Canopeo: A powerful new tool for measuring fractional green canopy cover

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2312-2320

  Patrignani, Andres ^a   Ochsner, Tyson E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84945370501     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj15.0150     Document Type: Article

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