A spectral index to monitor the head-emergence of wheat in semi-arid conditions

Field Crops Research

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 218-225

  Pimstein, Agustin ^a   Eitel, Jan U H ^b   Long, Dan S ^c   Mufradi, Israel ^d   Karnieli, Arnon ^a   Bonfil, David J ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Advanced land imager (ALI) satellite images; Canopy reflectance; Decision support system (DSS); Normalized heading index (NHI); Vegetation index; Water status; Zadoks

Indexed keywords

CANOPY REFLECTANCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MONITORING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEMIARID REGION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION INDEX; WHEAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 60749134932     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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