Replicability of nitrogen recommendations from ramped calibration strips in winter wheat

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 653-665

  Roberts, David C ^a   Brorsen, B Wade ^b   Taylor, Randal K ^b   Solie, John B ^b   Raun, William R ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilizer; Nitrogen; Precision agriculture; Ramped calibration strip; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; CALIBRATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; HOMOGENEITY; NITROGEN; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; WHEAT;

CANADIAN COUNTY; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 80052296773     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-010-9209-y     Document Type: Article

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