Assessing the potential of drone remotely sensed data in detecting the soil moisture content and taro leaf chlorophyll content across different phenological stages (Record no. 69545)
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| control field | 69545 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | MX-TxCIM |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20251124113536.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER | |
| International Standard Serial Number | 2073-4441 (Online) |
| 024 8# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | https://doi.org/10.3390/w17192796 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MX-TxCIM |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Masemola, R. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 40562 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Assessing the potential of drone remotely sensed data in detecting the soil moisture content and taro leaf chlorophyll content across different phenological stages |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Basel (Switzerland) : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | MDPI, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2025. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Peer review |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Open Access |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Soil moisture content is an important determinant of crop productivity, especially in agricultural systems that are dependent on rainfall. Climate variability has introduced water management challenges for smallholder farmers in Southern Africa. The emergence of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-borne remote sensing offers modern solutions for monitoring soil moisture, plant health and overall crop productivity in real-time. This study evaluated the utility of UAV-acquired data in conjunction with random forest regression in predicting soil moisture content and chlorophyll across different growth stages of taro. The estimation models achieved R2 values up to 0.90 with rRMSE as low as 1.25%, demonstrating the robust performance of random forest in concert with different spectral datasets in estimating soil moisture and chlorophyll. Correlation analysis confirmed the association between these two variables, with the strongest correlation observed during the vegetative stage (r = 0.81, p < 0.05) and the weakest during the late vegetative stage (r = 0.78, p < 0.05). The results showed that UAV bands were crucial in predicting soil moisture and chlorophyll across all stages. These results demonstrate the utility of remote sensing, particularly UAV-borne sensors, in monitoring crop productivity in smallholder farms. By employing UAV-borne sensors, farmers can improve on-farm water management and make better and more informed decisions. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Text in English |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Soil Water Content |
| Source of heading or term | AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) | 9061 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Chlorophylls |
| Source of heading or term | AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) | 7635 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Smallholders |
| Source of heading or term | AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1763 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Unmanned aerial vehicles |
| Source of heading or term | AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) | 11401 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Remote sensing |
| Source of heading or term | AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1986 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sibanda, M. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 23029 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mutanga, O. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 19859 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kunz, R. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 19181 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Chimonyo, V.G.P. |
| Field link and sequence number | 001712688 |
| Miscellaneous information | Sustainable Agrifood Systems |
| 9 (RLIN) | 19177 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mabhaudhi, T. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 18478 |
| 773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY | |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Basel (Switzerland) : MDPI, 2025. |
| Related parts | v. 17, no. 19, art. 2796 |
| Title | Water |
| International Standard Serial Number | 2073-4441 |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Link text | Open Access through DSpace |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10883/36124 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Article |
| Suppress in OPAC | No |
| Date last seen | Total Checkouts | Price effective from | Koha item type | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Withdrawn status | Home library | Current library | Date acquired |
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| 11/20/2025 | 11/20/2025 | Article | Not Lost | Dewey Decimal Classification | CIMMYT Staff Publications Collection | CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library | CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library | 11/20/2025 |