Comparative performance of remote sensing methods in assessing wheat performance under Mediterranean conditions

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 164, Issue , 2016, Pages 137-147

  Yousfi, Salima ^a   Kellas, Nassim ^b   Saidi, Lila ^b   Benlakehal, Zahra ^b   Chaou, Lydia ^b   Siad, Djamila ^b   Herda, Farid ^c   Karrou, Mohamed ^d   Vergara, Omar ^a   Gracia, Adrian ^a   Araus, José Luis ^a   Serret, Maria Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Institute Technique des Grandes Cultures Alger   (Algeria)

^c Institut National Agronomique   (Algeria)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Canopy temperature; NDVI; RGB images; Stable carbon isotope composition; Wheat; Yield

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COSTS; CROPS; FORESTRY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); INFRARED DEVICES; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; THERMOMETERS;

CANOPY TEMPERATURE; NDVI; RGB IMAGES; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; WHEAT; YIELD;

VEGETATION;

CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP YIELD; GROWTH RESPONSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NDVI; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION INDEX; WATER AVAILABILITY; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84952861309     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2015.09.016     Document Type: Article

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