Reducing sample quantity and maintaining high prediction quality of grassland biomass properties with near infrared reflectance spectroscopy

Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 495-505

  Kleinebecker, Till ^a   Klaus, Valentin Helmut ^a   Hölzel, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Fibre fractions; Grassland; Minerals; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856039239     PISSN: 09670335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1255/jnirs.957     Document Type: Article

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