Can landform stratification improve our understanding of crop yield variability?

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 521-537

  Reuter, H I ^a,b   Giebel, A ^c   Wendroth, O ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop yield variability; Digital elevation model; Grain yield; Internode distance; Landform; Relief unit; Spike length

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LANDFORM; REMOTE SENSING;

HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 28244451858     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-005-5642-8     Document Type: Article

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