In-field hyperspectral proximal sensing for estimating quality parameters of mixed pasture

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-369

  Pullanagari, R R ^a   Yule, I J ^a   Tuohy, M P ^a   Hedley, M J ^a   Dynes, R A ^b   King, W M ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^c RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hyperspectral proximal sensing; Partial least squares regression (PLSR); Pasture quality

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIGNIN; METABOLISM; PARAMETERIZATION; PASTURE; PROTEIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

EID: 84860507939     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-011-9251-4     Document Type: Article

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