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- Title
Determining Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Submergence in Rice with MODIS Satellite Data.
- Authors
Y., Chemin; S., Phuphak; S., Asilo; R. J., Hijmans
- Abstract
Rice submergence is the condition by which the water level rises above the rice crop canopy. In general, rice plant response to submergence is to elongate its shoots above the rising water level This costs in energy and eventually has a direct impact in terms of reducing yields. A specific gene, called Sub l, when introgressed into popular rice varieties by Marker Assisted Back-crossing, nearly stops the natural elongation process and permits' a given local rice variety to sustain submerged conditions for a generally recognized period of about 2 weeks. Plant breeders' now look for well-identified and location-accurate submergence areas in order to disseminate such improved local rice varieties. Remote sensing is proposed to provide surface water maps at high temporal resolution, determining a percentage of occurrences of surface water for a given pixel. Occurrence is defined as the count of days of identified surface water within a given period, returned in a percentage on that period. Rice area maps and knowledge of crop calendars are proposed to add to the assessment of submergence prone areas in two study areas, the Northeastern Thailand and Nueva Ecija in North Central Philippines.
- Subjects
NUEVA Ecija (Philippines : Province); PHILIPPINES; THAILAND; RICE; CROPS; PLANT breeding; PLANT shoots; PLANT canopies
- Publication
International Journal of Geoinformatics, 2012, Vol 8, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1686-6576
- Publication type
Article