Variable nitrogen rate determination from plant spectral reflectance in soft red winter wheat

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 666-681

  Thomason, W E ^a   Phillips, S B ^b   Davis, P H ^c   Warren, J G ^d   Alley, M M ^a   Reiter, M S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL PLANT NUTRITION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Virginia Cooperative Extension   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Remote sensing; Variable rate; Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; REAL TIME; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 80052286961     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-010-9210-5     Document Type: Article

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