Green leaf area index estimation in maize and soybean: Combining vegetation indices to achieve maximal sensitivity

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1336-1347

  Nguy Robertson, Anthony ^a   Gitelson, Anatoly ^a   Peng, Yi ^a   Viña, Andrés ^b   Arkebauer, Timothy ^c   Rundquist, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84868704441     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2012.0065     Document Type: Article

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