Remote sensing using canopy and leaf reflectance for estimating nitrogen status in red-blush pears

HortScience

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 78-83

  Perry, Eileen M ^a,b   Goodwin, Ian ^a   Cornwall, David ^a  

^a Transport and Resources ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll indices; Pyrus communis; Spectral reflectance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041535328     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: 23279834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI12391-17     Document Type: Article

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