EVALUATION OF TWO CROP CANOPY SENSORS FOR NITROGEN RECOMMENDATIONS IN IRRIGATED MAIZE

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 406-419

  Shaver, Tim ^a   Khosla, Raj ^b   Westfall, Dwayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

crop canopy sensors; NDVI; nitrogen management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892528608     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2013.860460     Document Type: Article

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