In-season prediction of sugarbeet yield, quality, and nitrogen status using an active sensor

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1012-1018

  Gehl, Ronald J ^a   Boring, Timothy J ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 79960677022     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2011.0040     Document Type: Article

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