Estimation of geometric and structural parameters in a super-intensive almond (Prunus dulcis) orchard from multispectral vegetation indices derived from UAV-based imagery

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Casañas, E.
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Llorens Calveras, Jordi;
Escolà i Agustí, Alexandre;
Casañas, E.;
Rosell Polo, Joan Ramon;
Arnó Satorra, Jaume;
Martínez Casasnovas, José Antonio;
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Estimation of geometric and structural parameters in a super-intensive almond (Prunus dulcis) orchard from multispectral vegetation indices derived from UAV-based imagery.
Stafford, J.V. (ed.), Precision Agriculture’21. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), pp 129-135. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-916-9.
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/84060.
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Canopy geometric and structural parameters in a super-intensive almond (Prunus dulcis) orchard were estimated from multispectral vegetation indices from very high-resolution UAV images (0.07 m/pixel). As ground truth data, the canopy geometric and structural parameters were extracted from a 3D LiDAR point cloud. These data were summarized every 0.5 m along the tree rows. The vegetation indices CCCI, NDRE, NDVI, GNDVI and WDRVI were calculated and summarized at the same points as the LiDAR data. The highest correlations (R>0.70) were obtained between the NDVI and the maximum width and the cross-sectional area. The porosity was negatively correlated (R=-0.59) with the NDVI. This research opens the opportunity of using remotely sensed vegetation indices to estimate canopy geometric and structural parameters in addition to vigour for precise canopy management.