Will variable-rate nitrogen fertilization using corn canopy reflectance sensing deliver environmental benefits?

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-95

  Roberts, Darrin F ^a   Kitchen, Newell R ^b   Scharf, Peter C ^c   Sudduth, Kenneth A ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY REFLECTANCE; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN CANOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FIELD SCALE; FIELD VARIABILITY; GROWTH STAGES; HIGHER YIELD; N FERTILIZATION; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; NITROGEN MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN RATE; POSTHARVEST; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; SENSOR INFORMATIONS; SENSOR MEASUREMENTS; SOIL TYPES; VARIABLE RATE;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; REFLECTION; SENSORS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 74549206676     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0115     Document Type: Article

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