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a Centre UdL-IRTA, Alcalde Rovira Roure 177, 25198 Lleida, Spain
b Servei de Camps Experimentals, Barcelona, Spain
c Unitat de Fisiologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Univ. de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
conxita.royo{at}irta.es
Remote sensing measurements may be a useful tool for quantifying crop development and yield. Our objective was to study the potential of using spectral reflectance indices to provide accurate and nondestructive estimates of physiological traits determining yield in durum wheat [Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) Husn.]. Twenty-five genotypes were grown under rainfed and irrigated conditions in northeastern Spain. Reflectance from the vegetation at different growth stages was measured and the following spectral indices calculated: simple ratio (SR), normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and photochemical reflectance index (PRI). Crop dry mass (CDM), leaf area index (LAI), and green area index (GAI) were measured. All the indices and grain yield were greater under irrigated than rainfed conditions. LAI was the crop growth trait that most closely correlated with the spectral reflectance indices, with SR and PRI being the best and the worst indices, respectively, for the assessment of crop growth and yield. In rainfed conditions, the spectral reflectance indices measured at any crop stage were positively correlated (P < 0.05) with LAI and yield. Under irrigation, correlations were only significant during the second half of the grain filling. The integration of either NDVI, SR, or PRI from heading to maturity explained 52, 59, and 39% of the variability in yield within genotypes in rainfed conditions and 39, 28, and 26% under irrigation. Our results suggest that for durum wheat, the usefulness of the SR and NDVI for calculating green area and grain yield is limited to LAI values < 3.
Abbreviations: CDM, crop dry mass • GAI, green area index • GAP, green area per plant • GDD, growing degree-days • LAI, leaf area index • NDVI, normalized difference vegetation index • NIR, near-infrared radiation • PAR, photosynthetically active radiation • PRI, photochemical reflectance index • RUE, photosynthetic radiation-use efficiency • SR, simple ratio. **, Significant at the 0.01 probability level
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