In-season nitrogen management of irrigated maize using a crop canopy sensor

Precision Agriculture 2011 - Papers Presented at the 8th European Conference on Precision Agriculture 2011, ECPA 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 503-513

  Ferguson, R ^a   Shanahan, J ^b   Roberts, D ^c   Schepers, J ^d   Solari, F ^e   Adamchuk, V ^f   Shiratsuchi, L ^a   Krienke, B ^a   Schlemmer, M ^d   Francis, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USDA Agricultural Research Service Lincoln Nebraska   (United States)

^e MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active canopy sensor; Groundwater quality; Irrigation; Maize; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CROPS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN; REFLECTION; WATER QUALITY;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMPS); GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; MAIZE; NITROGEN MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS; RECOMMENDATION ALGORITHMS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES; YIELD LIMITING FACTOR;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 84891859263     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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