Relationships between blue- and red-based vegetation indices and leaf area and yield of alfalfa

Crop Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2547-2556

  Hancock, Dennis W ^a   Dougherty, Charles T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 39449086470     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2007.01.0031     Document Type: Article

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