Evaluating hyperspectral vegetation indices for leaf area index estimation of Oryza sativa L. at diverse phenological stages

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Din, Mairaj ^a   Zheng, Wen ^a   Rashid, Muhammad ^b   Wang, Shanqin ^a   Shi, Zhihua ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hyperspectral reflectance; LAI; N nutrition; Phenology; Rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021150926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00820     Document Type: Article

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