Automatic corn plant location and spacing measurement using laser line-scan technique

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 478-494

  Shi, Yeyin ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   Taylor, Randal K ^a   Raun, William R ^a   Hardin, James A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn population; Data clustering; In field variability; Variable rate technology

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; CROP PLANT; CROP YIELD; DATA PROCESSING; GROWTH RATE; LASER; MAIZE; NITROGEN; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84884163050     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-013-9311-z     Document Type: Article

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