Calibrating canopy reflectance sensors to predict optimal mid-season nitrogen rate for cotton

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 173-183

  Oliveira, Luciane F ^a   Scharf, Peter C ^a   Vories, Earl D ^a   Drummond, Scott T ^a   Dunn, David ^b   Stevens, W Gene ^b   Bronson, Kevin F ^c   Benson, N Ray ^a   Hubbard, Victoria C ^a   Jones, Andrea S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY REFLECTANCE; COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.); CROP CIRCLES; GROWTH STAGES; NITROGEN RATE; REAL TIME; REFLECTANCE SENSORS; REGRESSION EQUATION; SINGLE EQUATION; VARIABLE RATE; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

COTTON; OPTIMIZATION; REFLECTION;

SENSORS;

CALIBRATION; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; COTTON; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; OPTIMIZATION; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; PREDICTION; SENSOR; SOIL NITROGEN; YIELD RESPONSE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84872507778     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2012.0154     Document Type: Article

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