Proximal sensing to estimate yield of brown midrib forage sorghum

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 107-114

  Tagarakis, Aristotelis C ^a   Ketterings, Quirine M ^a   Lyons, Sarah ^a   Godwin, Greg ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 85010369691     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2016.07.0414     Document Type: Article

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