Estimating rice leaf greenness (SPAD) using fixed-point continuous observations of visible red and near infrared narrow-band digital images

Plant Production Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 293-309

  Shibayama, Michio ^a,e   Sakamoto, Toshihiro ^a   Takada, Eiji ^b   Inoue, Akihiro ^b   Morita, Kazuhiro ^c   Yamaguchi, Takuya ^c   Takahashi, Wataru ^c   Kimura, Akihiko ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOYAMA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Toyama Agricultural Research Center   (Japan)

^d Kimura OyoKogei Inc   (Japan)

^e KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digital camera; NDVI; Nitrogen; Reflectance factor; Rice; SPAD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867864874     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: 13491008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.15.293     Document Type: Article

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