High-throughput non-destructive biomass determination during early plant development in maize under field conditions

Field Crops Research

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 268-273

  Montes, J M ^a,b   Technow, F ^a   Dhillon, B S ^a   Mauch, F ^a   Melchinger, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b JatroSolutions GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass determination; Field trials; Maize; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMETRY; CALIBRATION; FIELD METHOD; GENOMICS; MAIZE; PHENOTYPE; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79951578277     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.12.017     Document Type: Article

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