Leaf and canopy optical characteristics as crop-n-status indicators for field nitrogen management in corn

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 434-443

  Rambo, Lisandro ^a,b,c   Ma, Bao Luo ^a   Xiong, Youcai ^a,d   da Silvia, Paulo Regis Ferreira ^b  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Syngenta Seeds Ltd   (Brazil)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Canopy reflectance; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Grain yield; Nitrogen nutrition; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77953891947     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200900022     Document Type: Article

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