Predicting cover crop biomass by lightweight UAS-based RGB and NIR photography: an applied photogrammetric approach     

Lukas?RothEmail authorView author&#;s OrcID profile  Bernhard?Streit 《Precision Agriculture》2018,19(1):93-114

Easy-to-capture and robust plant status indicators are important factors when implementing precision agriculture techniques on fields. In this study, aerial red, green and blue color space (RGB) photography and near-infrared (NIR) photography was performed on an experimental field site with nine different cover crops. A lightweight unmanned aerial system (UAS) served as platform, consumer cameras as sensors. Photos were photogrammetrically processed to orthophotos and digital surface models (DSMs). In a first validation step, the spatial precision of RGB orthophotos (x and y, ± 0.1 m) and DSMs (z, ± 0.1 m) was determined. Then, canopy cover (CC), plant height (PH), normalized differenced vegetation index (NDVI), red edge inflection point (REIP), and green red vegetation index (GRVI) were extracted. In a second validation step, the PHs derived from the DSMs were compared with ground truth ruler measurements. A strong linear relationship was observed (R ² = 0.80?0.84). Finally, destructive biomass samples were taken and compared with the remotely-sensed characteristics. Biomass correlated best with plant height (PH), and good approximations with linear regressions were found (R ² = 0.74 for four selected species, R ² = 0.58 for all nine species). CC and the vegetation indices (VIs) showed less significant and less strong overall correlations, but performed well for certain species. It is therefore evident that the use of DSM-based PHs provides a feasible approach to a species-independent non-destructive biomass determination, where the performance of VIs is more species-dependent.  相似文献   

Efficacy of copper alternatives applied as stop-sprays against Plasmopara viticola in grapevine     

Lukas  Kathrin  Innerebner  Gerd  Kelderer  Markus  Finckh  Maria R.  Hohmann  Pierre 《植物病害和植物保护杂志》2016,123(4):171-176

Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection - The six products, Armicarb, Vitisan, lime sulphur, Caso, Calce Fiocco and Ulmasud, were tested for their ability to control downy mildew (Plasmopara...  相似文献   

Histological and immunohistochemical evaluation of duodenal and colonic biopsies after oral bovine lactoferrin supplementation in beagle puppies     

S. Handl  U. Wehr  J. Zentek  S. Krammer‐Lukas 《Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition》2009,93(1):76-82

Lactoferrin is a natural compound in the milk of mammals and was shown to influence the intestinal micro‐flora and the immune system in mice, calves, dogs and man. The present study was carried out to investigate the effect of orally administered bovine lactoferrin (0, 30, 60 and 120 mg/kg DM feed) on the intestinal morphology and lymphocyte colonization in 36 motherless raised puppies. Endoscopic biopsies from duodenum and colon, taken in week 14, were scored histologically after staining with haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and lymphocytes (CD3⁺, CD4⁺, CD8⁺) and plasma cells (IgA⁺, IgG⁺, IgM⁺) were enumerated after immunohistochemical staining by computer‐aided quantification. Histological scoring revealed no significant differences amongst the groups. IgG⁺ plasma cells were reduced (p < 0.05) in the lamina propria of the colon of the 30 and the 60 mg group. The number of CD8⁺ lymphocytes was higher (p < 0.05) in the epithelium of the colon of the lactoferrin groups. In conclusion, this study indicated only minimal effects of bovine lactoferrin on the population of selected immune cells in the gut mucosa of puppies. More investigations are needed to describe the impact of lactoferrin on the digestive physiology of puppies.  相似文献   

Discourse and expertise in forest and environmental governance — An overview     

Daniela Kleinschmit  Michael Böcher  Lukas Giessen 《Forest Policy and Economics》2009,11(5-6):309-312

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Rural Governance, Forestry, and the Promotion of Local Knowledge: The Case of the German Rural Development Program ‘Active Regions’     

Lukas Giessen  Michael Böcher 《Small-Scale Forestry》2009,8(2):211-230

This article investigates the role of local knowledge in the policy approach of neo-endogenous rural development, which may be held by local and regional actors such as municipal and county level politicians, local and regional level administration, entrepreneurs as well as local third sector representatives. The main question addressed is whether local knowledge under this approach is merely mobilised or if rural development processes are even based on such knowledge, placing it at the centre of such policy. The relevance of this approach to forestry is also explored. The types of forest owners for which the neo-endogenous rural development approach is appropriate and the types that may have difficulties in coping with this cross-sectoral and area-based approach are especially examined. Using a case study design on the German Active Regions funding program it is shown that the neo-endogenous approach is most relevant to large private forest owners and small-scale corporate enterprises, but also has potential for small- and medium-sized private owners. Concerning the role of knowledge held by local and regional actors, the approach is shown to largely build on the use of local expertise, and hence policy acceptance increases. However, scientific knowledge as well as politics are found to play a major role in the use, production and interpretation of local knowledge.  相似文献   

