Australian experiences

In: Precision Agriculture ‘05
Authors:
James Taylor 1Australian Centre for Precision Agriculture McMillan Building A05, University of Sydney NSW 2006
j.taylor@agec.usyd.edu.au

Search for other papers by James Taylor in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
,
Brett Whelan 1Australian Centre for Precision Agriculture McMillan Building A05, University of Sydney NSW 2006

Search for other papers by Brett Whelan in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
,
Lars Thylén 1Australian Centre for Precision Agriculture McMillan Building A05, University of Sydney NSW 2006

Search for other papers by Lars Thylén in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
,
Mikael Gilbertsson 2Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (JTI) Box 7033, SE-750 07 Uppsala

Search for other papers by Mikael Gilbertsson in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
, and
James Hassall 3”Kiewa”, Gilgandra, NSW, Australia

Search for other papers by James Hassall in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close

Purchase instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):

$40.00

An on-harvester protein sensor has been tested for two seasons on a commercial combine harvester in Australia. Operators report that sensor and software were relatively easy to use especially since the model used is still a prototype set-up. Some problems with operation were noted and have been addressed for future commercial development. Output from the Zeltex NIT protein sensor was coherent and often strongly correlated to yield response, giving a good indication that the observed protein patterns were real. Absolute protein values however appeared suppressed and a new calibration curve for Australia has been developed for the Zeltex AccuHarvest® sensor.

  • Collapse
  • Expand

Metrics

All Time Past 365 days Past 30 Days
Abstract Views 21 16 0
Full Text Views 0 0 0
PDF Views & Downloads 3 0 0