An imagery-based weed cover threshold established using expert knowledge

Weed Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 177-185

  Longchamps, Louis ^a   Panneton, Bernard ^b   Simard, Marie Josée ^b   Leroux, Gilles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic threshold; Imagery; Receiver operating characteristic; Site specific weed management

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXPERT SYSTEM; HERBICIDE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGERY; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; THRESHOLD; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 84893066185     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-D-13-00050.1     Document Type: Article

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