Sensing of crop nitrogen status: Opportunities, tools, limitations, and supporting information requirements

HortTechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-281

  Tremblay, Nicolas ^a   Fallon, Edith ^a   Ziadi, Noura ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll meter; Dualex; Reference plot

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79959855336     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.21.3.274     Document Type: Article

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