Detection of spatial and temporal variability of wheat cultivars by high-resolution vegetation indices

Agronomy

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2019, Pages

  Marino, Stefano ^a   Alvino, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultivars; Precision agriculture; Relative frequencies; UAV; Vegetation indices; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 85065872331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy9050226     Document Type: Article

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