Evaluating spatial within plot crop variability for different management practices with an optical sensor?

Plant and Soil

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 29-42

  Govaerts, Bram ^a,b   Verhulst, Nele ^a   Sayre, Ken D ^b   De Corte, Pieter ^a   Goudeseune, Bart ^a   Lichter, Kelly ^c   Crossa, Josse ^b   Deckers, Jozef ^a   Dendooven, Luc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conservation agriculture; Crop spectral reflectance; NDVI; Plant to plant variability; Production sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FARMING SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NDVI; SENESCENCE; SENSOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34948831588     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9358-6     Document Type: Article

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