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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-1341-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-1341-2025
Research article
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10 Mar 2025
Research article |  | 10 Mar 2025

Earth observation reveals reduced winter wheat growth and the importance of plant available water during drought

Hanna Sjulgård, Lukas Valentin Graf, Tino Colombi, Juliane Hirte, Thomas Keller, and Helge Aasen

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Our study showed that stress-related crop response to changing environmental conditions can be detected by monitoring crops using satellite images at the landscape level. This could be useful for farmers to identify when stresses occur. Our results also suggest that satellite imagery can be used to discover soil impacts on crop development at farm fields. The inclusion of soil properties in satellite image analyses could further improve the accuracy of the prediction of drought stress on crops.
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