Use of reflectance measurements to determine the N demand of broccoli plants (Brassica oleracea convar. Botrytis var. Italica)

Precision Agriculture 2007 - Papers Presented at the 6th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, ECPA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 657-662

  Pfenning, J ^a   Graeff, S ^a   Claupein, W ^a   Liebig, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broccoli; N demand; Reflectance measurements

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BROCCOLI; CULTIVATION PERIODS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FERTILIZER USE; INCREASE PRODUCTIONS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SITE-SPECIFIC;

CROPS; FERTILIZERS; REFLECTOMETERS;

CULTIVATION;

EID: 77950362580     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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