Digital photography applied to irrigation management of Little Gem lettuce

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 151, Issue , 2015, Pages 148-157

  Escarabajal Henarejos, D ^a   Molina Martinez J M ^a   Fernandez Pacheco D G ^a   Cavas Martinez F ^a   Garcia Mateos G ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crop coefficient; Image processing; Irrigation scheduling; Percentage of ground cover; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE CONTROL; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOIL MOISTURE;

CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE; CROP COEFFICIENT; CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; GROUND COVERS; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; WATER BALANCE;

SCHEDULING;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRONOMY; DIGITAL IMAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEAFY VEGETABLE; PHOTOGRAPHY; VEGETATION COVER; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT;

LACTUCA;

EID: 85027949965     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2014.08.009     Document Type: Article

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