Advances in precision agriculture in south-eastern Australia. I. A regression methodology to simulate spatial variation in cereal yields using farmers' historical paddock yields and normalized difference vegetation index

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 844-858

  Fisher, P D ^a   Abuzar, M ^a   Rab, M A ^a   Best, F ^b   Chandra, S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b Birchip Cropping Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Management zone; Remote sensing; Spatial variability; Variable rate technology; Yield map; Yield prediction

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NDVI; NITROGEN; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; YIELD RESPONSE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70349194906     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP08347     Document Type: Article

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