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Soil Water And Crop Growth Processes In A Farmer's Field, Susmitha Surendran Nambuthiri Jan 2010

Soil Water And Crop Growth Processes In A Farmer's Field, Susmitha Surendran Nambuthiri

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The study was aimed to provide information on local biomass development during crop growth using ground based optical sensors and to incorporate the local crop status to a crop growth simulation model to improve understanding on inherent variability of crop field. The experiment was conducted in a farmer’s field located near Princeton in Caldwell County, Western Kentucky. Data collection on soil, crop and weather variables was carried out in the farm from 2006 December to 2008 October. During this period corn (Zea mays L.) and winter wheat (Triticum sp) were grown in the field. A 450 m …