Active sensor reflectance measurements of corn nitrogen status and yield potential

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 571-579

  Solari, Fernando ^a   Shanahan, John ^b   Ferguson, Richard ^c   Schepers, James ^b   Gitelson, Anatoly ^d  

^a Monsanto Argentina   (Argentina)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CROPS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); NITROGEN; SENSORS; VEGETATION;

CHLOROPHYLL METER (CM); CROP CIRCLE SENSOR; N USE EFFICIENCY (NUE);

REFLECTOMETERS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44449178229     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2007.0244     Document Type: Article

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