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A simulation of variable rate nitrogen application in winter wheat with soil and sensor information - An economic feasibility study

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  • Pedersen, Michael Friis
  • Gyldengren, Jacob Glerup
  • Pedersen, Søren Marcus
  • Diamantopoulos, Efstathios
  • Gislum, René
  • Styczen, Merete Elisabeth

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Variable rate nitrogen (N) management strategies are often based on information about soil texture or information from canopy sensors, mounted on ground-based vehicles or satellites. However, disentangling the effect of each information type on N management strategy with experimental studies is often difficult, as results are only valid for the specific experimental conditions as well as the weather conditions for specific years. An alternative to this is to use deterministic crop growth models to generate a wider range of weather x treatment combinations.

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  • Pedersen, Michael Friis & Gyldengren, Jacob Glerup & Pedersen, Søren Marcus & Diamantopoulos, Efstathios & Gislum, René & Styczen, Merete Elisabeth, 2021. "A simulation of variable rate nitrogen application in winter wheat with soil and sensor information - An economic feasibility study," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 192(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:192:y:2021:i:c:s0308521x21001001
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103147
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