Is there need for leaf-galling grape phylloxera control? Presence and distribution of Dactulosphaira vitifoliae in Swiss vineyards     

Johannes Fahrentrapp  Lukas Müller  Peter Schumacher 《国际虫害防治杂志》2013,59(4):340-345

Grape phylloxera (Dactulosphaira vitifoliae, FITCH) was a major pest in Vitis vinifera grape production in the late 19th and early 20th century in Europe. Roots of V. vinifera varieties are susceptible to D. vitifoliae attack whereas the leaves are not affected. The pest has been controlled by using American grapevine varieties as rootstocks. However, in recent years, grape producers have reported higher incidences of leaf galls induced by D. vitifoliae on V. vinifera leaves. Research on the occurrence of D. vitifoliae on grapevine leaves and roots has shown that D. vitifoliae is present in all wine-growing regions of Switzerland. In more than 80% of vineyards claiming to be infested, D. vitifoliae was found on leaves of varieties with interspecific crosses in their parentage. Three locations with leaf-galling individuals on V. vinifera were detected. D. vitifoliae individuals were found emerging from soil potentially associated with the commonly used rootstock varieties, which are assumed to be phylloxera tolerant. As climate change may necessitate the relocation of some viticultural areas to new wine-growing regions, there will be a greater need to control D. vitifoliae on leaves of interspecific crosses and the inspected planting material to limit further spread of the pest.  相似文献   

Triazolide strigolactone mimics as potent selective germinators of parasitic plant Phelipanche ramosa     

Marcela Dvorakova  Adela Hylova  Petr Soudek  Sarka Petrova  Lukas Spichal  Tomas Vanek 《Pest management science》2019,75(7):2049-2056

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A review of carbon isotopes of phytoliths: implications for phytolith-occluded carbon sources     

Yang  Shilei  Hao  Qian  Wang  Hailong  Van Zwieten  Lukas  Yu  Changxun  Liu  Taoze  Yang  Xiaomin  Zhang  Xiaodong  Song  Zhaoliang 《Journal of Soils and Sediments》2020,20(4):1811-1823

Journal of Soils and Sediments - Phytolith-occluded carbon (PhytOC) is mainly derived from the products of photosynthesis, which can be preserved in soils and sediments for hundreds-to-thousands of...  相似文献   

Diagnostic Ophthalmology     

Lukas T. Kawalilak  Bruce H. Grahn 《The Canadian veterinary journal. La revue veterinaire canadienne》2021,62(5):517

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Rates of foliar penetration of chelated Fe(III): role of light, stomata, species, and leaf age     

Schlegel TK  Schönherr J  Schreiber L 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2006,54(18):6809-6813

Rates of foliar penetration of Fe(III) chelates of imidodisuccinic acid (IDHA), ligninsulfonic acid (Natrel), and citric acid (ammonium ferric citrate) were studied at 20 degrees C using a leaf disk method. After drying of the donor droplets, the humidity over the donor residues was maintained at 100% because Fe(III) chelates deliquesce only when humidity is higher than 90%. The wetting agent Glucopon 215 CSUP was added at a concentration of 0.2 g L(-1) to all donor solutions. With fully expanded stomatous broad bean leaves, penetration of Fe-IDHA followed first-order kinetics and rate constants of penetration were higher in light (0.073 h(-1)) than in the dark (0.042 h(-1)). Permeability of broad been leaves to CaCl2 was about 8 times higher than to Fe-IDHA. Doubling the Fe-IDHA concentration in the donor from 2.5 to 5 mmol L(-1) decreased rate constants of Fe-IDHA penetration by a factor of 2.2. Adding the silicon surfactant Break Thru S240 at 10 g L(-1) to the donor induced infiltration of open stomata and about 80% of the applied Fe-IDHA penetrated during droplet drying, while with Glucopon 215 CSUP stomatal infiltration was not observed. With broad bean leaves, penetration of Natrel and ammonium ferric citrate also followed first-order kinetics and rate constants were also higher in light than in the dark. Adaxial astomatous surfaces of fully expanded pear, apple, and grapevine leaves were practically impermeable to Fe-IDHA while stomatous abaxial leaf surfaces were permeable, but rate constants of penetration decreased with time and differed greatly among species. Astomatous surfaces of young unfurling grapevine and peach leaves were permeable to Fe-IDHA, but permeability of stomatous surfaces was much higher. The effect of light on permeability of stomatous leaf surfaces is attributed to the presence of aqueous pores in cuticles over guard cells, and it is suggested that permeability of these pores increases as stomata open. Consequences of these results for foliar applications of Fe chelates are discussed.  相似文献