Strategies to evaluate goodness of reference strips for in-season, field scale, irrigated corn nitrogen sufficiency

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-122

  Bausch, Walter C ^a   Brodahl, Mary K ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy reflectance; Chlorophyll meter; Maize; Nitrogen management; Sandy soils; Second order soil maps; Soil electrical conductivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION; MAIZE; MAPPING METHOD; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RADIOMETER; REFLECTANCE; SANDY SOIL; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84856221786     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-011-9230-9     Document Type: Article

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