4. «More
crop
per
drop»
1-‐Agricultures
consumes
most
of
the
world
water
resources
(70%)
2-‐Another
industries
compite
for
the
water
3-‐45%
of
food
supply
is
produced
in
irrigated
fields
4-‐Irrigated
fields
just
cover
18%
of
total
agriculture
lands
Doll
&
Siebert,
2002;
Gilbert
et
al.,
2012
5. Photosynthesis
Stomatal
conductance
0
2
1
Two
main
“ways”
to
improve
Water
Use
Efficiency
(WUE)
M a x i m i z i n g
photosynthesis
G e n e t i c
improvement &
Biotechnology
Regulated deficit
irrigation
Soil and crop
management
Irriga4on
control
,
the
quickiest
way
to
improve
on
farm
WUE
6. WHY
gs?
gs
is
a
good
indicator
of
plan
water
status
and
permit
characterize
the
degree
of
stress
Stomatal conductance (mmol H2O m-2 s-1)
0 100 200 300 400
AN(µmolCO2m
-2
s-1
)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Without
water
stress
Moderate
water
stress
Severe
water
stress
gs > 150 mmol m-2s-1
50 < gs < 150mmol
m-2s-1
gs < 50mmol m-2s-1
Medrano
et
al.
2002.
Ann
Bot.
89,895-‐905
Data
of
10
years
of
measurements
in
pot
and
field
plants
of
Manto
negro
and
Tempranillo
and
in
22
cvs
in
pots
8. Engines
MK3638
Li-‐Po
BaFery
8Amp
30C
Camera
mount
servo-‐stabilized
carbon-‐fiber
UAVEurope
®
Mul4-‐copter
6
engines
equipped
with
a
thermal
camera
:
Main
parts
Thermal
camera
GOBI384
Xenics®!
Ubiquiwifi
,
on
line
wi-‐fi
data
streaming
(Ubiqui[
Networks®)
Propellers
(APC
12x3,8
inc)
Frame
(carbon
fiber
Air-‐Sci
UAVEurope®)
Electronic
systems:
Mikrokopter®
9. Advantages
and
limita4ons
of
the
different
types
for
plant
ecophysiology
Parameter
Wing-‐span
planes
Helicopters
Mul4-‐copters
Camera
resolu4on
Lower,
+
al4tude
Higher,
-‐
al4tude
Higher,
-‐
al4tude
No
hovering
Hovering
Hovering
Mapping
Wider
Reduced
Reduced
Logis4cs
Land-‐off
requirements
No
requirements
No
requirements
Exper4se
++
technical
knowledge
+++
technical
knowledge
Plug´n´play
Flight
++
technical
knowledge
+++
technical
knowledge
User
friendly
14. More
thermal
arial
results
with
an
hexakopter
DEM
model
by
Agisov
Photoscan
-‐Flying
al4tude:
30
m
-‐Resolu4on
:
1,4
cm/px
-‐RMSE
:
1,1
cm
-‐2
cv
under
3
irriga4on
treatments
Gago
et
al.
2013
a
&
b
Gago
et
al.
2013
a
&
b
Tempranillo
Grenache
WW
D
C
C
WW
D
15. Plant
truth-‐data
at
leaf
level
-‐Leaf
water
poten4al
-‐Leaf
gas-‐exchange
measurements
16. More
integra4ve
plant
truth-‐
data
at
stem-‐plant
level
-‐Stem
Sap
flow
-‐Whole-‐plant
chamber
17. Grenache,
several
days
of
campaign:
thermal
indices
vs
gs
at
leaf
level
CWSI
IG
Gs
(mol
H2O
m-‐2
s-‐1)
Date
1
Date
2
Date
3
D
WW
C
18. Grenache,
several
days
of
campaign:
Tc-‐Ta
and
Canopy
conductance
vs
gs
at
leaf
level
Tc-‐Ta
(ºC)
Gc
(mol
H2O
m-‐2
s-‐1)
Gs
(mol
H2O
m-‐2
s-‐1)
Date
1
Date
2
Date
3
D
WW
C
19. Tc-‐Ta
and
Canopy
conductance
vs
midday
water
poten4al
at
leaf
level
in
both
cv
Tc-‐Ta
(ºC)
Midday
water
poten4al
(MPa)
Tc-‐Ta
(ºC)
Tempranillo
Grenache
Date
1
Date
4
20. Grenache,
several
days
of
campaign:
Tc-‐Ta
and
Canopy
conductance
vs
sap
flow
at
stem
level
Date
1
Date
2
Date
3
Tc-‐Ta
(ºC)
Gc
(mol
H2O
m-‐2
s-‐1)
Sapflow
(l/h)
Sapflow
(l/h)
Drought
Watered
21. So…
we
have
an
es4ma4on
of
the
transpira4on…
but
we
also
need
to
know
the
foliar
area
to
can
calculate
the
needed
irriga4on
WW
D
C
Tempranillo
Grenache
WW
D
C
R²
=
0,9301
P<0.05
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
0
2
4
6
8
Canopy
es4mated
(m2)
Plant-‐truth
foliar
area
(m2
/plant)
R²
=
0,9497
P<0.05
0
2
4
6
8
Plant-‐truth
foliar
area
(m2/plant)
W
D
C
Tempranillo
Grenache
23. Meteodruino
:
a
micro-‐open-‐hardware
meteorological
sta[on
for
mul[-‐copters:
-‐Piranometer
Apogee
SP110
Sensirion
SHT
75
(Temp
+
HR
(%)
Collec4ng
micro-‐
meteorological
data
close
to
the
plants
26. -‐UAVs
can
assess
crop
water
status
through
termography
-‐Improve
spa4al
and
temporal
resolu4on
than
aircravs
and
satellites
but
cover
minor
areas
-‐S4ll,
all
the
process
must
be
more
«user-‐friendly»
and
automated
to
can
be
generalized
for
agriculture