Predictive modeling of above-ground biomass in Brachiaria pastures from satellite and UAV Imagery using machine learning approaches

Grassland pastures are crucial for the global food supply through their milk and meat production; hence, forage species monitoring is essential for cattle feed. Therefore, knowledge of pasture above-ground canopy features help understand the crop status. This paper finds how to construct machine lea...

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Main Authors: Álvarez Mendoza, Cesar I., Guzman, Diego, Casas, Jorge, Bastidas, Mike, Polanco, Jan, Valencia Ortiz, Milton Orlando, Montenegro, Frank, Arango, Jacobo, Ishitani, Manabu, Gómez Selvaraj, Michael
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Published: MDPI 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125648
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author Álvarez Mendoza, Cesar I.
Guzman, Diego
Casas, Jorge
Bastidas, Mike
Polanco, Jan
Valencia Ortiz, Milton Orlando
Montenegro, Frank
Arango, Jacobo
Ishitani, Manabu
Gómez Selvaraj, Michael
author_browse Arango, Jacobo
Bastidas, Mike
Casas, Jorge
Guzman, Diego
Gómez Selvaraj, Michael
Ishitani, Manabu
Montenegro, Frank
Polanco, Jan
Valencia Ortiz, Milton Orlando
Álvarez Mendoza, Cesar I.
author_facet Álvarez Mendoza, Cesar I.
Guzman, Diego
Casas, Jorge
Bastidas, Mike
Polanco, Jan
Valencia Ortiz, Milton Orlando
Montenegro, Frank
Arango, Jacobo
Ishitani, Manabu
Gómez Selvaraj, Michael
author_sort Álvarez Mendoza, Cesar I.
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Grassland pastures are crucial for the global food supply through their milk and meat production; hence, forage species monitoring is essential for cattle feed. Therefore, knowledge of pasture above-ground canopy features help understand the crop status. This paper finds how to construct machine learning models to predict above-ground canopy features in Brachiaria pasture from ground truth data (GTD) and remote sensing at larger (satellite data on the cloud) and smaller (unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)) scales. First, we used above-ground biomass (AGB) data obtained from Brachiaria to evaluate the relationship between vegetation indices (VIs) with the dry matter (DM). Next, the performance of machine learning algorithms was used for predicting AGB based on VIs obtained from ground truth and satellite and UAV imagery. When comparing more than twenty-five machine learning models using an Auto Machine Learning Python API, the results show that the best algorithms were the Huber with R² = 0.60, Linear with R² = 0.54, and Extra Trees with R² = 0.45 to large scales using satellite. On the other hand, short-scale best regressions are K Neighbors with an R2 of 0.76, Extra Trees with an R² of 0.75, and Bayesian Ridge with an R² of 0.70, demonstrating a high potential to predict AGB and DM. This study is the first prediction model approach that assesses the rotational grazing system and pasture above-ground canopy features to predict the quality and quantity of cattle feed to support pasture management in Colombia.
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spelling CGSpace1256482025-12-08T10:29:22Z Predictive modeling of above-ground biomass in Brachiaria pastures from satellite and UAV Imagery using machine learning approaches Álvarez Mendoza, Cesar I. Guzman, Diego Casas, Jorge Bastidas, Mike Polanco, Jan Valencia Ortiz, Milton Orlando Montenegro, Frank Arango, Jacobo Ishitani, Manabu Gómez Selvaraj, Michael above-ground biomass precision agriculture remote sensing unmanned aerial vehicles machine learning modelling forecasting biomasa sobre el suelo agricultura de precisión teledetección Grassland pastures are crucial for the global food supply through their milk and meat production; hence, forage species monitoring is essential for cattle feed. Therefore, knowledge of pasture above-ground canopy features help understand the crop status. This paper finds how to construct machine learning models to predict above-ground canopy features in Brachiaria pasture from ground truth data (GTD) and remote sensing at larger (satellite data on the cloud) and smaller (unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)) scales. First, we used above-ground biomass (AGB) data obtained from Brachiaria to evaluate the relationship between vegetation indices (VIs) with the dry matter (DM). Next, the performance of machine learning algorithms was used for predicting AGB based on VIs obtained from ground truth and satellite and UAV imagery. When comparing more than twenty-five machine learning models using an Auto Machine Learning Python API, the results show that the best algorithms were the Huber with R² = 0.60, Linear with R² = 0.54, and Extra Trees with R² = 0.45 to large scales using satellite. On the other hand, short-scale best regressions are K Neighbors with an R2 of 0.76, Extra Trees with an R² of 0.75, and Bayesian Ridge with an R² of 0.70, demonstrating a high potential to predict AGB and DM. This study is the first prediction model approach that assesses the rotational grazing system and pasture above-ground canopy features to predict the quality and quantity of cattle feed to support pasture management in Colombia. 2022-11-19 2022-11-23T09:36:26Z 2022-11-23T09:36:26Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125648 en Open Access application/pdf MDPI Alvarez-Mendoza, C.I.; Guzman, D.; Casas, J.; Bastidas, M.; Polanco, J.; Valencia-Ortiz, M.; Montenegro, F.; Arango, J.; Ishitani, M.; Selvaraj, M.G. (2022) Predictive modeling of above-ground biomass in Brachiaria pastures from satellite and UAV Imagery using machine Learning approaches. Remote Sensing 14(22):5870. ISSN: 2072-4292
spellingShingle above-ground biomass
precision agriculture
remote sensing
unmanned aerial vehicles
machine learning
modelling
forecasting
biomasa sobre el suelo
agricultura de precisión
teledetección
Álvarez Mendoza, Cesar I.
Guzman, Diego
Casas, Jorge
Bastidas, Mike
Polanco, Jan
Valencia Ortiz, Milton Orlando
Montenegro, Frank
Arango, Jacobo
Ishitani, Manabu
Gómez Selvaraj, Michael
Predictive modeling of above-ground biomass in Brachiaria pastures from satellite and UAV Imagery using machine learning approaches
title Predictive modeling of above-ground biomass in Brachiaria pastures from satellite and UAV Imagery using machine learning approaches
title_full Predictive modeling of above-ground biomass in Brachiaria pastures from satellite and UAV Imagery using machine learning approaches
title_fullStr Predictive modeling of above-ground biomass in Brachiaria pastures from satellite and UAV Imagery using machine learning approaches
title_full_unstemmed Predictive modeling of above-ground biomass in Brachiaria pastures from satellite and UAV Imagery using machine learning approaches
title_short Predictive modeling of above-ground biomass in Brachiaria pastures from satellite and UAV Imagery using machine learning approaches
title_sort predictive modeling of above ground biomass in brachiaria pastures from satellite and uav imagery using machine learning approaches
topic above-ground biomass
precision agriculture
remote sensing
unmanned aerial vehicles
machine learning
modelling
forecasting
biomasa sobre el suelo
agricultura de precisión
teledetección
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125648
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