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Original Articles

Relationships of leaf nitrogen concentration and canopy nitrogen density with spectral features parameters and narrow-band spectral indices calculated from field winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) spectra

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Pages 3472-3491 | Received 29 Nov 2008, Accepted 06 May 2011, Published online: 24 Nov 2011

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