Potential to monitor plant stress using remote sensing tools

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 134-144

  Ramoelo, Abel ^a,b   Dzikiti, Sebinasi ^a   Van Deventer, Heidi ^a   Maherry, Ashton ^a   Cho, Moses Azong ^a   Gush, Mark ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hyperspectral; Leaf nitrogen; Leaf reflectance; Leaf water potential; Plant stress; RapidEye imagery; Red edge band; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGERY; NITROGEN; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION INDEX; WATER STRESS;

LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; WATERBERG MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84908329733     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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