Development and validation of fuzzy logic inference to determine optimum rates of N for corn on the basis of field and crop features

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 621-635

  Tremblay, N ^a   Bouroubi, M Y ^a   Panneton, B ^a   Guillaume, S ^b   Vigneault, P ^a   Belec C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UMR ITAP   (France)

Author keywords

Apparent electrical conductivity (ECa); Fuzzy inference systems; Nitrogen sufficiency index (NSI); Precision farming; Topography; Variable rate technology

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78249271025     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-010-9188-z     Document Type: Article

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