Multi-spectral imaging from an unmanned aerial vehicle enables the assessment of seasonal leaf area dynamics of sorghum breeding lines

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Potgieter, Andries B ^a   George Jaeggli, Barbara ^a,b   Chapman, Scott C ^a,c   Laws, Kenneth ^b   Cadavid, Luz A Suárez ^a   Wixted, Jemima ^a   Watson, James ^a   Eldridge, Mark ^a   Jordan, David R ^a   Hammer, Graeme L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crop cover; Leaf area dynamics; Mosaics; Sorghum breeding; UAV; Water use

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030851183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01532     Document Type: Article

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