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Error Sources on Yield-Based Fertilizer Variable Rate Application Maps

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Spatially-variable application of inputs to agricultural fields is dependent upon accuracy of the input variables. The effects of boundary determination, interpolation method, and GPS location errors were studied for determining a variable rate nitrogen application map based upon yield maps of a 3.6 ha Florida citrus block. A general linear model for the mean absolute error approximated the error effects.

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  1. Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute, P.O. Box 12301, 50774, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    C. W. Chan

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, P.O. Box 116300, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    J. K. Schueller

  3. Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL, 33850, USA

    W. M. Miller, J. D. Whitney & T. A. Wheaton

  4. Department of Statistics, University of Florida, P.O. Box 110339, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    J. A. Cornell

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Chan, C.W., Schueller, J.K., Miller, W.M. et al. Error Sources on Yield-Based Fertilizer Variable Rate Application Maps. Precision Agriculture 3, 81–94 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013378321265

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