Publications by authors named "Ruggiero Quarto"
Xylella fastidiosa is one of the most destructive plant pathogenic bacteria worldwide, affecting more than 500 plant species. In Apulia region (southeastern Italy), X. fastidiosa subsp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo assess spatial variability at the very fine scale required by Precision Agriculture, different proximal and remote sensors have been used. They provide large amounts and different types of data which need to be combined. An integrated approach, using multivariate geostatistical data-fusion techniques and multi-source geophysical sensor data to determine simple summary scale-dependent indices, is described here.
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- High-resolution geophysical techniques like ground-penetrating radar (GPR) are increasingly used for assessing soil water content in agriculture, but their use is hindered by complex data processing challenges.
- This study analyzed GPR data collected at varying frequencies (250, 600, and 1600 MHz) in a gravelly soil in Italy, aiming to simplify and improve data processing for better detection of subsurface features.
- The findings indicated that while data processing complexity can reduce noise, it does not significantly alter the spatial structures detected by GPR at different frequencies, underscoring the importance of frequency selection and spatial scale in soil investigations.