Prediction of the quality of forage maize by near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy

The aim of this work was to assess the ability of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) to be a rapid and reliable method for estimating quality variables for forage maize with an extremely wide range of maturity and growth stage, as it occurs, e.g. in experiments dealing with growth analysis. For maximum variability samples for analysis were collected over 4 years from field trials which comprised a wide range of nitrogen (N) fertiliser...