Testing remote sensing approaches for assessing yield variability among maize fields

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-32

  Sibley, Adam M ^a   Grassini, Patricio ^b   Thomas, Nancy E ^a   Cassman, Kenneth G ^b   Lobell, David B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 84891866626     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2013.0314     Document Type: Article

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