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Detection of False Broomweed (Ericameria austrotexana) by Aerial Photography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

James H. Everitt ,
Sammy J. Ingle ,
Harold W. Gausman  and
Herman S. Mayeux Jr.
James H. Everitt
Affiliation:
Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., P.O. Box 267, Weslaco, TX 78596; Texas Tech. Univ., Plant Stress and Water Cons. Res. Unit, Lubbock, TX 79409; and P.O. Box 748, Temple, TX 76503
Sammy J. Ingle
Affiliation:
Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., P.O. Box 267, Weslaco, TX 78596; Texas Tech. Univ., Plant Stress and Water Cons. Res. Unit, Lubbock, TX 79409; and P.O. Box 748, Temple, TX 76503
Harold W. Gausman
Affiliation:
Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., P.O. Box 267, Weslaco, TX 78596; Texas Tech. Univ., Plant Stress and Water Cons. Res. Unit, Lubbock, TX 79409; and P.O. Box 748, Temple, TX 76503
Herman S. Mayeux Jr.
Affiliation:
Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., P.O. Box 267, Weslaco, TX 78596; Texas Tech. Univ., Plant Stress and Water Cons. Res. Unit, Lubbock, TX 79409; and P.O. Box 748, Temple, TX 76503
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Abstract

False broomweed (Ericameria austrotexana M.C. Johnst.) had lower near-infrared (0.75- to 0.90-μm waveband) reflectance than did six other associated rangeland species and mixed herbaceous vegetation. False broomweed's low near-infrared reflectance was attributed to its erectophile (erect-leaf) canopy structure. Other species had planophile (horizontal-leaf) or intermediate-leaf orientation. False broomweed's low near-infrared reflectance caused its image to be dark reddish-brown on color-infrared (0.50- to 0.90-μm waveband) film, compared with red or magenta images of other rangeland species. Microdensitometric measurements made on the film showed that false broomweed had significantly higher optical counts than those of associated species and mixtures of species.

Keywords

Remote sensingreflectancecolor-infrared
Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 32 , Issue 5 , September 1984 , pp. 621 - 624
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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