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Universidad de Burgos: Burgos, ES

2025-01-01 to present | Distinguished Researcher
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Vélez, S.

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems: Freiburg, DE

2024-01-17 to 2024-12-31 | Postdoc in Remote Sensing for Agrivoltaics (Agrivoltaics)
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Universidad de Salamanca: Ávila, ES

2024-01-01 to 2024-01-16 | Postdoc in UAV systems (TIDOP)
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Wageningen University & Research: Wageningen, NL

2022-01-01 to 2023-12-31 | Post-Doc in aerial robotics and real-time agricultural data processing (Information Technology)
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Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León: Valladolid, Castilla y León, ES

2017-10-01 to 2021-12-31 | Junior Researcher (Remote Sensing in Agriculture)
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Education and qualifications (6)

University of Leon: León, ES

2017-10-25 to 2022-02-17 | PhD in Biosystems Engineering
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QGIS association: Valladolid, ES

2020-09-01 to 2021-07-01 | Master's Degree in Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
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Iron Hack: Madrid, ES

2021 | Full-Stack Web Development
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University of Leon: León, ES

2012-09-01 to 2013-08-31 | Master's degree in biosystems engineering research
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University of Leon: León, ES

2009-09-01 to 2012-08-31 | Bachelor of engineering (Agronomy)
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University of Valladolid: Valladolid, Castilla y León, ES

2005-09-01 to 2009-08-31 | Agronomist
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Professional activities (7)

MDPI: Basel, CH

Topical Advisory Panel Member for section 'Environmental Sciences'
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United Nations: New York, New York, US

2024-06-14 | First Prize at the UN metaverse Think-a-thon 2024 (FAO, ITU)
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Spanish Society of Horticultural Sciences (SECH): Córdoba, ES

2021-10-19 | Best communication at the XVI National Congress of Horticultural Sciences
Distinction
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Institut Agro Montpellier: Montpellier, FR

2021-02-01 to 2021-05-01 | Guest Researcher (Precision Agriculture)
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Institut Agro Montpellier: Montpellier, FR

2020-10-01 to 2020-12-01 | Guest Researcher (Precision Agriculture)
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Vélez, S.

Stellenbosch University: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, ZA

2020-01-02 to 2020-01-04 | Guest Researcher (Precision Viticulture)
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Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria: Buenos Aires, AR

2019-01-01 to 2019-01-05 | Guest Researcher (GAP - Mendonza)
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Funding (4)

Beatriz Galindo

2025-01 to present | Grant
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

BG23/00073

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) - E4F

2024-01 to 2024-12 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
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101034297

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Vélez, S.

Juan de la Cierva

2023-12 to 2024-01 | Grant
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER: JDC2022-050046-I
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FPI-INIA

2017-10 to 2021-12 | Grant
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER: FPI-INIA2016-017
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Works (50)

Iot-Based Monitoring of Overhead Agrivoltaic Systems to Analyze the Delay in Apple Ripening and its Influence on Maturation Patterns

SSRN
2025 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85216162347

Part of ISSN: 15565068
Contributors: Vélez, S.; Bretzel, T.; Pöter, R.; Berwind, M.F.; Trommsdorff, M.
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Vélez, S. via Scopus - Elsevier

Overhead Agrivoltaic Systems Delay Apple Ripening and Influence Maturation Patterns

2025-03-20 | Preprint
Contributors: Sergio Vélez; Tamara Bretzel; Rhea Pöter; Matthew F. Berwind; Max Trommsdorff
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Enhancing Education in Agriculture via XR-Based Digital Twins: A Novel Approach for the Next Generation

Applied System Innovation
2025-03-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Orestis Spyrou; Mar Ariza-Sentís; Sergio Vélez
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Framework for smartphone-based grape detection and vineyard management using UAV-trained AI

Heliyon
2025-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Sergio Vélez; Mar Ariza-Sentís; Mario Triviño; Antonio Carlos Cob-Parro; Miquel Mila; João Valente
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Integrated framework for multipurpose UAV Path Planning in hedgerow systems considering the biophysical environment

Crop Protection
2025-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Sergio Vélez; Gonzalo Mier; Mar Ariza-Sentís; João Valente
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A Novel Decision Support System for Generating Irrigation Ecolabels Based on the Resource Overutilization Ratio

Research Square
2024 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85215136263

Contributors: Vélez, S.; Martínez-Peña, R.; Valente, J.; Ariza-Sentís, M.; Pardo, M.Á.
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Vélez, S. via Scopus - Elsevier

