Nitrogen concentration estimation in tomato leaves by VIS-NIR non-destructive spectroscopy

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 6411-6424

  Ulissi, Valentina ^a   Antonucci, Francesca ^b   Benincasa, Paolo ^a   Farneselli, Michela ^a   Tosti, Giacomo ^a   Guiducci, Marcello ^a   Tei, Francesco ^a   Costa, Corrado ^a   Pallottino, Federico ^b   Pari, Luigi ^b   Menesatti, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemometry; Leaf analysis; Non destructive; Nutritional status; Sap test; Spad chlorophyll meter readings; Spectrophotometry; Tomato leaf; VIS NIR

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENETIC PROCEDURES; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT LEAF; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOMATO;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; CHLOROPHYLL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIGHT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 79959827818     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110606411     Document Type: Article

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