Introduction to drone use in plant science
How are drones used to capture imagery and collect high-precision data? Here, we provide an overview!
Plant Science Drone Methods
Resources for high-throughput phenotyping and phenomics in agriculture
Drones (UAVs) are valuable tools for plant phenotyping in agriculture and ecology. These uses range from precision agriculture to ecological surveys to plant breeding. Here, we host protocols and educational resources for drone use in plant science.
See also our YouTube playlist here!
Tutorials
Remote Pilot certification study materials (Part 107)
Get certified to fly commercially! Here, we provide free study materials for the Part 107 Remote Pilot in Command knowledge test, required for commercial drone use in the United States
Setting up the mission
Using mission-planning applications to capture the best quality data for your project
Processing drone imagery in Pix4D
Turning raw images into orthomosaics, reflectance maps, and digital surface models
Introduction to QGIS
Get the basics on this awesome, free, open-source software, that will unlock the data in your drone images!
How to create plot grids in QGIS
Specify where your plots or areas of interest are!
How to calculate vegetation indices
Calculate vegetation indices to make the most of your data!
How to align maps in QGIS
Using the georeferencer makes it easy to extract data from different cameras or flight dates using a single plot grid!
How to remove soil pixels from drone imagery
Eliminate unwanted areas in your image sets
How to calculate canopy area in QGIS
Determine the canopy fraction and total canopy area in each of your plots!
How to extract vegetation indices from your data
Eliminate soil pixels and then download canopy health data from your plants, with other surfaces removed
How to calculate canopy height and volume in QGIS
Extract data on canopy area, canopy height, and canopy volume for your plots!
How to split a field map into plot images
Want to use image-based tools like ImageJ on each of your plots?
Multispectral to true color imagery
How to make true-color imagery from multispectral images
How to automate processing in QGIS
Use the Python console to automate routine steps and save time on time-series projects! No previous Python experience required
Publications!
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Funding
Funded by the Kirkhouse Trust, USDA-NIFA-SCRI, the Clif Bar Foundation, Lundberg Family Farms, Western SARE, and the Organic Farming Research Foundation!
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