Response of wild blueberry yield to spatial variability of soil properties

Soil Science

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-68

  Farooque, Aitazaz A ^a   Zaman, Qamar U ^a   Schumann, Arnold W ^b   Madani, Ali ^a   Percival, David C ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

DGPS; geographical information system; geostatistics; kriging; soil variability; wild blueberry

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP YIELD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FRUIT; GIS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; KRIGING; MOISTURE CONTENT; PH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WILD POPULATION;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

VACCINIUM;

EID: 84855668679     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e3182376ed6     Document Type: Article

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