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On-combine Sensing Technique For Mapping Straw Yield Within Wheat Fields
1D. S. Long, 2
1. USDA-ARS
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Straw from production of wheat is available for conversion to bioenergy. However, not all of this straw is available for conversion because a certain amount must be returned to the soil for conservation. County and state-wide inventories do not account for variation within farm fields. In this study, a technique is described that applies information from on-combine crop sensors into estimation of straw yield across fields. Straw yield could be predicted to within 350 kg ha-1 (R2 > 0.90) using grain yield, grain protein, and crop height as regression estimators. When validated in the field, the straw yield model provided a modest fit to the data (R2 = 0.58). Further testing and development is needed to improve this technique and draw conclusions. 

Keyword: wheat straw, biomass, mapping
D. S. Long            Precision Carbon Management    Oral    2010