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- Title
UAV-Based Vegetation Indices to Evaluate Coffee Crop Response after Transplanting Seedlings Grown in Different Containers.
- Authors
Barata, Rafael Alexandre Pena; Ferraz, Gabriel Araújo e Silva; Bento, Nicole Lopes; Santana, Lucas Santos; Marin, Diego Bedin; Mattos, Drucylla Guerra; Schwerz, Felipe; Rossi, Giuseppe; Conti, Leonardo; Bambi, Gianluca
- Abstract
Brazil stands out among coffee-growing countries worldwide. The use of precision agriculture to monitor coffee plants after transplantation has become an important step in the coffee production chain. The objective of this study was to assess how coffee plants respond after transplanting seedlings grown in different containers, based on multispectral images acquired by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). The study was conducted in Santo Antônio do Amparo, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The coffee plants were imaged by UAV, and their height, crown diameter, and chlorophyll content were measured in the field. The vegetation indices were compared to the field measurements through graphical and correlation analysis. According to the results, no significant differences were found between the studied variables. However, the area transplanted with seedlings grown in perforated bags showed a lower percentage of mortality than the treatment with root trainers (6.4% vs. 11.7%). Additionally, the vegetation indices, including normalized difference red-edge, normalized difference vegetation index, and canopy planar area calculated by vectorization (cm2), were strongly correlated with biophysical parameters. Linear models were successfully developed to predict biophysical parameters, such as the leaf area index. Moreover, UAV proved to be an effective tool for monitoring coffee using this approach.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; MINAS Gerais (Brazil); COFFEE plantations; COFFEE beans; LEAF area index; COFFEE growing; COFFEE; MULTISPECTRAL imaging; DRONE aircraft; SEEDLINGS
- Publication
Agriculture; Basel, 2024, Vol 14, Issue 3, p356
- ISSN
2077-0472
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/agriculture14030356