Estimation of the Leaf Area Index in cereal crops for variable rate fungicide spraying

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-360

  Dammer, Karl Heinz ^a   Wollny, Judith ^a   Giebel, Antje ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cereal; Fungicide; Leaf Area Index; Sensor; Variable rate spraying

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CEREAL; CROP PLANT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUNGICIDE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; PRECISION AGRICULTURE;

HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 39149085366     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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