Detecting effects of nitrogen rate and weather on corn growth using micrometeorological and hyperspectral reflectance measurements

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 85-99

  Pattey, E ^a   Strachan, I B ^b   Boisvert, J B ^b   Desjardins, R L ^a   McLaughlin, N B ^c  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide flux; Eddy covariance; Evapotranspiration; Hyperspectral reflectance; Spatial yield variability; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CORN; GROWTH RESPONSE; MICROMETEOROLOGY; NITROGEN CYCLE; PRECISION AGRICULTURE;

EID: 0035806288     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(01)00232-5     Document Type: Article

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