An Inverse Correlation between Corn Temperature and Nitrogen Stress: A Field Case Study

Nitrogen is one of the most important yield‐limiting nutrients for corn ( Zea mays ). The ability of thermal remote sensing to detect nitrogen deficiency in corn may enable precision agriculture to modify nitrogen rates according to field conditions. This study applies the exergy destruction principle as a theory to explain the inverse relationship between surface temperature and nitrogen rate. Two hypotheses were developed. First, it was...