Estimation of nitrogen concentration and in vitro dry matter digestibility of herbage of warm-season grass pastures from canopy hyperspectral reflectance measurements

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-178

  Starks, P J ^a   Zhao, D ^b   Brown, M A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy reflectance; Forage nitrogen concentration; In vitro dry matter digestibility; Model development and validation; Warm season grass pastures

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY MATTER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORAGE; GRASS; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MODEL VALIDATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NITROGEN; PASTURE; REMOTE SENSING; STOCKING DENSITY;

EID: 43749088445     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2007.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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