Variable rate nitrogen fertilizer response in wheat using remote sensing

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 168-182

  Basso, Bruno ^a   Fiorentino, Costanza ^b   Cammarano, Davide ^c   Schulthess, Urs ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

CCCI; Mediterranean environment; Nitrogen uptake; NUE; Precision agriculture; Spatial and temporal variability; Wheat yield

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CHLOROPHYLL; CROP YIELD; EMISSION; FERTILIZER; LEACHING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION INDEX; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84940864939     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: 15731618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-015-9414-9     Document Type: Article

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