Field comparison of ultrasonic and canopy reflectance sensors used to estimate biomass and N-uptake in sugarcane

Precision Agriculture 2013 - Papers Presented at the 9th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, ECPA 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 111-117

  Portz, G ^a   Amaral, L R ^a   Molin, J P ^a   Adamchuk, V I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass; Canopy height; N uptake; Plant reflectance; Ultrasonic sensor

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; CANOPY HEIGHTS; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; CROP CANOPY REFLECTANCE; N-UPTAKE; PLANT REFLECTANCE; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

BIOMASS; CROPS; PIXELS; REFLECTION; SENSORS; SOILS; ULTRASONIC SENSORS; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 84893376875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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