Precision farming through variable fertilizer application by automated detailed tracking of in-seasonal crop properties

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4542, Issue , 2002, Pages 36-46

  Reyniers, Mieke ^a   Vrindts, Els ^a   Dumont, Koenraad ^a   De Baerdemaeker, Josse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Automated optical monitoring; Management zones; Nitrogen; On the ground optical measurements; Precision farming; Variable fertilization; Yield

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; CROPS; DATA REDUCTION; FERTILIZERS; HARVESTING; MONITORING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; NUTRITION;

MULTISPECTRAL SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGES;

REMOTE SENSING;

CORRELATION; FARM CROPS; FERTILIZERS; MONITORING; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTS; NUTRITION;

EID: 0036395512     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454210     Document Type: Conference Paper

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