On-the-go sensing of chlorophyll status in corn

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1207-1215

  Tumbo, Siza D ^a   Wagner, David G ^a   Heinemann, Paul H ^a  

^a University Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Corn; Neural networks; Precision agriculture; Spectrometer

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DATA ACQUISITION; FIBER OPTICS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SPECTROMETRY;

SPECTRAL RESPONSE PATTERNS (SRP);

CROPS;

CHLOROPHYLL; FIBER OPTICS; SPECTROMETRY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036665452     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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