Precise placement and variable rate fertilizer application technologies for horticultural crops

HortTechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-40

  Schumann, Arnold W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS GIS; Nutrients; Precision agriculture; Sensors; Site specific

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; CITRUS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS;

EID: 77950342736     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.20.1.34     Document Type: Article

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