Application of Machine Learning Methodologies for Predicting Corn Economic Optimal Nitrogen Rate

Qin, Zhisheng; Myers, D. Brenton; Ransom, Curtis J.; Kitchen, Newell R.; Liang, Sang-Zi; Camberato, James J.; Carter, Paul R.; Ferguson, Richard B.; Fernandez, Fabian G.; Franzen, David W.; Laboski, Carrie A. M.; Malone, Brad D.; Nafziger, Emerson D.; Sawyer, John E.; and Shanahan, John F., "Application of Machine Learning Methodologies for Predicting Corn Economic Optimal Nitrogen Rate" (2018). Agronomy & Horticulture -Faculty Publications. 1288. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/agronomyfacpub/1288

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