Suitability of a laser rangefinder to characterize winter wheat

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 650-663

  Ehlert, Detlef ^a   Heisig, Michael ^a   Adamek, Rolf ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crop biomass; Crop height; Crop production; Laser rangefinder; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CROP PRODUCTION; GRASSLAND; HORTICULTURE; LASER METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; WHEAT;

AVENA FATUA; BRASSICA NAPUS; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78249247423     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-010-9191-4     Document Type: Article

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