Infrared Thermography Monitoring of Durum and Common Wheat for Adaptability Assessing and Yield Performance Prediction
Wheat is one of the most cultivated cereals thanks to both its nutritional value and its versatility to technological transformation. Nevertheless, the growth and yield of wheat, as well as of the other food crops, can be strongly limited by many abiotic and biotic stress factors. To face this need,...
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| author | Massimo Rippa Ida Di Mola Lucia Ottaiano Eugenio Cozzolino Pasquale Mormile Mauro Mori |
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| description | Wheat is one of the most cultivated cereals thanks to both its nutritional value and its versatility to technological transformation. Nevertheless, the growth and yield of wheat, as well as of the other food crops, can be strongly limited by many abiotic and biotic stress factors. To face this need, new methodological approaches are required to optimize wheat cultivation from both a qualitative and quantitative point of view. In this context, crop analysis based on imaging techniques has become an important tool in agriculture. Thermography is an appealing method that represents an outstanding approach in crop monitoring, as it is well suited to the emerging needs of the precision agriculture management strategies. In this work, we performed an on-field infrared monitoring of several durum and common wheat varieties to evaluate their adaptability to the internal Mediterranean area chosen for cultivation. Two new indices based on the thermal data useful to estimate the agronomical response of wheat subjected to natural stress conditions during different phenological stages of growth have been introduced. The comparison with some productive parameters collected at harvest highlighted the correlation of the indices with the wheat yield (ranging between <i>p</i> < 0.001 and <i>p</i> < 0.05), providing interesting information for their early prediction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ee9d8b6277b744ca9d40b81d17bd250b2024-03-27T14:00:48ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472024-03-0113683610.3390/plants13060836Infrared Thermography Monitoring of Durum and Common Wheat for Adaptability Assessing and Yield Performance PredictionMassimo Rippa0Ida Di Mola1Lucia Ottaiano2Eugenio Cozzolino3Pasquale Mormile4Mauro Mori5Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems “E. Caianiello” of National Research Council of Italy (CNR ISASI), Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80072 Pozzuoli, Naples, ItalyDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Naples, ItalyDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Naples, ItalyCouncil for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)—Research Center for Cereal and Industrial Crops, 81100 Caserta, ItalyInstitute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems “E. Caianiello” of National Research Council of Italy (CNR ISASI), Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80072 Pozzuoli, Naples, ItalyDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Naples, ItalyWheat is one of the most cultivated cereals thanks to both its nutritional value and its versatility to technological transformation. Nevertheless, the growth and yield of wheat, as well as of the other food crops, can be strongly limited by many abiotic and biotic stress factors. To face this need, new methodological approaches are required to optimize wheat cultivation from both a qualitative and quantitative point of view. In this context, crop analysis based on imaging techniques has become an important tool in agriculture. Thermography is an appealing method that represents an outstanding approach in crop monitoring, as it is well suited to the emerging needs of the precision agriculture management strategies. In this work, we performed an on-field infrared monitoring of several durum and common wheat varieties to evaluate their adaptability to the internal Mediterranean area chosen for cultivation. Two new indices based on the thermal data useful to estimate the agronomical response of wheat subjected to natural stress conditions during different phenological stages of growth have been introduced. The comparison with some productive parameters collected at harvest highlighted the correlation of the indices with the wheat yield (ranging between <i>p</i> < 0.001 and <i>p</i> < 0.05), providing interesting information for their early prediction.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/6/836infrared imagingthermographydurum wheatcommon wheatindexyield |
| spellingShingle | Massimo Rippa Ida Di Mola Lucia Ottaiano Eugenio Cozzolino Pasquale Mormile Mauro Mori Infrared Thermography Monitoring of Durum and Common Wheat for Adaptability Assessing and Yield Performance Prediction Plants infrared imaging thermography durum wheat common wheat index yield |
| title | Infrared Thermography Monitoring of Durum and Common Wheat for Adaptability Assessing and Yield Performance Prediction |
| title_full | Infrared Thermography Monitoring of Durum and Common Wheat for Adaptability Assessing and Yield Performance Prediction |
| title_fullStr | Infrared Thermography Monitoring of Durum and Common Wheat for Adaptability Assessing and Yield Performance Prediction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Infrared Thermography Monitoring of Durum and Common Wheat for Adaptability Assessing and Yield Performance Prediction |
| title_short | Infrared Thermography Monitoring of Durum and Common Wheat for Adaptability Assessing and Yield Performance Prediction |
| title_sort | infrared thermography monitoring of durum and common wheat for adaptability assessing and yield performance prediction |
| topic | infrared imaging thermography durum wheat common wheat index yield |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/6/836 |
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