23-12 Optical Sensors and There Correlation To Active Nitrate Levels In Corn.

Poster Number 1314

See more from this Division: Students of Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences (SASES)
See more from this Session: Symposium--Undergraduate Research Symposium Contest - Poster

Monday, November 4, 2013
Tampa Convention Center, East Exhibit Hall

Austin Haag, Plant and Earth Science, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Deerfield, WI and William A. Anderson, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, WI
Abstract:
Response of crops to available nutrients is often affected by environmental factors, such as water availability and soil temperature.  For examples, uptake of plant essential nutrients may be curtailed by low soil temperatures, or encouraged by just optimum moisture conditions.  Optical sensors are now used to do on-the-spot analyses of active nitrate levels in growing crops.  During my summer internship at Landmark Services Cooperative, I used this new technology in corn (Zea mays L.) and correlated the results with plant tissue tests to discover if there was a correct correlation.

See more from this Division: Students of Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences (SASES)
See more from this Session: Symposium--Undergraduate Research Symposium Contest - Poster