Suitability of low-altitude remote sensing images for estimating nitrogen treatment variations in rice cropping for precision agriculture adoption

Kishore C. Swain; Hemantha P.W. Jayasuriya; Vilas M. Salokhe

doi:10.1117/1.2824287

1 November 2007 Suitability of low-altitude remote sensing images for estimating nitrogen treatment variations in rice cropping for precision agriculture adoption

Kishore C. Swain, Hemantha P.W. Jayasuriya, Vilas M. Salokhe

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Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 013547 (November 2007). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2824287

Abstract

A low-altitude remote sensing (LARS) system with an unmanned radio-controlled helicopter platform was used to acquire high-quality images of land and crop properties with higher spatial and temporal resolution. It is vital to visualize the relationship of LARS-based images with crop parameters, such as crop nutrient levels, etc. Five N-treatment (0, 33, 66, 99 and 132 kg ha^-1) rates with three replications each were arranged in a randomized manner for testing the LARS image acquisition system. Images were taken by the image acquisition unit of the system operated at a height of 20 m over the experimental plots. The coefficient of determination (r²) between N-treatments against NDVI_lars, NDVI_spectro, GNDVI_lars, and chlorophyll content estimated from leaf radiance values were in the range from 0.70 to 0.90, showing a high level of correlation between them. The test to verify the suitability of LARS-based images against spectrophotometer readings showed linear variation for the NDVI index with r² of 0.70 and 0.80 for 45-day-old and 65-day-old crops, respectively, Linear models were also developed to estimate chlorophyll content from NDVIlars and GNDVIlars index values, from the images, with better correlation for the latter (r² ≈ 0.82) and subsequently could determine the nitrogen deficiency level. The yield estimation model, with higher r² values of 0.95 and 0.98 for NDVI_lars and GNDVI_lars, respectively, further justified the suitability of the LARS system.

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Kishore C. Swain, Hemantha P.W. Jayasuriya, and Vilas M. Salokhe "Suitability of low-altitude remote sensing images for estimating nitrogen treatment variations in rice cropping for precision agriculture adoption," Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 1(1), 013547 (1 November 2007). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2824287

Published: 1 November 2007

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