Ai Framework Trained with Uav Videos for Smartphone-Based Grape Detection and Vineyard Management

SSRN
2024 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85189487047

Part of ISSN: 15565068
Contributors: Vélez, S.; Ariza-Sentís, M.; Triviño, M.; Cob-Parro, A.C.; Mila, M.; Valente, J.
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Vélez, S. via Scopus - Elsevier

Assessing the impact of overhead agrivoltaic systems on GNSS signal performance for precision agriculture

Smart Agricultural Technology
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85210130697

Part of ISSN: 27723755
Contributors: Vélez, S.; Valente, J.; Bretzel, T.; Trommsdorff, M.
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Benchmarking of monocular camera UAV-based localization and mapping methods in vineyards

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85209073257

Part of ISSN: 01681699
Contributors: Wang, K.; Kooistra, L.; Wang, Y.; Vélez, S.; Wang, W.; Valente, J.
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Vélez, S. via Scopus - Elsevier

Comparative Analysis of Uavs, Ugvs and Tractors for Precision Spraying in Vineyards: Addressing Economic, Energy, and Sustainability Aspects with Battery Constraints

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2024 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85192156925

Part of ISSN: 15565068
Contributors: Ariza-Sentís, M.; Mier, G.; Vélez, S.; Valente, J.
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Vélez, S. via Scopus - Elsevier

Connecting Different Drone Operations with the Farm Robotic Management

2024 | Book chapter
Contributors: Jere Kaivosoja; Kari Kolehmainen; Oskar Marko; Ari Ronkainen; Nina Pajević; Marko Panić; Sergio Vélez; Mar Ariza-Sentis; João Valente; Juha-Pekka Soininen
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Digital ampelography: deep learning (CNN) using Keras to identify grapevine cultivars

Acta Horticulturae
2024 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-85193415571

Part of ISSN: 24066168 05677572
Contributors: Vélez, S.; Rubio, J.A.; Vacas, R.; Barajas, E.
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Effects of vineyard production level on 'Tempranillo' grape and wine characteristics

Acta Horticulturae
2024 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-85193224539

Part of ISSN: 24066168 05677572
Contributors: Barajas, E.; Vélez, S.; Bueno, M.; Martın, A.; Rubio, J.A.; Ruano-Rosa, D.; Pérez-Magariño, S.
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EscaYard: Precision viticulture multimodal dataset of vineyards affected by Esca disease consisting of geotagged smartphone images, phytosanitary status, UAV 3D point clouds and Orthomosaics

Data in Brief
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85192452093

Part of ISSN: 23523409
Contributors: Vélez, S.; Ariza-Sentís, M.; Valente, J.
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Field-Deployed Spectroscopy from 350 to 2500 nm: A Promising Technique for Early Identification of Powdery Mildew Disease (Erysiphe necator) in Vineyards

Agronomy
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85188779499

Part of ISSN: 20734395
Contributors: Vélez, S.; Barajas, E.; Rubio, J.A.; Pereira-Obaya, D.; Rodríguez-Pérez, J.R.
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Relationship between vegetation indices calculated from Sentinel-2 imagery and vineyard ground-truth data

Acta Horticulturae
2024 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-85193364673

Part of ISSN: 24066168 05677572
Contributors: Vélez, S.; Rubio, J.A.; Barajas, E.
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Speeding Up Uav-Based Crop Variability Assessment Through a Data Fusion Approach Using Spatial Interpolation for Site-Specific Management

SSRN
2024 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85191651200

Part of ISSN: 15565068
Contributors: Vélez, S.; Ariza-Sentís, M.; Panić, M.; Ivošević, B.; Stefanović, D.; Kaivosoja, J.; Valente, J.
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Thermoregulation capability of the leaf canopy according to canopy area and grapevine cultivar

Acta Horticulturae
2024 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-85193238024

Part of ISSN: 24066168 05677572
Contributors: Vélez, S.; Barajas, E.; Vacas, R.; Rubio, J.A.
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Tracing pistachio nuts’ origin and irrigation practices through hyperspectral imaging

Current Research in Food Science
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Raquel Martínez-Peña; Salvador Castillo-Gironés; Sara Álvarez; Sergio Vélez
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Harnessing Data-Driven Technologies for Sustainable Farming Practices

Agronomy
2024-12-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Sergio Vélez; Sara Álvarez
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An aerial framework for Multi-View grape bunch detection and route Optimization using ACO

