Combined use of low-cost remote sensing techniques and δ13C to assess bread wheat grain yield under different water and nitrogen conditions

Vegetation indices and canopy temperature are the most usual remote sensing approaches to assess cereal performance. Understanding the relationships of these parameters and yield may help design more e cient strategies to monitor crop performance. We present an evaluation of vegetation indices (deri...

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Autores: Yousfi, Salima, Gracia-Romero, Adrian, Kellas, Nassim, Kaddour, Mohamed, Chadouli, Ahmed, Karrou, Mohamed, Araus Ortega, José Luis, Serret Molins, M. Dolors
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/66824
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9060285
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/66824
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Wheat
Canopy temperature depression
Grain yield
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Sumario:Vegetation indices and canopy temperature are the most usual remote sensing approaches to assess cereal performance. Understanding the relationships of these parameters and yield may help design more e cient strategies to monitor crop performance. We present an evaluation of vegetation indices (derived from RGB images and multispectral data) and water status traits (through the canopy temperature, stomatal conductance and carbon isotopic composition) measured during the reproductive stage for genotype phenotyping in a study of four wheat genotypes growing under di erent water and nitrogen regimes in north Algeria. Di erences among the cultivars were reported through the vegetation indices, but not with the water status traits. Both approximations correlated significantly with grain yield (GY), reporting stronger correlations under support irrigation and N-fertilization than the rainfed or the no N-fertilization conditions. For N-fertilized trials (irrigated or rainfed) water status parameters were the main factors predicting relative GY performance, while in the absence of N-fertilization, the green canopy area (assessed through GGA) was the main factor negatively correlated with GY. Regression models for GY estimation were generated using data from three consecutive growing seasons. The results highlighted the usefulness of vegetation indices derived from RGB images predicting GY.