ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2022, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 165-177

Changes in the spectral characteristics of cultivated and weed plants under the influence of mineral fertilizers in agrocenoses of the North-West of Russia

A.M. Shpanev 1 , V.V. Smuk 1 
1 Agrophysical Research Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Accepted: 04.05.2022
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2022-19-3-165-177
The use of mineral fertilizers is an essential part of effective agricultural production throughout the world. In our country, it is especially important to improve the nutrition regime of cultivated plants on low-fertile sod-podzolic soils of the North-West region. At the same time, the application of fertilizers can lead to changes in the spectral characteristics of cultivated and weed plants, which makes it difficult to interpret the data obtained from remote sensing of the Earth using satellites or unmanned aerial vehicles in relation to assessing the phytosanitary state of agrocenoses. The study of the characteristics of the reflectivity of cultivated plants and weeds and its variability under the influence of applied mineral fertilizers was carried out on the experimental basis of the Menkovsky branch of the Agrophysical Research Institute in 2020. The objects of hyperspectral ground measurements were spring barley and potato plants, as crops that are widely distributed in the North-West of Russia, as well as the most typical weed species for agrocenoses of these crops. Statistical processing confirmed the presence of significant differences in the reflective properties of cultivated and weed plants in the near infrared range, and for spring barley – in the entire range of measurements (320–1100 nm). These differences were clearly identified both in the initial period of plant development and in the middle of the growing season. Under the influence of mineral fertilizers, an increase in the reflectivity of spring barley plants and most types of weeds was observed, mainly due to the near infrared range. Within the fertilized variant, the spectral brightness of spring barley leaves turned out to be higher than on weeds, while on the unfertilized variant it was lower. The results obtained indicate good prospects for the use of hyperspectral measurements in assessing weed growth in agrocenoses, including the spatially uneven distribution of weeds under the influence of mineral fertilizers, and the differentiated use of herbicides provided for by the precision farming system.
Keywords: spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), weeds, mineral fertilizers, ground-based hyperspectral measurements, spectral characteristic, spectral brightness factor
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