Source: NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIV submitted to NRP
ADVANCED UAS/UAV APPLICATION AND DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND BIOINFORMATICS TOOLS INTEGRATE GXEXM DATA FOR PRECISION AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT
Sponsoring Institution
Agricultural Research Service/USDA
Project Status
ACTIVE
Funding Source
USDA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0435589
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
(N/A)
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Sep 1, 2018
Project End Date
Aug 31, 2023
Grant Year
(N/A)
Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIV
1310 BOLLEY DR
FARGO,ND 58105-5750
Performing Department
(N/A)
Non Technical Summary
(N/A)
Animal Health Component
50%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
40%
Applied
50%
Developmental
10%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
1020110106020%
1020210107020%
1020410206120%
1021599106020%
1027210107020%
Knowledge Area
102 - Soil, Plant, Water, Nutrient Relationships;

Subject Of Investigation
0110 - Soil; 0210 - Water resources; 1599 - Grain crops, general/other; 0410 - Air; 7210 - Remote sensing equipment and technology;

Field Of Science
1060 - Biology (whole systems); 1070 - Ecology; 2061 - Pedology;
Goals / Objectives
Objectives 1: Develop and evaluate decision support to estimate best soil health and nutrient management strategies in selected crops based on historical, real-time, and near real-time data. Objective 2: Develop effective tools and systems to identify, map, and site-specifically manage weeds, specifically resistant weeds, using latest technologies such as unmanned aerial systems (UAS), bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, and chemical/sprayer technologies.
Project Methods
The research will focus on increasing input efficiency by quantifying the GxExM interactions and identifying the best options for input management in selected crops in the agro-ecosystems of Northern Plains. The research will focus of major crops of Northern Plains such as corn, soybean, dry edible beans, and sugarbeet that are important to North Dakota. The systems and tools should lead to improvements in agricultural productivity and agricultural landscape management.