Establishing crop water stress index (CWSI) threshold values for early, non-contact detection of plant water stress

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 775-780

  Kacira, Murat ^a   Ling, Peter P ^b   Short, Ted H ^b  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CWSI; Drought stress; Infrared thermometry; Irrigation management; Plant monitoring

Indexed keywords

CROPS; PLANTS (BOTANY); THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CROP WATER STRESS INDEX (CWSI);

AGRICULTURE;

CROP; MONITORING; WATER;

CROP; MONITORING; WATER STRESS;

EID: 0036590456     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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