Spectroscopic determination of leaf nitrogen concentration and mass per area in sweet corn and snap bean

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2519-2526

  Yuan, Mingwei ^a   Couture, John J ^a   Townsend, Philip A ^a   Ruark, Matthew D ^a   Bland, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84994805850     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2016.05.0260     Document Type: Article

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