UAV-based remote sensing for evaluation of drought tolerance in forage grasses

Peter Lootens; Wouter H. Maes; Tom De Swaef; Jonas Aper; Koen Mertens; Kathy Steppe; Joost Baert; Isabel Roldán-Ruiz

UAV-based remote sensing for evaluation of drought tolerance in forage grasses

Peter Lootens
, Wouter H. Maes
, Tom De Swaef
, Jonas Aper
, Koen Mertens
, Kathy Steppe
, Joost Baert
, Isabel Roldán-Ruiz

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › C1: Articles in proceedings › peer-review

Abstract

Global climate change is likely to create more and longer-lasting drought periods,
which will have a negative effect on the performance of forage grasses.
Existing varieties should be evaluated for drought tolerance and new, more
drought tolerant varieties should be developed. Drought stress tolerance is currently assessed using visual scores, but new techniques and technologies such as imagery from airborne vehicles have the potential to make such assessments more automatic and objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate UAV-based remote sensing, using an unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV or
drone) equipped with a visual and thermal camera as an alternative for scoring
forage grasses for drought tolerance. A very good correlation (0.866) was
found between the imagery-based indices and the visual scores assigned to
individual plants by the breeder. This opens perspectives for using UAV-based
remote sensing for breeding for drought tolerance in forage grasses.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Breeding in a world of scarcity: proceedings of the 2015 meeting of the section "Forage crops and amenity grasses" of Eucarpia
Editors	Isabel Roldán-Ruiz, Joost Baert, Dirk Reheul
Publisher	Springer International Publishing Switzerland
Publication date	24-Jun-2016
Pages	111-116
Publication status	Published - 24-Jun-2016
Event	2015 Meeting of the Section "Forage Crops and Amenity Grasses" of Eucarpia: Section Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses: Breeding in a World of Scarcity - Gent, Belgium Duration: 13-Sept-2015 → 17-Sept-2015

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
FENOGRAS: Phenotyping perennial ryegrass using image analysis
Lootens, P. (ProjectSupervisor), Roldán-Ruiz, I. (Project Manager), Ruttink, T. (Researcher), De Swaef, T. (Researcher), Ghesquiere, A. (Researcher), Aper, J. (Former Researcher) & Borra Serrano, I. (Former PhD Student)
1/01/10 → 5/08/24
Project: Research

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Lootens, P., Maes, W. H., De Swaef, T., Aper, J., Mertens, K., Steppe, K., Baert, J., & Roldán-Ruiz, I. (2016). UAV-based remote sensing for evaluation of drought tolerance in forage grasses. In I. Roldán-Ruiz, J. Baert, & D. Reheul (Eds.), Breeding in a world of scarcity: proceedings of the 2015 meeting of the section "Forage crops and amenity grasses" of Eucarpia (pp. 111-116). Springer International Publishing Switzerland.

Lootens, Peter ; Maes, Wouter H. ; De Swaef, Tom et al. / UAV-based remote sensing for evaluation of drought tolerance in forage grasses. Breeding in a world of scarcity: proceedings of the 2015 meeting of the section "Forage crops and amenity grasses" of Eucarpia. editor / Isabel Roldán-Ruiz ; Joost Baert ; Dirk Reheul. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2016. pp. 111-116

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UAV-based remote sensing for evaluation of drought tolerance in forage grasses. / Lootens, Peter; Maes, Wouter H.; De Swaef, Tom et al.
Breeding in a world of scarcity: proceedings of the 2015 meeting of the section "Forage crops and amenity grasses" of Eucarpia. ed. / Isabel Roldán-Ruiz; Joost Baert; Dirk Reheul. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2016. p. 111-116.

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UAV-based remote sensing for evaluation of drought tolerance in forage grasses

Abstract

Projects

ISENSE: ILVO Sensor & Remote Sensing Platform

FENOGRAS: Phenotyping perennial ryegrass using image analysis

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