Evaluation of digital hemispherical photography and plant canopy analyzer for measuring vegetation area index of orange orchards

Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 67-72

  Khabba, S ^a   Duchemin, B ^b   Hadria, R ^a   Er Raki, S ^c   Ezzahar, J ^a   Chehbouni, A ^b   Lahrouni, A ^a   Hanich, L ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b CNES   (France)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES GUÉLIZ   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Hemispherical photos; LAI 2000; Orange; Vegetation area index

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749112616     PISSN: 18125379     EISSN: 18125417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ja.2009.67.72     Document Type: Article

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