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Identifying crop yield gaps with site- and season-specific data-driven models of yield potential

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PRECISION AGRICULTURE
卷 23, 期 2, 页码 578-601

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-021-09850-7

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Cotton; Irrigation; Yield stability; Yield variability; Data-driven models; Precision agriculture

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  1. Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
  2. University of Sydney

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This study aimed to develop a novel approach to identify crop yield gaps, utilizing quantile random forest machine learning models to simulate crop yield potential for different seasons and locations. The results showed that the new method is more accurate and site- and season-specific compared to traditional methods, with potential for widespread adoption in cropping systems.
There is considerable interest and value in identifying the gap between crop yields that have actually been achieved, and yields that could have potentially been achieved. A suite of methods currently exist to estimate the yield potential of a crop, but there are no approaches that predict the site- and season-specific yield potential using datasets that are readily available and easily accessible for farmers. The aim of this study was to fill this need and develop a novel approach to identify crop yield gaps through site- and season-specific models of crop yield potential. The study focused on cotton lint yield, with data from 14 different seasons and 68 different fields from a collection of large, irrigated cotton farms in eastern Australia. This abundance of yield data was then joined with other spatial and temporal datasets that describe yield, such as rainfall, temperature, soil, and management. A quantile random forest machine learning model was then used to model yield at 30 m resolution, where the 95th percentile predictions were treated as the yield potential. The yield gaps at a 30 m resolution were then estimated for all seasons and sites. The results were compared to a more traditional 'historical maximum yield' approach, where no data modelling and only empirical yield data was used to estimate the yield potential. This revealed that there was a general agreement between the two approaches, although the quantile machine learning approach is both site- and season-specific, not just site-specific. Overall, there is a great need for alternative approaches to estimate yield potential and yield gaps, as the approaches currently available possess many limitations. The approach developed in this study has the potential for wide-spread adoption in broadacre cropping systems, and if the causes of yield gaps are identified, could lead to the implementation of management strategies to close them.

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