Determination of sufficiency values of canopy reflectance vegetation indices for maximum growth and yield of cucumber

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 84, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-15

  Padilla, Francisco M ^a   Peña Fleitas, M Teresa ^a   Gallardo, Marisa ^a   Thompson, Rodney B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crop Circle ACS 470; Fertilization; N Management; Nitrogen nutrition index; Proximal optical sensors; Vegetable production

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NDVI; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; VEGETABLE;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 85007007266     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2016.12.007     Document Type: Article

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