Realising cereal yield potential using crop physiology and drone technology (UAD2222)
START
July 1, 2022
FINISH
June 30, 2024
Tags: barley | biomass | crop modelling | drone | field trials | flowering | Murray PLains | New in 2022 | plant establishment | wheat | yield drivers
Summary
This project will be undertaken by SARDI researchers with the optimal flowering period for wheat and barley for the Murray Plains to be refined and validated from previous investment S/UA1021 through field trials and crop modelling. Drone imagery will be used to estimate both plant establishment and biomass of these field trials to help dissect key grain yield drivers independent of flowering time. Drone methods will be further developed from UA217 and UA318 in collaboration with the Unmanned Research Aircraft Facility (URAF).
Project Participants
Brendan Kupke, SARDI
The research
This project will be undertaken by SARDI researchers with the optimal flowering period for wheat and barley for the Murray Plains to be refined and validated from previous investment S/UA1021 through field trials and crop modelling. Drone imagery will be used to estimate both plant establishment and biomass of these field trials to help dissect key grain yield drivers independent of flowering time. Drone methods will be further developed from UA217 and UA318 in collaboration with the Unmanned Research Aircraft Facility (URAF).
Funding
$69,921
More information
Brendan Kupke
T: 0429 411 032
E: [email protected]
