Use of corn height to improve the relationship between active optical sensor readings and yield estimates

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 331-345

  Sharma, L K ^a   Franzen, D W ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy sensors; INSEY; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOLIAGE; GROWING SEASON; HEIGHT; MAIZE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; PREDICTION; SENSOR; SOIL PROFILE;

NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899506400     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-013-9330-9     Document Type: Article

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