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- Title
Estimating Pasture Quality of Fresh Vegetation Based on Spectral Slope of Mixed Data of Dry and Fresh Vegetation—Method Development.
- Authors
Lugassi, Rachel; Chudnovsky, Alexandra; Zaady, Eli; Dvash, Levana; Goldshleger, Naftaly
- Abstract
The main objective of the present study was to apply a slope-based spectral method to both dry and fresh pasture vegetation. Differences in eight spectral ranges were identified across the near infrared-shortwave infrared (NIR-SWIR) that were indicative of changes in chemical properties. Slopes across these ranges were calculated and a partial least squares (PLS) analytical model was constructed for the slopes vs. crude protein (CP) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) contents. Different datasets with different numbers of fresh/dry samples were constructed to predict CP and NDF contents. When using a mixed-sample dataset with dry-to-fresh ratios of 85%:15% and 75%:25%, the correlations of CP (R2 = 0.95, in both) and NDF (R2 = 0.84 and 0.82, respectively) were almost as high as when using only dry samples (0.97 and 0.85, respectively). Furthermore, satisfactory correlations were obtained with a dry-to-fresh ratio of 50%:50% for CP (R2 = 0.92). The results of our study are especially encouraging because CP and NDF contents could be predicted even though some of the selected spectral regions were directly affected by atmospheric water vapor or water in the plants.
- Subjects
VEGETATION &; climate; NEAR infrared radiation; LEAST squares; SPECTRUM analysis; ATMOSPHERIC water vapor; WATER spectra
- Publication
Remote Sensing, 2015, Vol 7, Issue 6, p8045
- ISSN
2072-4292
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/rs70608045