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Criteria for Space-Based Sensor Applied to Bt Crop Monitoring
Citation:
Casas, J., J. A. GLASER, AND K. L. Copenhaver. Criteria for Space-Based Sensor Applied to Bt Crop Monitoring. Presented at 2009 ESA Annual Meeting, #1026, Indianapolis, IN, December 13 - 16, 2009.
Impact/Purpose:
To inform the public.
Description:
A joint agro-ecosystem research effort of NASA and USEPA has focused on the development of a decision support system designed to predict the development of insect pest resistance to transgenic toxins in maize. The use of NASA-developed remote sensing technologies that significantly contribute to a multilevel monitoring system was a major goal of the cooperative research. NASA and collaborators have used technologies ranging from satellite and airborne platforms and resulting information products to assist the development of new methods to monitor the United States maize crop for resistance development and applications to USEPA spatially explicit resistance simulation models. NASA products have been used to determine locations of maize, transgenic status, maize phenology and potential stresses to maize which may be associated with insect infestations. The results have led to positive identification of insect infestation in production maize fields exhibiting transgenic toxins. Future endeavors include the implementation of NASA remote sensing products of various spectral, spatial and temporal resolutions into a decision support system to be used by USEPA in an operational monitoring system for resistance development. NASA is also investigating the potential development of micro-satellite and other instrumentation platforms specifically designed to assist these efforts.
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