A review of methods to improve nitrogen use efficiency in agriculture

LK Sharma, SK Bali - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
Management of nitrogen (N) is a challenging task and several methods individually and in
combination are in use to manage its efficiency. However, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) has …

Delineation of soil management zones for variable-rate fertilization: A review

S Nawar, R Corstanje, G Halcro, D Mulla… - Advances in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Different methods of management zone (MZ) delineation have been established over the
past 2 decades based on approaches, which have been largely constrained by the available …

Delineation of management zones using mobile measurements of soil apparent electrical conductivity and multivariate geostatistical techniques

FJ Moral, JM Terrón, JRM Da Silva - Soil and Tillage Research, 2010 - Elsevier
Site-specific management promotes the identification and management of areas within the
field, which represent subfield regions with homogeneous characteristics (management …

Strategies to make use of plant sensors‐based diagnostic information for nitrogen recommendations

SM Samborski, N Tremblay, E Fallon - Agronomy journal, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Improvements of nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) may be achieved through the use of sensing
tools for N status determination. Leaf and canopy chlorophyll, as well as leaf polyphenolics …

EPIC and APEX: Model use, calibration, and validation

X Wang, JR Williams, PW Gassman… - Transactions of the …, 2012 - elibrary.asabe.org
The Environmental Policy Integrated Climate (EPIC) and Agricultural Policy/Environmental
eXtender (APEX) models have been developed to assess a wide variety of agricultural water …

Responsive in-season nitrogen management for cereals

JF Shanahan, NR Kitchen, WR Raun… - … and electronics in …, 2008 - Elsevier
Current nitrogen (N) management strategies for worldwide cereal production systems are
characterized by low N use efficiency (NUE), environmental contamination, and …

Smart farming technologies–description, taxonomy and economic impact

AT Balafoutis, B Beck, S Fountas, Z Tsiropoulos… - Precision agriculture …, 2017 - Springer
Precision Agriculture is a cyclic optimization process where data have to be collected from
the field, analysed and evaluated and finally used for decision making for site-specific …

Getis–Ord's hot-and cold-spot statistics as a basis for multivariate spatial clustering of orchard tree data

A Peeters, M Zude, J Käthner, M Ünlü, R Kanber… - … and Electronics in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Precision agriculture aims at sustainably optimizing the management of cultivated fields by
addressing the spatial variability found in crops and their environment. Spatial variability can …

The application of EM38: Determination of soil parameters, selection of soil sampling points and use in agriculture and archaeology

K Heil, U Schmidhalter - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
Fast and accurate assessment of within-field variation is essential for detecting field-wide
heterogeneity and contributing to improvements in the management of agricultural lands …

Delineation of management zones with soil apparent electrical conductivity to improve nutrient management

NR Peralta, JL Costa - Computers and electronics in agriculture, 2013 - Elsevier
Site-specific management demands the identification of subfield regions with homogeneous
characteristics (management zones). However, determining subfield areas is difficult …