Abstract
Assessment of Geospatial Techniques for Agricultural Research at U.C. Kearney Track: Agriculture Author(s): Kris Lynn-Patterson, Stuart McFeeters In 2000, the University of California Kearney Agricultural Center (UCKAC), the largest Agricultural Experimental Station in California, began employing GIS technologies in research projects for spatial analysis and graphic presentation. This paper presents the results of GIS applications and the benefits thereof to the research community. Several major projects including pesticide resistance, disease distribution, precision agriculture, region-wide data input using ArcIMS, and vector control, each using various geospatial techniques, are discussed and examined. In the last 5 years, GPS and Precision Ag techniques as well as spatial statistics provided spatial information to research projects. Some techniques were more successful than others. The result of a questionnaire to ascertain the perceived benefits of GIS to research scientists and their collaborators at UCKAC are presented. Primarily, the authors explore which applications work well and enhance the investigative process, and which do not for various reasons. Kris Lynn-Patterson U.C. Kearney Ag Center Agriculture and Natural Sciences 9240 S. Riverbend Ave. Fresno, CA , CA 93648 US Phone: 559-646-6592 E-mail: krislynn@uckac.edu Stuart McFeeters Kearney Agricultural Center Agriculture and Natural Resources 9240 S. Riverbend Ave Parlier , CA 93648 US Phone: 559-646-6062 E-mail: stuartm@uckac.edu |
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