Using field measurement of saturated soil hydraulic conductivity to detect low-yielding zones in three Swedish fields

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 124, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-77

  Keller, Thomas ^a,b   Sutter, Janine A ^c,e   Nissen, Knud ^d   Rydberg, Tomas ^b  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Lantmännen PrecisionsSupport   (Sweden)

^e GIS Zentrum Stadt Zürich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Field saturated hydraulic conductivity; Precision agriculture; Soil structure; Yield map

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CROP YIELD; DEGRADED SOILS; FIELD LEVEL; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD-SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LOW-YIELD; MEAN WEIGHT DIAMETER; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; RELATIVE VALUE; SATURATED SOILS; SOIL STRUCTURE;

AGRICULTURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

SOILS;

BULK DENSITY; CROP YIELD; FIELD METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SUBSOIL;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84862503017     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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