Sensitivity of chlorophyll meters for diagnosing nitrogen deficiencies of corn in production agriculture

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 543-550

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Blackmer, Alfred M ^b   Ellsworth, Jason W ^c   Koehler, Kenneth J ^d  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Wilbur Ellis Co   (United States)

^d Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHLOROPHYLL METER READINGS (CMR); NITROGEN DEFICIENCIES; PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE;

CHLOROPHYLL;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44449088838     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2006.0153     Document Type: Article

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