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
2024-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0168-1699
Contributors: Mar Ariza-Sentís; Sergio Vélez; Hilmy Baja; Roberto G. Valenti; João Valente
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GrapeMOTS: UAV vineyard dataset with MOTS grape bunch annotations recorded from multiple perspectives for enhanced object detection and tracking

Data in Brief
2024-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2352-3409
Contributors: Mar Ariza-Sentís; Kaiwen Wang; Zhen Cao; Sergio Vélez; João Valente
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Object detection and tracking in Precision Farming: a systematic review

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
2024-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0168-1699
Contributors: Mar Ariza-Sentís; Sergio Vélez; Raquel Martínez-Peña; Hilmy Baja; João Valente
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BBR: An open-source standard workflow based on biophysical crop parameters for automatic Botrytis cinerea assessment in vineyards

SoftwareX
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85174709904

Part of ISSN: 23527110
Contributors: Ariza-Sentís, M.; Vélez, S.; Valente, J.
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Comparing Nadir and Oblique Thermal Imagery in UAV-Based 3D Crop Water Stress Index Applications for Precision Viticulture with LiDAR Validation

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85175273488

Part of ISSN: 14248220
Contributors: Buunk, T.; Vélez, S.; Ariza-Sentís, M.; Valente, J.
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Dataset on UAV RGB videos acquired over a vineyard including bunch labels for object detection and tracking

Data in Brief
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85144825181

Part of ISSN: 23523409
Contributors: Ariza-Sentís, M.; Vélez, S.; Valente, J.
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Towards Automated UAV Image Processing Workflows in Precision Viticulture: Challenges and Benefits

Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
2023 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85145301577

Part of ISBN: 9783031210617
Part of ISSN: 23673389 23673370
Contributors: Vélez, S.; Ariza-Sentís, M.; Valente, J.
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VineLiDAR: High-resolution UAV-LiDAR vineyard dataset acquired over two years in northern Spain

Data in Brief
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85175145505

Part of ISSN: 23523409
Contributors: Vélez, S.; Ariza-Sentís, M.; Valente, J.
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Benchmarking the Reliability of Sentinel-2 Satellite Data for Estimating Vineyard NDVI and Leaf Area Index Parameters through UAV LiDAR and Multispectral Imagery

2023-11-06 | Conference paper
Contributors: Sergio Vélez; Mar Ariza-Sentís; João Valente
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Efficient Assessment of Crop Spatial Variability Using UAV Imagery: A Geostatistical Approach

2023-11-06 | Conference paper
Contributors: Sergio Vélez; Mar Ariza-Sentís; João Valente
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Evaluating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles vs. Satellite Imagery: A Case Study on Pistachio Orchards in Spain

ECRS 2023
2023-11-06 | Conference paper
Contributors: Raquel Martínez Peña; Sara Álvarez; Rubén Vacas; Sergio Vélez
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Improving Up-Close Remote Sensing of Occluded Areas in Vineyards through Customized Multiple-Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle Path Planning

2023-11-06 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mar Ariza-Sentís; Sergio Vélez; Roberto G. Valenti; João Valente
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Object detection and tracking on UAV RGB videos for early extraction of grape phenotypic traits

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
2023-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Mar Ariza-Sentís; Hilmy Baja; Sergio Vélez; João Valente
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Beyond Vegetation: A Review Unveiling Additional Insights into Agriculture and Forestry through the Application of Vegetation Indices

J
2023-07-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Sergio Vélez; Raquel Martínez-Peña; David Castrillo
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1. Grape counting in RGB videos – comparing two instance segmentation models

Precision agriculture ’23
2023-07-02 | Conference paper
Contributors: M. Ariza-Sentís; S. Vélez; H. Baja; J. Valente
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Remote Sensing for Sustainable Pistachio Cultivation and Improved Quality Traits Evaluation through Thermal and Non-Thermal UAV Vegetation Indices

Applied Sciences
2023-06-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Raquel Martínez-Peña; Sergio Vélez; Rubén Vacas; Hugo Martín; Sara Álvarez
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Dataset on unmanned aerial vehicle multispectral images acquired over a vineyard affected by Botrytis cinerea in northern Spain

Data in Brief
2023-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Sergio Vélez; Mar Ariza-Sentís; João Valente
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Can Satellite Remote Sensing Assist in the Characterization of Yeasts Related to Biogeographical Origin?

