Can Active Canopy Sensing Technologies and Soil Nitrogen Content Help Us Improve Corn-Nitrogen Management in Minnesota?

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Can Active Canopy Sensing Technologies and Soil Nitrogen Content Help Us Improve Corn-Nitrogen Management in Minnesota?

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Dias Paiao, Gabriel

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2017-01

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We evaluated the utility of different canopy sensing tools alone or adjusted with soil nitrogen (N) content to estimate corn grain yield and N requirements at various corn development stages. Canopy sensing measurements with SPAD, GreenSeeker NDVI (GS-NDVI), RapidSCAN NDVI and NDRE (RS-NDVI and RS-NDRE) were obtained at V4, V8, V12 and R1 development stages, and soil NO3--N concentration was measured at V4 stage. RS-NDRE had the best predictive power of grain yield and N requirements. Canopy sensing at V4 growth stage had the lowest utility to help improve corn N management. At later development stages, sensor’s performance was superior, but there is less flexibility to apply N. Applying N from V4 to V8 provided the best potential for sidedress application timings. Soil NO3--N measured at V4 stage from 0-30 cm depth showed potential by itself or in combination with early-season sensor measurements to improve corn fertilizer N.

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grain yield prediction

nitrogen deficiency determination

sensor-based nutrient management

soil nitrogen content

split application

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University of Minnesota M.S. thesis. January 2017. Major: Land and Atmospheric Science. Advisor: Fabián Fernández. 1 computer file (PDF); vii, 78 pages.

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Dias Paiao, Gabriel. (2017). Can Active Canopy Sensing Technologies and Soil Nitrogen Content Help Us Improve Corn-Nitrogen Management in Minnesota?. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/185565.

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