GRAPEGROWING
soil moisture, canopy growth, architecture and plant water status.
The techniques are mapping 2D and
3D soil-wetting patterns, cover photography for leaf area index (LAI) and
architecture assessment, infrared (IR)
thermography and near infrared (NIR)
spectroscopy. This work in relating the
short-range remote-sensing techniques
constitutes an additional step forward
in implementation of these technologies
as an automated routine technique for
physiological vineyard assessment from
proximal sensing and unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAV) platforms, such as drones
and robots.
Description of new technologies
for the vineyard
Research currently being undertaken
within the international VOF uses the
Advanced Integrated Monitoring and
Logging System (AIVMSL) approach (see
Figure 1).
New in-soil monitoring techniques
Soil wetting and nutrient patterns
A wetting pattern analyzer (WPA) program has been created by the Australian
arm of the VOF to characterize 2D and
3D soil wetting and nutrient patterns
Figure 1. Advanced Integrated Vineyard Monitoring and Logging System (AIVMLS).
Evaluate Canopy Growth and Leaf Area Index
Understand Soil Carbon Storage
Measure Instantaneous Water Use Effciency
Standard-Setting Instruments for
Agriculture and Viticulture Research
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