Development of an in-season estimate of yield potential utilizing optical crop sensors and soil moisture data for winter wheat

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 451-469

  Bushong, Jacob T ^a   Mullock, Jeremiah L ^a   Miller, Eric C ^a   Raun, William R ^a   Klatt, Arthur R ^a   Arnall, D Brian ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical sensors; Soil moisture; Winter wheat; Yield potential

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DATA ASSIMILATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; MODEL VALIDATION; NDVI; OPTICAL METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSOR; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; WHEAT; WINTER;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84954322633     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: 15731618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-016-9430-4     Document Type: Article

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