Within-field nitrogen response in corn related to aerial photograph color

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-305

  Williams, J D ^a   Kitchen, N R ^b   Scharf, P C ^c   Stevens, W E ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY IDAHO   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Corn (Zea mays L.); Nitrogen; Remote sensing; Variable rate

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CANOPY; FERTILIZER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; MAIZE; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL TYPE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77952009706     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-009-9137-x     Document Type: Article

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