BETTER CROPS
WITH PLANT FOOD
XCIV (94) 2010, No. 3
Welcome to this Focus Issue on Spatial Variability
Terry L. Roberts and Steve Phillips
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Upcoming Events
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Precision Agriculture: Does It Make Sense?
Viacheslav I. Adamchuk
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Spatial Variability and SSNM of Spring Wheat Production under Collective Contract Cropping (Northeast China)
Shao-wen Huang, Li-mei Huang, Shuang-quan Liu, Ji-yun Jin, and Ping He
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Use of Village-Level Soil Fertility Maps as a Fertilizer Decision-Support Tool in the Red and Lateritic Soil Zone of India (West Bengal, India)
Wasim Iftikar, G.N. Chattopadhayay, K. Majumdar, and G.D. Sulewski
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Optimizing Nitrogen for Wheat Growing on Hostile Subsoils (Australia)
John F. Angus, Charlie N. Walker, J.F. Pedler, and Rob M. Norton
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Temporal Variability of Crop Response to Fertilizer (Ohio, North America)
Robert Mullen, Greg LaBarge, and Keith Diedrick
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Use of Active Optical Sensors for Crops in Brazil
J.P. Molin
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Advances in the Use of Remote Sensors in Argentinean Agriculture
Ricardo Melchiori
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IPNI Joins as a Supporter and Exhibitor for AG CONNECT Expo in January 2011
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Precision Management Zones Increase Sugar Production in North Dakota and Minnesota (Northern Great Plains)
David Franzen, Greg Richards, and Tom Jensen
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Spatial Variability of Soil Fertility Parameters and Efficiency of Variable Rate Fertilizer Application in the Trans-Volga Samara Region (Russia)
A. Tsirulev
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IPNI Introduces “Nutrient Source Specifics” Series
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Getting Started with Precision Agriculture (North America)
Amy Winstead and John Fulton
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IPNI Introduces NuGIS – A New Tool for Evaluation of Nutrient Use and Balance in the U.S.
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The Role of Spatial Variability in Nutrient Management
Steve Phillips
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