Published in:
Agronomy Journal, 96 (2004) 1, Seite 135-142
Language:
English
DOI:
10.2134/agronj2004.1350
ISSN:
0002-1962;
1435-0645
Origination:
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Description:
<jats:p>Nondestructive monitoring and diagnosis of plant N status is necessary for precision N management. The present study was conducted to determine if canopy reflectance could be used to evaluate leaf N status in rice (<jats:italic>Oryza sativa</jats:italic> L.). Ground‐based canopy spectral reflectance and N concentration and accumulation in leaves were measured over the entire rice growing season under various treatments of N fertilization, irrigation, and plant population. Analyses were made on the relationships of seasonal canopy spectral reflectance, ratio indices, and normalized difference indices to leaf N concentration and N accumulation in rice under different N treatments. The results showed that at each sampling date, leaf N concentration was negatively related to the reflectance at the green band (560 nm) while positively related to ratio index, with the best correlation at jointing. However, the relationships between leaf N accumulation and reflectance at green band and ratio index were consistent across the whole growth period. The ratio of near infrared (NIR) to green (R<jats:sub>810</jats:sub>/R<jats:sub>560</jats:sub>) was especially linearly related to total leaf N accumulation, independent of N level and growth stage. Tests of the linear regression model with different field experiment data sets involving different plant densities, N fertilization, and irrigation treatments exhibited good agreement between the predicted and observed values, with an estimation accuracy of 96.69%, root mean square error of 0.7072, and relative error of −0.0052. These results indicate that the ratio index of NIR to green (R<jats:sub>810</jats:sub>/R<jats:sub>560</jats:sub>) should be useful for nondestructive monitoring of N status in rice plants.</jats:p>