Remote sensing predicts agronomic performance of wheat under water and nitrogen limitations

What is it about?

Affordable remote sensing techniques are useful techniques to help in improving selection of better adapted genotypes of wheat to environmental constraints.

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Why is it important?

The use of a portable active sensor spectroradiometer was a useful tool for predicting growth traits and N content in two genotypes that differed greatly in terms of plant growth and N accumulation. In addition, instruments and the methodological procedure used to measure NDVI from plants grown in pots proved easier and more convenient than previous approaches helping to reduce the amount of time spent on measurements. The method we proposed becomes appropriate for routine measurements in a large number of plants.