Research Article

Evaluation of a Reduced Cost Active NDVI Sensor for Crop Nutrient Management

Table 1

Calibration stability data for Pocket Sensor #19, testing that slope intercept = 0 and slope = 0 between December 2010 and May 27, 2011.

Data SensorTest variableEstimate Pr > ItILower 95%
confidence limit
Upper 95%
confidence limit

6-Dec-10619Intercept = 0−0.0140.9870.140−0.0320.005
6-Dec-1019Slope = 1 1.0470.0301.0051.090

14-Dec-101019Intercept = 00.0010.9720.965−0.0330.034
14-Dec-1019Slope = 1 0.9990.9640.9331.064

3-Jan-111019Intercept = 0−0.0820.985<.0001−0.113−0.050
3-Jan-1119Slope = 1 1.176<.00011.1191.233

19-Jan-111219Intercept = 0−0.0140.9870.204−0.0370.008
19-Jan-1119Slope = 1 1.0590.0011.0161.102

2-Feb-111019Intercept = 0−0.0600.9850.000−0.089−0.030
2-Feb-1119Slope = 1 1.0930.0011.0411.145

21-Feb-111019Intercept = 0−0.0680.983<.0001−0.098−0.038
21-Feb-1119Slope = 1 1.0690.0151.0141.124

15-Mar-111019Intercept = 0−0.0430.9920.000−0.063−0.023
15-Mar-1119Slope = 1 1.082<.00011.0441.119

1-Apr-111019Intercept = 0−0.0940.995<.0001−0.110−0.078
1-Apr-1119Slope = 1 1.161<.00011.1291.193

15-Apr-111019Intercept = 0−0.0670.993<.0001−0.087−0.047
15-Apr-1119Slope = 1 1.106<.00011.0701.143

27-May-111019Intercept = 0−0.0740.9800.000−0.110−0.039
27-May-1119Slope = 1 1.136<.00011.0731.199

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