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- Title
Multispectral Reflectance of Cotton Related to Plant Growth, Soil Water and Texture, and Site Elevation.
- Authors
Li, Hong; Lascano, Robert J.; Barnes, Edward M.; Booker, Jill; Wilson, L. Ted; Bronson, Kevin F.; Segarra, Eduardo
- Abstract
Radiometric data can be useful to determine the impact of field heterogeneity, irrigation, and fertilization on plant water and N use. A 2‐yr (1998–1999) study was conducted on the South Texas High Plains to investigate cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) spectral and agronomic responses to irrigation and N fertilization and to determine the simple and cross correlation among cotton reflectance, plant growth, N uptake, lint yield, site elevation (SE), and soil water and texture. The treatments were irrigation at 50 and 75% of calculated cotton evapotranspiration (ET) and N rates of 0, 90, and 135 kg ha−1 arranged in an incomplete block of size‐2 design. Plant and soil spectral properties were investigated within a wavelength of 447 to 1752 nm. Near‐infrared (NIR) reflectance was positively correlated with plant biomass and N uptake. Reflectance in the red and midinfrared band increased with SE. The mixed‐model analysis showed that cotton NIR reflectance, normalized difference vegetative index (NDVI), soil water, N uptake, and lint yield were significantly affected by irrigation (P < 0.0012). The N treatment had no effect on spectral parameters, and interaction between irrigation and N fertilizer was significant on NIR reflectance (P < 0.0027). All spectral and agronomic parameters measured were associated with SE. The red and NIR reflectance and NDVI were cross‐correlated with soil water, sand, clay, and SE across a distance of 60 to 80 m. Characterization of plant and soil reflectance and their spatial structure can be the basis for variable N application on heterogeneous fields to increase N use efficiency.
- Publication
Agronomy Journal, 2001, Vol 93, Issue 6, p1327
- ISSN
0002-1962
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2134/agronj2001.1327