Defining agricultural management zones using gis techniques: Case study of drip-irrigated cotton fields

Information Technology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 6241-6246

  Zhang, Ze ^a   Lu, Xin ^a   Lv, Ning ^b   Chen, Jian ^a   Feng, Bo ^c   Xin, Wei Li ^a   Ma, Li ^a,b  

^a Xinjiang Production and Construction Group   (China)

^b County Forestry Bureau of Xinjiang Huocheng ^*  (China)

^c The Committee of Shihezi National Agricultural Science and Technology Park   (China)

Author keywords

Cotton field; Drip irrigation; Geostatistics; GIS; Management zones

Indexed keywords

COTTON; CULTIVATION; FUZZY SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IRRIGATION; NUTRIENTS; SAMPLING; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COTTON FIELDS; DRIP IRRIGATION; FUZZY C MEANS CLUSTERING; GEO-STATISTICS; MANAGEMENT ZONES; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84901800738     PISSN: 18125638     EISSN: 18125646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/itj.2013.6241.6246     Document Type: Article

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