MAPPING THE EXISTING SPATIAL VARIATION IN CANOPY VIGOR AND CROP LOAD PRESENT IN FRUIT ORCHARDS TO MAKE PRECISION AGRICULTURE FEASIBLE
Creating maps of fruit tree characteristics for the expert to interpret and giving advice to the farmer on how to use them. Finally, to use the fruit tree characteristics as an input for dynamical physiological models that will make it feasible to run different management scenarios and estimate what their impact will be on the potential yield.
Competences gained at VITO
R programming skills, working with GIS and drone data, working with the ASD hyperspectral device, helping to coordinate the drone flight campaign, scientific writing.
My added value
The combination of my knowledge of agriculture and image processing skills.
I would like to stay in research with a focus on remote sensing, data exploration, analysis and finally developing an operational product for the stakeholders involved.
Yasmin Vanbrabant
