Calibrating the leaf colour chart for need based fertilizer nitrogen management in different maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes

Field Crops Research

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 276-282

  Varinderpal, S ^a   Yadvinder, S ^a   Bijay, S ^a   Thind, H S ^a   Kumar, Ajay ^a   Vashistha, Monika ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Leaf colour chart (LCC); Maize; Need based; Nitrogen (N); Threshold value

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRONOMY; CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL; COLOR MORPH; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELD SURVEY; MAIZE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78650175737     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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