Vegetation indices and NIR-SWIR spectral bands as a phenotyping tool for water status determination in soybean

Abstract

Drought is one of the main limiting factors of soybean production. The great deal of time and effort that current available phenotyping methods demand hampers the selection of tolerant genotypes. Therefore, the development of techniques capable of determining the water status of plants in a fast and practical way may improve the ability to distinguish genotypes under water deficit conditions. The aim of this study was to correlate physiological variables such as relative water content and gas exchange measurements, with vegetation indices (VIs) and spectral bands in order to optimize tools for plant phenotyping. Two trials were carried out, one in a climatic chamber and one in the field. The soybean genotypes were submitted to water deficit and control (irrigated) conditions. The variables measured were relative water content, leaf temperature, photosynthesis, transpiration, stomatal conductance and internal CO₂ content. The VIs NDWI₍₁₀₀₀–₁₆₀₀₎, NDWI₍₁₀₀₀–₂₃₀₀₎, NMDI, MSI and the spectral bands SWIR₁₆₀₀, SWIR₂₃₀₀, ρ1440, ρ1920, ρ1440+ρ1920, ρ1920−ρ1440 and SWIR−ρ1440 were obtained using a hyperspectral sensor. According to the results, the physiological measurements, the VIs and the spectral bands were able to differentiate the water conditions to which the genotypes were submitted and, in some cases, the indices and bands were more sensitive than the physiological measures to detect genotype effect. All indices and bands were efficient in determining the water status of soybean plants. However, the SWIR indices were the most sensitive, allowing the differentiation of a greater number of genotypes with high accuracy.

Plant phenotyping relevance

ダイズの水分状態という植物形質を、ハイパースペクトルセンサーと植生指数・スペクトル帯で高速推定する手法の開発・最適化が研究の中心であり、単なる生理測定ではない。

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