Status of soil electrical conductivity studies by central state researchers

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 979-989

  Johnson, C K ^a   Eigenberg, R A ^b,e   Doran, J W ^c   Wienhold, B J ^d   Eghball, B ^d   Woodbury, B L ^b  

^a Plainview Farms Inc   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Electromagnetic induction; Field scale experiments; Geophysical sensors; Precision agriculture; Site specific management; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

FIELD-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; GEOPHYSICAL SENSORS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SITE-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT (SSM);

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; ECONOMICS; FERTILIZERS; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY;

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; FARM CROPS; FERTILIZERS; RESEARCH; RESISTIVITY; SOIL;

EID: 23744478778     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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