ConstraintID: An online software tool to assist grain growers in Australia identify areas affected by soil constraints

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Orton, TG
McClymont, D
Page, KL
Menzies, NW
Dang, YP
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2022
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Soil constraints, such as soil sodicity, salinity and acidity, are one cause of yield loss for grain growers globally. A first step towards reducing the associated yield gap is the identification of the area affected and the soil constraint/s responsible for the yield loss. Within a single field, persistent spatial variation of crop growth that repeats year after year is likely due to some form of soil constraint. Vegetation indices derived from satellite imagery can provide a valuable alternative to yield maps for assessing these persistent patterns. The variation identified from remote-sensing data can be compared with soil data from the field to help identify which soil constraints are potentially causing yield differences. This application note describes ConstraintID (www.constraintid.com.au), a web-based software tool that makes it easy for growers to use and interact with remote-sensing data to (1) reveal the persistent long-term variation of crop growth within their fields, (2) devise targeted soil sampling plans and (3) interpret the resulting soil data in view of critical values for certain soil constraints.

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Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

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202

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Soil sciences

Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences

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Orton, TG; McClymont, D; Page, KL; Menzies, NW; Dang, YP, ConstraintID: An online software tool to assist grain growers in Australia identify areas affected by soil constraints, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2022, 202, pp. 107422

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