Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/23075
Title: Relationship of Date Palm Tree Density to Dubas Bug Ommatissus lybicus Infestation in Omani Orchards
Contributor(s): Al Shidi, Rashid (author); Kumar, Lalit  (author)orcid ; Al-Khatri, Salim A H (author); Albahri, Malik M (author); Alaufi, Mohammed S (author)
Publication Date: 2018
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture8050064Open Access Link
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/23075
Abstract: Date palm trees, Phoenix dactylifera, are the primary crop in Oman. Most date palm cultivation is under the traditional agricultural system. The plants are usually under dense planting, which makes them prone to pest infestation. The main pest attacking date palm crops in Oman is the Dubas bug Ommatissus lybicus. This study integrated modern technology, remote sensing and geographic information systems to determine the number of date palm trees in traditional agriculture locations to find the relationship between date palm tree density and O. lybicus infestation. A local maxima method for tree identification was used to determine the number of date palm trees from high spatial resolution satellite imagery captured byWorldView-3 satellite. Window scale sizes of 3, 5 and 7 m were tested and the results showed that the best window size for date palm trees number detection was 7 m, with an overall estimation accuracy 88.2%. Global regression ordinary least square (OLS) and local geographic weighted regression (GWR) were used to test the relationship between infestation intensity and tree density. The GWR model showed a good positive significant relationship between infestation and tree density in the spring season with R2 = 0.59 and medium positive significant relationship in the autumn season with R2 = 0.30. In contrast, the OLS model results showed a weak positive significant relationship in the spring season with R2 = 0.02, p < 0.05 and insignificant relationship in the autumn season with R2 = 0.01, p > 0.05. The results indicated that there was a geographic effect on the infestation of O. lybicus, which had a greater impact on infestation severity, and that the impact of tree density was higher in the spring season than in autumn season.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Agriculture, 8(5), p. 1-14
Publisher: MDPI AG
Place of Publication: Switzerland
ISSN: 2077-0472
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 070302 Agronomy
090903 Geospatial Information Systems
090905 Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 300403 Agronomy
401302 Geospatial information systems and geospatial data modelling
401304 Photogrammetry and remote sensing
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 960403 Control of Animal Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments
960405 Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species at Regional or Larger Scales
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 180602 Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in terrestrial environments
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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School of Environmental and Rural Science

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