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From: Joseph Makuch, INTERNET:jmakuch@nal.usda.gov
To: Patricia Dines, 73652,1202
To: enviro-news@nal.usda.gov
Date: Fri, Feb 14, 1997, 12:27 PM
Subject: Call for papers - Precision Agriculture (fwd)

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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 13:21:38 -0600 (CST)

     
     CALL FOR PAPERS            CALL FOR PAPERS         CALL FOR PAPERS
     
     Announcing a NEW journal for 1998 ...
     
     PRECISION AGRICULTURE
     A Kluwer International Journal on
     Advances in Precision Agriculture
     
     Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Pierre Robert, UMN Precision Agriculture Center
     
     Editorial Board:
     Simon Blackmore, Cranfield Univ., UNITED KINGDOM Johan Bouma, 
     Agricultural Univ., THE NETHERLANDS
     Donald Bullock, University of Illinois, Urbana IL, USA Tom Colvin, 
     National Soil Tilth Lab, USDA-ARS, IA, USA Simon Cook, CSIRO, Perth, 
     AUSTRALIA
     Paul Fixen, Potash & Phosphate Inst., Brookings, ND, USA Shelby 
     Fleisher, Penn State Univ., Univ. Park, PA, USA Galen Hart, USDA-ARS, 
     NRI, RSRL, Beltsville, MD, USA Ronnie Heiniger, North Carolina State 
     Univ., NC, USA Gregg Johnson, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
     Richard Johnson, John Deere & Co., Moline, IL, USA Craig Kvien, 
     University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, USA Jess Lowenberg-Deboe, Purdue 
     University, IN, USA Maurice Mausback, USDA-NRCS, Ames, IA, USA
     Alex McBratney, Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
     Neil McLaughlin, Agric. Canada, Res. Branch, CANADADavid Mulla, 
     University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
     Gerald Nielsen, Montana State University, MT, USA Peter Nowak, 
     University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA Emilio Oyarzabal, 
     CEREGEN/Monsanto, IA, USA
     Todd Peterson, Pioneer Hi-Bred Intern, IA, USA Francis Pierce, 
     Michigan State University, MI, USA John Sadler, USDA-ARS, Florence, 
     SC, USA
     Jim Schepers, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE, USA
     Ewald Schnug, Inst. of Plant Nut. & Soil Sc., GERMANY
     John Schueller, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Stephen 
     Searcy, Texas A&M University, TX, USA
     John Shanahan, Colorado State Univ., CO, USA
     John Stafford, Silsoe Research Inst., UNITED KINGDOM Scott Swinton, 
     Michigan State Univ., E. Lansing, MI, USA Shrini Upadhyaya, Univ. of 
     California/Davis, CA, USA Nyle Wollenhaupt, SoilTeq, Minnetonka, MN, 
     USA
     
     Precision Agriculture offers readers a high quality and structured 
     journal that enables them to efficiently follow the advances in 
     precision agriculture.
     
     The aim of this journal is to promote results coming from the research

     in the field of precision agriculture.  The journal provides an 
     effective forum for disseminating original and fundamental research 
     and experience in the rapidly advancing area of precision agriculture.
     
     Topics that will be addressed include, but are not limited to:
     
     NATURAL RESOURCES VARIABILITY
     - Soil & landscape variability
     - Interactions site/crop
     - Digital elevation models
     - Soil mapping
     - Geostatistics
     - Microclimate
     - Weather forecasting & modeling
     - Remote sensing   
     - Geographic information system
     
     MANAGING VARIABILITY
     - Sampling techniques
     - Site-specific nutrient & crop protection chemical recommendation - 
     Crop quality, tillage
     - Seed density/variety
     - Yield mapping
     - Record keeping   
     - Decision support system  
     - Risk assessment
     
     ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 
     - Ag. computers & ag. software 
     - Positioning systems
     - DGPS
     - Machinery
     - Planting
     - Fertigation
     - Yield monitor & mapping
     - Weed/pest mapping
     - Sensors
     
     PROFITABILITY      
     - MEY, BMPs
     - Net returns
     - Cost-benefit analysis
     - Technology cost
     - Sustainability
     - Marketing, Co-operatives 
     
     ENVIRONMENT                
     - Nutrient
     - Crop protection chemicals
     - Sediments
     - Leaching
     - Runoff   
     - Watershed
     
     TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
     - Education & training
     - Outreach
     - Methods
     - Surveys
     - Agri-business
     - On-farm experiments
     
     All  submitted papers will be refereed for quality, correctness, 
     originality and relevance within the scope of a precise topic. 
     
     Potential authors should write to the following address for 
     "instructions for authors:"
     
     Kelly Riddle
     Kluwer Academic Publishers
     Journal Editoral Office
     101 Philip Drive
     Norwell, MA 02061
     Tel   (617) 871-6300
     Fax  (617) 871-0449
     E-Mail <kriddle@wkap.com>
     
     For futher information about Precision Agriculture, contact:
     
     Teresa Esser
     Kluwer Academic Publishers
     101 Philip Drive
     Norwell, MA 02061
     Tel   (617) 871-6600
     Fax   (617) 871-6528
     E-Mail <tesser@wkap.com>
     
     SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
     
     Volume 1 (3 issues) ISSN: 1385-2256
     Institutional Rate: $280.00
     Individual Rate: $70.00 
     Prices include postage and handling                             
     
     North and South American Orders:
     
     Kluwer Academic Publishers
     Order Department
     P.O. Box 358
     Accord Station
     Hingham, MA 02018-0358
     Tel: (617)871-6600  Fax: (617)871-6528 E-mail: kluwer@wkap.com
     
     
     Orders Outside North and South America: Kluwer Academic Publishers    

      
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     Complete information regarding the Journal and all other Kluwer 
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     may be found at <http://www.wkap.nl>