Agricultural Sky

<p>The agricultural sky is a dominant natural entity that has influenced interacted with and guided the evolution of crops farming practices and cropping systems. The sky—and all its components—above and near agricultural areas is an important aspect of an agricultural enterprise—as important as soils water and crop species. The blue sky above crops that is seemingly clear tranquil or sometimes filled with clouds is really a repository of a large number of gases mineral or organic particulate matter dust mist turbulent wind innumerable species of micro-organisms tiny biotic flora/fauna seeds insects etc. The agrarian sky supports complex interactions of biotic and abiotic aspects with perhaps immediate and/or delayed influence on crops sown on the ground.</p><p>This volume helps us to better understand the importance of the sky above crop fields with the goal to encourage revolutionary agronomic procedures that lead to higher yield. It is a comprehensive treatise on the agriculture sky covering basic definitions limits and explanations about atmospheric layers like troposphere stratosphere and the phyllosphere. The volume addresses the nutrient dynamics in the sky and their relevance to crop productivity. It looks at both natural biotic and manmade abiotic factors in the sky and how they affect what goes on below such as from dust storms at cloudy and/or windy locations and from high-altitude jet streams. The author discusses wind and solar power generation in the agrarian sky and explores aeroponics to revolutionize crop production. The volume delves into several types of aerial robots employing AI and other technology to provide aerial spectral data that are capable of analyzing procedures soil conditions irrigation insect pests weed detection herbicide application soil fertility and much more. The book includes examples from the North American Great Plains Pampas of Argentina Sahelian production zones of West Africa Indo-Gangetic Plains etc.</p><p>This eye-opening book <i>The Agricultural Sky: A Concept to Revolutionize Farming</i> will be useful to students and professors in universities as well as to researchers in industry dealing with aerial aspects of farming.</p>