A review of methods for sensing the nitrogen status in plants: advantages, disadvantages and recent advances

RF Muñoz-Huerta, RG Guevara-Gonzalez… - sensors, 2013 - mdpi.com
Nitrogen (N) plays a key role in the plant life cycle. It is the main plant mineral nutrient
needed for chlorophyll production and other plant cell components (proteins, nucleic acids …

Using hand-held chlorophyll meters and canopy reflectance sensors for fertilizer nitrogen management in cereals in small farms in developing countries

AM Ali - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
To produce enough food, smallholder farmers in developing countries apply fertilizer
nitrogen (N) to cereals, sometimes even more than the local recommendations. During the …

Evaluation of both SPAD reading and SPAD index on estimating the plant nitrogen status of winter wheat

X Yue, Y Hu, H Zhang, U Schmidhalter - International Journal of Plant …, 2020 - Springer
Rapid non-destructive estimation of the plant nitrogen (N) status is needed for the precise
management of N in small-scale farms. Our objectives were to describe the responses of the …

Simple assessment of nitrogen nutrition index in summer maize by using chlorophyll meter readings

B Zhao, ST Ata-Ul-Karim, Z Liu, J Zhang… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Rapid and non-destructive diagnostic tools to accurately assess crop nitrogen nutrition index
(NNI) are imperative for improving crop nitrogen (N) diagnosis and sustaining crop …

Improving maize nitrogen nutrition index prediction using leaf fluorescence sensor combined with environmental and management variables

R Dong, Y Miao, X Wang, Z Chen, F Yuan - Field Crops Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Precision nitrogen (N) management requires rapid and real-time technologies for in-season
crop N status diagnosis. The leaf fluorescence sensor Dualex 4 is an effective and promising …

Development of critical nitrogen dilution curves for different leaf layers within the rice canopy

J He, J Ma, Q Cao, X Wang, X Yao, T Cheng… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the effect of nitrogen (N) vertical distribution within the rice canopy at different
growth stages and development of critical nitrogen dilution curves for upper leaf layers will …

Estimation of nitrogen status in plants

M Garcia-Servin, LM Contreras-Medina… - Nitrate …, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Nitrogen is an essential element in plants due to its key role in the production of primary and
secondary metabolites important in plant physiology impacting performance and tolerance …

Sensing for health, vigour and disease detection in row and grain crops

DW Franzen, Y Miao, NR Kitchen, JS Schepers… - Sensing Approaches for …, 2021 - Springer
Maximum genetically possible crop growth and yield are inhibited by abiotic and or biotic
stresses. Biotic stresses may include pests, insects or disease infestations whereas abiotic …

Spectral and Smartphone-Based Tools to Monitor Plant and Soil Nitrogen Status for Site-Specific Nitrogen Management in Crop Plants

GR Mahajan, B Das, B Gaikwad… - Soil Management for …, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Minimizing the losses of fertilizer nitrogen and improving the nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in
different crops has been one of the important research areas in agricultural research …