Relationship between MODIS-NDVI data and wheat yield A case study in Northern Buenos Aires province, Argentina》.pdf

HO ST E D BY Available at INFORMATION PROCESSING IN AGRICULTURE 2 (2015) 73–84 journ al h omepage: /loc ate/inp a Relationship between MODIS-NDVI data and wheat yield: A case study in Northern Buenos Aires province, Argentina a,* b,d ´ c Mariano F. Lopresti , Carlos M. Di Bella , Americo J. Degioanni a Instituto Nacional de Tecnologı´a Agropecuaria (INTA), EEA Pergamino, Ruta 32 km 4.5, Pergamino 2700, Buenos Aires, Argentina b INTA-Castelar, CNIA, Instituto de Clima y Agua, Las Cabanas y Los Reseros S/N, Hurlingham 1686, Buenos Aires, Argentina ˜ c ´ UNRC, Facultad de Agronomı´a y Veterinaria, Departamento de Ecologı´a Agraria, Ruta Nacional 36 km 601, Rı´o Cuarto 5800, Cordoba, Argentina d ´ CONICET – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientı´ficas y Tecnicas, Argentina A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: In countries like Argentina, whose economy depends heavily on crop production, the estima- Received 12 August 2014 tion of harvests is an elementary requirement. Besides providing objectivity, the use of Received in revised form remote sensing allows estimating yield in advance. Since the time of maximum leaf area 9 June 2015 in wheat corresponds with the critical period of the crop, a good relations