Session: Symposium--Extending Remote & Digital Technologies to Traditional Crop Variety & Hybrid Trials

Division: ASA Section: Agronomic Production Systems

Title: Symposium--Extending Remote & Digital Technologies to Traditional Crop Variety & Hybrid Trials

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Cosponsor: ASA Section: Education and Extension
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Format: Oral Symposium
Keywords: Drone, Extension education, Remote sensing and Variety trials

Session Description: What role can drone, remote sensing, in-canopy and soil sensors fulfill in traditional crop variety/hybrid trials routinely conducted by extension, research, and seed companies?  Can it be done in manageable fashion?  These trials traditionally report yield and crop quality measures.  This trial data is often the first information producers want for decisions in variety/hybrid selection.  Can newer technologies improve the information generated?  Presenters will share their experience in adapting new technologies to these traditional variety/hybrid evaluations.