Economic feasibility of site-specific optical sensing for managing nitrogen fertilizer for growing wheat

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-230

  Biermacher, Jon T ^a   Epplin, Francis M ^b   Brorsen, B Wade ^b   Solie, John B ^b   Raun, William R ^b  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic feasibility; Nitrogen fertilizer; Optical sensing; Site specific; Wheat

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROFITABILITY; WHEAT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 62949109276     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-008-9092-y     Document Type: Article

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