Development of a robust sensor calibration for a commercially available rising platemeter to estimate herbage mass on temperate seminatural pastures

dc.contributor.authorWerner, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorSalazar‐Cubillas, Khaterine
dc.contributor.authorPerdana-Decker, Sari
dc.contributor.authorObermeyer, Kilian
dc.contributor.authorVelasco, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorHart, Leonie
dc.contributor.authorDickhöfer, Uta
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-19T12:58:24Z
dc.date.available2024-08-19T12:58:24Z
dc.date.issued2024de
dc.description.abstractRising platemeters are commonly used in Ireland and New Zealand for managing intensive pastures. To assess the applicability of a commercial rising platemeter operating with a microsonic sensor to estimate herbage mass with its own equation, the objectives were (i) to validate the original equation; (ii) to identify possible factors hampering its accuracy and precision; and (iii) to develop a new equation for heterogeneous swards. A comprehensive dataset (n = 1511) was compiled on the pastures of dairy farms. Compressed sward heights were measured by the rising platemeter. Herbage mass was harvested to determine reference herbage availability. The adequacy of estimating herbage mass was assessed using root mean squared error (RMSE) and mean bias. As the adequacy of the original equation was low, a new equation was developed using multiple regression models. The mean bias and the RMSE for the new equation were overall low with 201 kg dry matter/ha and 34.6%, but it tended to overestimate herbage availability at herbage mass < 500 kg dry matter/ha and underestimate it at >2500 kg dry matter/ha. Still, the newly developed equation for the microsonic sensor-based rising platemeter allows for accurate and precise estimation of available herbage mass on pastures.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/16073
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/s24072326
dc.language.isoengde
dc.rights.licensecc_byde
dc.source1424-8220de
dc.sourceSensors; Vol. 24, No. 7 (2024) 2326de
dc.subjectPasture management
dc.subjectDecision support
dc.subjectValidation
dc.subjectTemperate grasslands
dc.subjectSensor technology
dc.subject.ddc630
dc.titleDevelopment of a robust sensor calibration for a commercially available rising platemeter to estimate herbage mass on temperate seminatural pasturesen
dc.type.diniArticle
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSensors, 24 (2024), 7, 2326. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24072326. ISSN: 1424-8220
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issn1424-8220
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue7
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleSensors
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume24
local.export.bibtex@article{Werner2024, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/16073}, doi = {10.3390/s24072326}, author = {Werner, Jessica and Salazar-Cubillas, Khaterine and Perdana-Decker, Sari et al.}, title = {Development of a robust sensor calibration for a commercially available rising platemeter to estimate herbage mass on temperate seminatural pastures}, journal = {Sensors}, year = {2024}, volume = {24}, number = {7}, }
local.export.bibtexAuthorWerner, Jessica and Salazar-Cubillas, Khaterine and Perdana-Decker, Sari et al.
local.export.bibtexKeyWerner2024
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