Agronomic traits and vegetation indices of two onion hybrids

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 155, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-64

  Marino, S ^a   Basso, B ^b   Leone, A P ^c   Alvino, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bulb size; Hyperspectral vegetation indices; Onion yield; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIOMASS; CORRELATION; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP YIELD; HYBRID; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETABLE; VEGETATION INDEX;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 84878934790     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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