Delineating productivity zones in a citrus grove using citrus production, tree growth and temporally stable soil data

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 457-472

  Mann, K K ^a   Schumann, A W ^a   Obreza, T A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent electrical conductivity (ECa); Canopy volume; Citrus; Elevation; NDVI; Productivity zone; Soil; Variation; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COLOR; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; NDVI; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL STABILIZATION; VOLUME;

CITRUS;

EID: 79960058008     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-010-9189-y     Document Type: Article

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