Document Type

Article

Author ORCID Identifier

Lia Ramos-Fernández https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3946-7188

Maria Gonzales-Quiquia https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5048-9484

José Huanuqueño-Murillo https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8511-4524

Elizabeth Heros-Aguilar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0179-3124

Alfonso Torres-Rua https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2238-9550

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Remote Sensing

Volume

16

Issue

5

Publisher

MDPI AG

Publication Date

2-24-2024

Journal Article Version

Version of Record

First Page

1

Last Page

21

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Abstract

In the face of the climate change crisis, the increase in air temperature negatively impacts rice crop productivity due to stress from water scarcity. The objective of this study was to determine the rice crop water stress index (CWSI) and stomatal conductance (Gs) under different irrigation regimes, specifically continuous flood irrigation treatments (CF) and irrigations with alternating wetting and drying (AWD) at water levels of 5 cm, 10 cm, and 20 cm below the soil surface (AWD5, AWD10, and AWD20) in an experimental area of INIA-Vista Florida and in six commercial areas of the Lambayeque region using thermal images captured with thermal sensors. The results indicated that AWD irrigation generated more water stress, with CWSI values between 0.4 and 1.0. Despite this, the yields were similar in CF and AWD20. In the commercial areas, CWSI values between 0.38 and 0.51 were obtained, with Santa Julia having the highest values. Furthermore, a strong Pearson correlation (R) of 0.91 was established between the CWSI and Gs, representing a reference scale based on Gs values for evaluating water stress levels.

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