Assessment of different N treatments in Hedgerow Almond Orchards by means of LiDAR point clouds

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Sandonís Pozo, Leire
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Sandonís Pozo, Leire;
Llorens Calveras, Jordi;
Escolà i Agustí, Alexandre;
Arnó Satorra, Jaume;
Pascual Roca, Miquel;
Martínez Casasnovas, José Antonio;
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(2022)
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Assessment of different N treatments in Hedgerow Almond Orchards by means of LiDAR point clouds.
XXI International N Workshop: Halving nitrogen waste by 2030. Polytechnic University. October 24-28, 2022. Madrid.
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/84121.
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Monitoring of canopy status in fruit tree orchards allows better decisions in the canopy
management, such as pruning or fertirrigation. LiDAR is an effective tool to acquire
accurate 3D geometric and structural data, such as height, width, volume or canopy
porosity, among others. In the present work, a super-intensive almond orchard (Prunus
Dulcis) with 8 different N treatments (N50, N100, N150, NStop: N100 only in Fase I and
with and without DMPSA nitrification inhibitor in 24 rows and 3 blocks, was scanned
during three years (2019-21) in two different vegetative stages (after spring pruning and
before harvesting) by means of a terrestrial LiDAR scanner. Canopy parameters such
maximum height and width, cross section and porosity were summarized from the
LiDAR 3D point cloud every 0.5 m along the almond tree hedgerows. A repeated
measure mixed statistical model was applied to each parameter in order to assess the
effect of the N treatments. The adjusted R2 ranged from 0.73 of the canopy width to
0.83 of the porosity. Canopy parameters and their main interactions with the different
treatments were significantly differentiated. The N100+DMPSA treatment was the one
favoring higher canopy development (higher cross sections and widths, and less
porosity), while the NStop+DMPSA treatment was related to lower canopy development
and higher porosity.
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