Soil sampling techniques for Alabama, USA grain fields

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 345-358

  Thompson, A N ^a   Shaw, J N ^a   Mask, P L ^a   Touchton, J T ^a   Rickman, D ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

grid sampling; management zones; soil sampling; spatial variability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CROP YIELD; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ALABAMA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4544299683     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PRAG.0000040805.01967.b0     Document Type: Article

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