Agronomic traits analysis of ten winter wheat cultivars clustered by UAV-derived vegetation indices

Remote Sensing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2020, Pages

  Marino, Stefano ^a   Alvino, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis validation; Crop yield; Precision agriculture; Vegetation indices; Wheat crop

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VEGETATION;

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; AGRONOMIC TRAITS; CROP YIELD; HIGH RESOLUTION; PRECISION FARMING; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; VEGETATION INDEX; WINTER WHEAT;

CROPS;

EID: 85081084391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs12020249     Document Type: Article

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