Use of ultrasonic transducers for on-line biomass estimation in winter wheat

Precision Agriculture 2009 - Papers Presented at the 7th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, ECPA 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 169-175

  Reusch, S ^a  

^a Yara International ASA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass; Dry matter; Echogram; Ultrasonic sensor; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURES; DRY MATTERS; ECHOGRAM; NITROGEN LEVELS; ON-LINE BIOMASS ESTIMATIONS; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; SENSOR READINGS; ULTRASONIC PULSE;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC SENSORS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

CROPS;

EID: 84893407385     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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