Grid soil sampling adoption and abandonment in cotton production

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-147

  Walton, Jonathan C ^a   Roberts, Roland K ^a   Lambert, Dayton M ^a   Larson, James A ^a   English, Burton C ^a   Larkin, Sherry L ^b   Martin, Steven W ^c   Marra, Michele C ^d   Paxton, Kenneth W ^e   Reeves, Jeanne M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Agricultural and Environmental Research Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Adoption; Cotton; Fertilizer; Grid soil sampling; Probit

Indexed keywords

COTTON; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LIVESTOCK; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SAMPLING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 77952009180     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-009-9144-y     Document Type: Article

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