Rapid and nondestructive estimation of the nitrogen nutrition index in winter barley using chlorophyll measurements

Field Crops Research

Volumn 185, Issue , 2016, Pages 59-68

  Zhao, Ben ^a   Liu, Zhandong ^a   Ata Ul Karim, Syed Tahir ^b   Xiao, Junfu ^a   Liu, Zugui ^a   Qi, Anzhen ^a   Ning, Dongfeng ^a   Nan, Jingqin ^a   Duan, Aiwang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll meter; Leaf N gradient; Nitrogen nutrition index; Plant N status; Winter barley

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CHLOROPHYLL; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; ERROR ANALYSIS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; VIGOR; WINTER;

CHINA;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 84946821742     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2015.10.021     Document Type: Article

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