The use of RPAS to quantitatively assess grassland status in space and time

Peter Lootens; Koen Mertens; Tom De Swaef; Irene Borra Serrano; Ruben Van De Vijver; Junfeng Gao; Thomas Vanderstocken; Filip De Brouwer; Kurt Heungens; Jonas Aper; An Ghesquiere; Alex De Vliegher; Joost Baert; David Nuyttens; Jürgen Vangeyte; Isabel Roldán-Ruiz

The use of RPAS to quantitatively assess grassland status in space and time

Peter Lootens
, Koen Mertens
, Tom De Swaef
, Irene Borra Serrano
, Ruben Van De Vijver
, Junfeng Gao
, Thomas Vanderstocken
, Filip De Brouwer
, Kurt Heungens
, Jonas Aper
, An Ghesquiere
, Alex De Vliegher
, Joost Baert
, David Nuyttens
, Jürgen Vangeyte
, Isabel Roldán-Ruiz

Plant Sciences

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Abstract

ISense, a new ILVO project, aims to establish a transdisciplinary framework and visible pool of expertise regarding sensor technology. The PCF case will explore the practical applicability of RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) technology with the appropriate sensors for the farmer and breeder. The number of cost-efficient non-destructive tools for the monitoring of biomass, biotic and abiotic stress for the farmer is currently inadequate. The use of these tools, in combination with GIS, GPS and remote sensing allows to tune nutrient, disease and water management to take into account variability in and between parcels. The technology to work location-dependent is available, but the information and management tools are lagging behind. For grassland management there is a need for objective plant-physiology based criteria, allowing crop evaluation in a quick and objective manner with a high resolution. Therefore, the PCF case will use RPAS for the development of a methodology to assess the evaluation of crop status in space and time. Within the PCF case, we will therefore focus on different applications: (i) the monitoring of biomass in grass(/clover) in terms of yield and botanical composition, (ii) the evaluation of drought stress in fodder grass. First results will be discussed.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 5-Sept-2016
Event	General meeting of the European Grassland Federation: The multiple roles of grassland in the European bioeconomy - Trondheim, Norway Duration: 4-Sept-2016 → 8-Sept-2016 Conference number: 26 http://www.egf2016.no/program2.cfm

Conference

Conference	General meeting of the European Grassland Federation
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Trondheim
Period	4/09/16 → 8/09/16
Internet address	http://www.egf2016.no/program2.cfm

ISENSE: ILVO Sensor & Remote Sensing Platform
Vangeyte, J. (Project Manager), Broekaert, K. (Researcher), De Swaef, T. (Researcher), Demeyer, P. (Researcher), Heungens, K. (Researcher), Lootens, P. (Researcher), Robbens, J. (Researcher), Roldán-Ruiz, I. (Researcher), Tuyttens, F. (Researcher), Sonck, B. (Researcher), Van Nuffel, A. (Former Researcher), Van De Vijver, R. (Former PhD Student), Givanoudi, S. (Former PhD Student), Mertens, K. (Former Researcher), Zhuang, S. (Former PhD Student), Borra Serrano, I. (Former PhD Student) & Heyndrickx, M. (Former Researcher)
15/10/15 → 15/10/19
Project: Research

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Lootens, P., Mertens, K., De Swaef, T., Borra Serrano, I., Van De Vijver, R., Gao, J., Vanderstocken, T., De Brouwer, F., Heungens, K., Aper, J., Ghesquiere, A., De Vliegher, A., Baert, J., Nuyttens, D., Vangeyte, J., & Roldán-Ruiz, I. (2016). The use of RPAS to quantitatively assess grassland status in space and time. Poster session presented at General meeting of the European Grassland Federation, Trondheim, Norway.

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The use of RPAS to quantitatively assess grassland status in space and time

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ISENSE: ILVO Sensor & Remote Sensing Platform

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