Strategies to make use of plant sensors-based diagnostic information for nitrogen recommendations

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 800-816

  Samborski, Stanislaw Marek ^a   Tremblay, Nicolas ^b   Fallon, Edith ^b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL INDEX; CHLOROPHYLL METER READINGS; DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION; GRAIN YIELD; GROWTH STAGES; HANDHELDS; N AVAILABILITY; N FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN-USE EFFICIENCY; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPERATIONAL SENSORS; POLYPHENOLICS; REMOTE MEASUREMENT; SENSING TOOLS; SENSOR READINGS; SIZE AND SHAPE; STATUS DETERMINATION; WAVEBANDS; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN; PORPHYRINS; SENSORS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

EID: 68149107689     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0162Rx     Document Type: Review

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