Durum wheat in-field monitoring and early-yield prediction: Assessment of potential use of high resolution satellite imagery in a hilly area of Tuscany, Central Italy

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 68-77

  Dalla Marta, A ^a   Grifoni, D ^b   Mancini, M ^a   Orlando, F ^a   Guasconi, F ^a   Orlandini, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b LaMMA Consortium   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84920723169     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: 14695146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859613000877     Document Type: Article

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