The effectiveness of three vegetation indices obtained from a canopy sensor in identifying sugarcane response to nitrogen

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 273-280

  do Amaral, Lucas Rios ^a   Molin, José Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 84891843614     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2012.0504     Document Type: Article

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