Comparative UAV and field phenotyping to assess yield and nitrogen use efficiency in hybrid and conventional barley

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Kefauver, Shawn C ^a   Vicente, Rubén ^a   Vergara Díaz, Omar ^a   Fernandez Gallego, Jose A ^a   Kerfal, Samir ^b   Lopez, Antonio ^b   Melichar, James P E ^c   Serret Molins, María D ^a   Araus, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Syngenta   (Spain)

^c JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hordeum vulgare; Hybrid barley; Multispectral; Nitrogen; RGB; Thermal; UAV; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034107445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01733     Document Type: Article

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