Prediction of yield and the contribution of legumes in legume-grass mixtures using field spectrometry

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-144

  Biewer, Sonja ^a   Erasmi, Stefan ^b   Fricke, Thomas ^a   Wachendorf, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Field spectroscopy; Modified partial least squares (MPLS) regression; Stepwise multiple linear regression (SMLR); Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOMASS; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; LEGUME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SPECTROMETRY; SWARD; VEGETATION INDEX;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 61349154195     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-008-9078-9     Document Type: Article

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