Farmer-oriented assessment of soil quality using field, laboratory, and VNIR spectroscopy methods

Plant and Soil

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 243-253

  Idowu, Omololu J ^a   Van Es, Harold M ^a   Abawi, George S ^a   Wolfe, David W ^a   Ball, Judith I ^a   Gugino, Beth K ^a   Moebius, Bianca N ^a   Schindelbeck, Robert R ^a   Bilgili, Ali V ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Soil health; Soil health assessment; Soil quality; Soil quality indicators; VNIR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FIELD METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TEST; SPECTROSCOPY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 43349104185     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9521-0     Document Type: Article

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