Chlorophyll measurements and nitrogen nutrition index for the evaluation of corn nitrogen status

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1264-1273

  Ziadi, Noura ^a   Brassard, Marianne ^a   Bélanger, Gilles ^a   Claessens, Annie ^a   Tremblay, Nicolas ^a   Cambouris, Athyna N ^a   Nolin, Michel C ^a   Parent, Léon Étienne ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COLOR; METRIC SYSTEM; NUTRITION; PORPHYRINS;

CHLOROPHYLL MEASUREMENTS; CHLOROPHYLL METER; CHLOROPHYLL METER READINGS; COMPARATIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; GRAIN YIELD; GROWING SEASONS; N FERTILIZATION; NITROGEN NUTRITION; RESPONSE CURVES; SAMPLING DATES; SITE-SPECIFIC; ZEA MAYS L.;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 53149122460     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0016     Document Type: Article

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