The effect of tillage, crop rotation and residue management on maize and wheat growth and development evaluated with an optical sensor

Field Crops Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-67

  Verhulst, Nele ^a,b   Govaerts, Bram ^a   Nelissen, Victoria ^c   Sayre, Ken D ^a   Crossa, Jose ^a   Raes, Dirk ^b   Deckers, Jozef ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crop growth; Crop rotation; NDVI hand held sensor; Residue management; Zero tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROECOLOGY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; GROWTH RATE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; MAIZE; NDVI; PHYTOMASS; SENSOR; TILLAGE; UPLAND REGION; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78249287829     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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