Prediction of Brachiaria decumbens forage biomass using structural characteristics

ABSTRACT Tools that generate models with good biomass predictive capacity are essential to maintain the sustainability of production systems. The objective was to analyze the relationship between forage biomass and structural variables and generate models to predict total forage biomass (TFB) and gr...

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Autores principales: Conrado,Jefte A. de A., Lopes,Marcos N., Cândido,Magno J.D., Macedo,Vitor H.M., Silva,Valdson J. da, Damasceno,Vitória G.
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-583920210003004672021-08-16Prediction of Brachiaria decumbens forage biomass using structural characteristicsConrado,Jefte A. de A.Lopes,Marcos N.Cândido,Magno J.D.Macedo,Vitor H.M.Silva,Valdson J. daDamasceno,Vitória G. Brachiaria decumbens height leaf area index NDVI. ABSTRACT Tools that generate models with good biomass predictive capacity are essential to maintain the sustainability of production systems. The objective was to analyze the relationship between forage biomass and structural variables and generate models to predict total forage biomass (TFB) and green leaf blade biomass (GLB). Irrigated pastures of Brachiaria decumbens Stapf &#8216;Basilisk&#8217; were kept under rotational stocking with sheep (Ovis aries L.) The TFB, GLB, leaf area index (LAI), height (cm), and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) were evaluated. The experimental design was completely randomized with four replicates: ten and five cycles of defoliation management, respectively, were used to generate and validate the stages of the models. The best goodness of fit was obtained by nonlinear models for both TFB and GLB, which can be confirmed by high Spearman&#8217;s correlations and significance (P < 0.0001). The path analysis showed low collinearity (42.60) between NDVI, LAI, and height; the high determination coefficient (R²) with values of 0.8421 and 0.7767 demonstrated their associations with TFB and GLB, respectively. Among the studied models to predict TFB and GLB, only exponentials using NDVI and power using LAI and height showed the best fit. In the validation stage, the models related to height exhibited the highest performance with 0.9531 (TFB) and 0.9638 (GLB) d-index, -2.3 (TFB) and -7.20 (GLB) bias, and 0.8532 (TFB) and 0.8932 (GLB) R². Only nonlinear models using height (cm) to predict TFB and GLB had the best practical application potential, thus ensuring efficiency in data collection.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIAChilean journal of agricultural research v.81 n.3 20212021-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-58392021000300467en10.4067/S0718-58392021000300467
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Brachiaria decumbens
height
leaf area index
NDVI.
spellingShingle Brachiaria decumbens
height
leaf area index
NDVI.
Conrado,Jefte A. de A.
Lopes,Marcos N.
Cândido,Magno J.D.
Macedo,Vitor H.M.
Silva,Valdson J. da
Damasceno,Vitória G.
Prediction of Brachiaria decumbens forage biomass using structural characteristics
description ABSTRACT Tools that generate models with good biomass predictive capacity are essential to maintain the sustainability of production systems. The objective was to analyze the relationship between forage biomass and structural variables and generate models to predict total forage biomass (TFB) and green leaf blade biomass (GLB). Irrigated pastures of Brachiaria decumbens Stapf &#8216;Basilisk&#8217; were kept under rotational stocking with sheep (Ovis aries L.) The TFB, GLB, leaf area index (LAI), height (cm), and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) were evaluated. The experimental design was completely randomized with four replicates: ten and five cycles of defoliation management, respectively, were used to generate and validate the stages of the models. The best goodness of fit was obtained by nonlinear models for both TFB and GLB, which can be confirmed by high Spearman&#8217;s correlations and significance (P < 0.0001). The path analysis showed low collinearity (42.60) between NDVI, LAI, and height; the high determination coefficient (R²) with values of 0.8421 and 0.7767 demonstrated their associations with TFB and GLB, respectively. Among the studied models to predict TFB and GLB, only exponentials using NDVI and power using LAI and height showed the best fit. In the validation stage, the models related to height exhibited the highest performance with 0.9531 (TFB) and 0.9638 (GLB) d-index, -2.3 (TFB) and -7.20 (GLB) bias, and 0.8532 (TFB) and 0.8932 (GLB) R². Only nonlinear models using height (cm) to predict TFB and GLB had the best practical application potential, thus ensuring efficiency in data collection.
author Conrado,Jefte A. de A.
Lopes,Marcos N.
Cândido,Magno J.D.
Macedo,Vitor H.M.
Silva,Valdson J. da
Damasceno,Vitória G.
author_facet Conrado,Jefte A. de A.
Lopes,Marcos N.
Cândido,Magno J.D.
Macedo,Vitor H.M.
Silva,Valdson J. da
Damasceno,Vitória G.
author_sort Conrado,Jefte A. de A.
title Prediction of Brachiaria decumbens forage biomass using structural characteristics
title_short Prediction of Brachiaria decumbens forage biomass using structural characteristics
title_full Prediction of Brachiaria decumbens forage biomass using structural characteristics
title_fullStr Prediction of Brachiaria decumbens forage biomass using structural characteristics
title_full_unstemmed Prediction of Brachiaria decumbens forage biomass using structural characteristics
title_sort prediction of brachiaria decumbens forage biomass using structural characteristics
publisher Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA
publishDate 2021
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-58392021000300467
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