Precision agriculture and sustainability

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 359-387

  Bongiovanni, R ^a   Lowenberg Deboer, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; environment; GPS; sustainability; VRT

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GPS; PESTICIDE; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

INSECTA;

EID: 4544311272     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PRAG.0000040806.39604.aa     Document Type: Review

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