Frontiers and perspectives on research strategies in grassland technology

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 508-523

  Schellberg, J ^a   Verbruggen, E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

Author keywords

biotechnology; grassland; new technologies; precision agriculture; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GIS; GRASSLAND; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84903533459     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP13429     Document Type: Conference Paper

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