Quantifying nitrogen status of corn (Zea mays L.) in the field by reflectance measurements

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 611-618

  Graeff, Simone ^a   Claupein, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corn; Crop N monitoring; Nitrogen deficiency; Reflectance measurements

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFLECTANCE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0042913047     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1161-0301(03)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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