MAP/GEO-REFERENCE CRITICAL PECAN AND OTHER CARYA ACCESSIONS AT ARS ORCHARDS IN SOMERVILLE AND BROWNWOOD, TEXAS

• Sponsoring Institution: Agricultural Research Service/USDA
• Project Status: ACTIVE
• Funding Source: USDA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 0435566
• Project Start Date: Sep 21, 2018
• Project End Date: Sep 20, 2021
• Program Code: [(N/A)]- (N/A)

Recipient Organization
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
750 AGRONOMY RD STE 2701
COLLEGE STATION,TX 77843-0001

Performing Department
(N/A)

Non Technical Summary
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Animal Health Component

100%

Research Effort Categories

Basic

0%

Applied

100%

Developmental

0%

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
202	1211	1080	100%

Knowledge Area
202 - Plant Genetic Resources;

Subject Of Investigation
1211 - Pecan;

Field Of Science
1080 - Genetics;

Keywords

pecan

carya

orchard

mapping

geo-referencing

pecan

database

unmanned

aerial

vehicles

Goals / Objectives
The objective of this project is to utilize modern remote sensing technology to accurately georeference individual trees in the USDA pecan orchards at Somerville and Brownwood, Texas.

Project Methods
The project will use modern geo-referencing technology supported by remote sensing (unmanned aerial vehicles, etc.) to define the coordinates of the pecan trees contained within USDA research and provenance orchards located in Somerville and Brownwood, Texas. The work will develop extensive and detailed data amenable to incorporation into an appropriate database(s) that will provide highly accurate and permanent records of tree location, identification, phenotype, etc., for utilization by reserachers and growers in crop improvement, varietal identification, etc.