Using radiation thermography and thermometry to evaluate crop water stress in soybean and cotton

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1523-1535

  O'Shaughnessy, S A ^a   Evett, S R ^a   Colaizzi, P D ^a   Howell, T A ^a  

^a Agriculture Research Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton yields; Empirical crop water stress index; Infrared thermography; Infrared thermometry; Soybean yields; Water use

Indexed keywords

COTTON YIELD; EMPIRICAL CROP WATER STRESS INDEX; INFRARED THERMOMETRY; SOYBEAN YIELDS; WATER USE;

AMINO ACIDS; COTTON; CROPS; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); THERMOMETERS; WATER SUPPLY;

HEAVY WATER;

CORRELATION; COTTON; CROP YIELD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRRIGATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIATION BALANCE; RAINFALL; SOYBEAN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

GLYCINE MAX; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 79960561338     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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