Is data needed from every field to determine in-season precision nitrogen recommendations in winter wheat?

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 245-269

  Roberts, D C ^a   Brorsen, B W ^b   Solie, J B ^b   Raun, W R ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilizer; Plateau functions; Precision agriculture; Production functions

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CROP YIELD; DATA SET; NITROGEN; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REFLECTANCE; WHEAT; WINTER;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84876922997     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-012-9291-4     Document Type: Article

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