Differences in EM-38 Readings Taken Above Crop Residues Versus Readings Taken with Instrument-Ground Contact

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-358

  Brevik, Eric C ^a   Fenton, Thomas E ^b   Lazari, Andreas ^a  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop residue; EM 38; Iowa

Indexed keywords

CROP RESIDUE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL SURVEY;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0344232795     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026319307801     Document Type: Review

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