Measuring crop density: Comparison of volumetry and stereological methods

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1006-1013

  Bierman, E P B ^a   Brouwer, D H ^a   Van Hemmen, J J ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEREOLOGY; VOLUMETRY;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PESTICIDES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CROP DENSITY; METHOD EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; STEREOLOGICAL METHOD; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0030614206     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900434     Document Type: Article

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