Unmanned aerial vehicle to estimate nitrogen status of turfgrasses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Caturegli, Lisa ^a   Corniglia, Matteo ^a   Gaetani, Monica ^a   Grossi, Nicola ^a   Magni, Simone ^a   Migliazzi, Mauro ^b   Angelini, Luciana ^a   Mazzoncini, Marco ^a   Silvestri, Nicola ^a   Fontanelli, Marco ^a   Raffaelli, Michele ^a   Peruzzi, Andrea ^a   Volterrani, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b GLOBI Hi Tech Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CYNODON DACTYLON; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PASPALUM VAGINATUM; REFLECTOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR; TURFGRASS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE; ZOYSIA MATRELLA; NUTRITION; POACEAE;

NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POACEAE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84976639796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158268     Document Type: Article

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