Predicting yield loss in maize fields and developing decision support for post-emergence herbicide applications

Weed Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 323-332

  Lemieux, C ^a   Vallee L ^a   Vanasse, A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Fed Producteurs Cultures Comml Q   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crop loss prediction model; Post emergence herbicide; Relative weed cover; Risk management; Threshold; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EQUATION; HERBICIDE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAIZE;

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0141872597     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3180.2003.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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