Estimating the nitrogen nutrition index using spectral canopy reflectance measurements

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 184-190

  Mistele, Bodo ^a   Schmidhalter, Urs ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass; Hyperspectral; N content; N status; N uptake; Precision farming; Precision phenotyping; Spectroscopy; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; CROP; FARMING SYSTEM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 52149089201     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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