Challenges in using precision agriculture to optimize symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legumes: Progress, limitations, and future improvements needed in diagnostic testing

Agronomy

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Thilakarathna, Malinda S ^a   Raizada, Manish N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Legume; Precision agriculture; Satellite; Sensors; Site specific management; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation; UAS imagery; Variable rate application

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047298749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy8050078     Document Type: Review

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