Sensors
2023-02-11 | Journal article
Contributors: David Castrillo; Pilar Blanco; Sergio Vélez
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Mapping the spatial variability of Botrytis bunch rot risk in vineyards using UAV multispectral imagery

European Journal of Agronomy
2023-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Sergio Vélez; Mar Ariza-Sentís; João Valente
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A method to estimate optimal renovation period of solar photovoltaic modules

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85137211179

Part of ISSN: 16189558 1618954X
Contributors: Pardo, M.Á.; Jodar-Abellan, A.; Vélez, S.; Rodrigo‐Comino, J.
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Potential of functional analysis applied to Sentinel-2 time-series to assess relevant agronomic parameters at the within-field level in viticulture

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85123894662

Part of ISSN: 01681699
Contributors: Vélez, S.; Rançon, F.; Barajas, E.; Brunel, G.; Rubio, J.A.; Tisseyre, B.
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Vélez, S. via Scopus - Elsevier

Aplicación de imágenes multiespectrales e indicadores clave monitorizados para optimizar la gestión eficiente de parcelas de viñedo ("Vitis vinifera" L.)

2022-12-21 | Other
Contributors: Sergio Martín Vélez
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A Novel Technique Using Planar Area and Ground Shadows Calculated from UAV RGB Imagery to Estimate Pistachio Tree (Pistacia vera L.) Canopy Volume

Remote Sensing
2022-11-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Sergio Vélez; Rubén Vacas; Hugo Martín; David Ruano-Rosa; Sara Álvarez
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High-Resolution UAV RGB Imagery Dataset for Precision Agriculture and 3D Photogrammetric Reconstruction Captured over a Pistachio Orchard (Pistacia vera L.) in Spain

Data
2022-11-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Sergio Vélez; Rubén Vacas; Hugo Martín; David Ruano-Rosa; Sara Álvarez
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Estimation of Leaf Area Index in vineyards by analysing projected shadows using UAV imagery

OENO One
2021-11-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Sergio Vélez; Carlos Poblete-Echeverría; José Antonio Rubio; Rubén Vacas; Enrique Barajas
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Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Satellite Imagery (NDVI) to Identify Terroir and Vineyard Yeast Differences according to Appellation of Origin (AOP) and Biogeographic Origin

J
2021-06-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Sergio Vélez; Enrique Barajas; Pilar Blanco; José Antonio Rubio; David Castrillo
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Remote Sensing: In the Digital Viticulture Era

Vitis: Biology and Species
2020 | Book chapter
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Sentinel-2 Satellite Imagery for Agronomic and Quality Variability Assessment of Pistachio (<i>Pistacia vera</i> L.)

Sustainability
2020-10 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Enrique Barajas Tola; Sara Álvarez; Elena Fernández; Vélez, S.; José Antonio Rubio; Hugo Martín
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Effect of Missing Vines on Total Leaf Area Determined by NDVI Calculated from Sentinel Satellite Data: Progressive Vine Removal Experiments

Applied Sciences
2020-05 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Vélez, S.; Enrique Barajas; José Antonio Rubio; Rubén Vacas; Carlos Poblete-Echeverría
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Agronomic classification between vineyards ('Verdejo') using NDVI and Sentinel-2 and evaluation of their wines

Vitis - Journal of Grapevine Research
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85080076575

Part of ISSN: 23674156 00427500
Contributors: Vélez, S.; Rubio, J.A.; Andrés, M.I.; Barajas, E.
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Peer review (200 reviews for 28 publications/grants)

Review activity for Agriculture. (14)
Review activity for AgriEngineering. (3)
Review activity for Agronomy. (8)
Review activity for Applied sciences. (6)
Review activity for Computers and electronics in agriculture. (1)
Review activity for Data in brief. (17)
Review activity for Discover agriculture. (1)
Review activity for Drone systems and applications. (3)
Review activity for Drones. (7)
Review activity for Engineering applications of artificial intelligence. (2)
Review activity for Engineering applications of artificial intelligence. (1)
Review activity for Evergreen. (1)
Review activity for Expert systems with applications. (1)
Review activity for Forests. (11)
Review activity for Geocarto international. (1)
Review activity for Horticulturae. (2)
Review activity for International journal of environmental research and public health (5)
Review activity for Land. (5)
Review activity for OENO One. (1)
Review activity for Plants. (4)
Review activity for Precision agriculture. (6)
Review activity for Precision agriculture. (3)
Review activity for Proceedings. (1)
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Review activity for Scientific reports. (3)
Review activity for Smart agricultural technology. (1)
Review activity for Sustainability. (13)
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