Yield variability related to landscape properties of a loamy soil in central Belgium

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 262-273

  Reyniers, M ^a   Maertens, K ^b   Vrindts, E ^b   De Baerdemaeker, J ^b  

^a Flemish Land Agency   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Erosion; Fuzzy clustering; Grain yield; Loess; Precision farming; Silty soils; Site specific management; Yield losses

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENTROPY; EROSION; FUZZY CONTROL; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

FUZZY CLUSTERING; GRAIN YIELD; PRECISION FARMING; SILTY SOILS; SITE-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT; YIELD LOSSES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOMASS; CROP YIELD; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GPS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; STRAW; WHEAT;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33646196274     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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