ISHS Acta Horticulturae 889: VI International Symposium on Irrigation of Horticultural Crops
EVALUATION OF PEACH TREE GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS UNDER DIFFERENT IRRIGATION STRATEGIES BY LIDAR SYSTEM: PRELIMINARY RESULTS |
| Authors: | M. Pascual, J.M. Villar, J. Rufat, J.R. Rosell, R. Sanz, J. Arnó |
| Keywords: | LIDAR, fruit production, tree volume |
| DOI: | 10.17660/ActaHortic.2011.889.26 |
| Abstract:
In a four-year experiment on peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch ‘Andross’) for fruit processing, canopy volume and tree shape were evaluated by scanning trees with a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system: a non-destructive system based on low cost laser technology. A relationship was obtained between the measured LIDAR tree volume and yield and fruit weight, suggesting that LIDAR offered a good way to evaluate fruit tree production capacity. The tree volume estimation system performed well when it was used as a component in the statistical analysis of the effects of irrigation strategy on productivity. | |
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