Evaluation of canopy reflectance technology using a delta yield approach

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1453-1461

  Pfeffer, Adam ^a   Stewart, Greg ^b   Janovicek, Ken ^a   Deen, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY REFLECTANCE; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN FIELDS; CORN RESPONSE; N FERTILIZERS; N MINERALIZATION; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; ONTARIO , CANADA; YIELD VALUE;

FERTILIZERS; REFLECTION; VEGETATION;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79951570656     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0092     Document Type: Article

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