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Table 6 Correlation coefficient between NO3−–N content of petioles and vegetation indices

From: Estimation of nitrate nitrogen content in cotton petioles under drip irrigation based on wavelet neural network approach using spectral indices

Type of reflectivity

Vegetation indices

Correlation coefficients

First derivative

RD

− 0.85**

CIred-edge

− 0.89**

NDRE

− 0.80**

ND705

− 0.90**

NIR

− 0.62**

RI-1 dB

− 0.72**

Original

RD

− 0.81**

CIred-edge

− 0.74**

NDRE

− 0.77**

ND705

− 0.76**

NIR

− 0.79**

RI-1 dB

− 0.77**

  1. **Means significant at the level of p < 0.01