Delineating management zones for site specific fertilization in wild blueberry fields

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-70

  Farooque, A A ^a   Zaman, Q U ^a   Schumann, A W ^b   Madani, A ^a   Percival, D C ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground conductivity; Management zones; Spatial variability; Variable rate fertilization; Wild blueberry

Indexed keywords

GROUND CONDUCTIVITY; MANAGEMENT ZONES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; VARIABLE RATE FERTILIZATION; WILD BLUEBERRIES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; FRUITS; NITROGEN; SOILS;

MANAGEMENT;

VACCINIUM;

EID: 84859702805     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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