Improving Winter Wheat Yield Estimation Under Saline Stress by Integrating Sentinel-2 and Soil Salt Content Using Random Forest

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第一作者： Lu, Chuang

作者： Lu, Chuang;Dong, Shiwei;Li, Yinkun;Lu, Chuang;Dong, Shiwei;Liu, Yu;Pan, Yuchun;Yang, Maowei

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关键词： yield estimation; saline stress; growth period; vegetation index; salt index; random forest

期刊名称：AGRICULTURE-BASEL （ 影响因子：3.6； 五年影响因子：3.8 ）

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年卷期： 2025 年 15 卷 14 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Accurate estimation of winter wheat yield under saline stress is crucial for addressing food security challenges and optimizing agricultural management in regional soils. This study proposed a method integrating Sentinel-2 data and field-measured soil salt content (SC) using a random forest (RF) method to improve yield estimation of winter wheat in Kenli County, a typical saline area in China's Yellow River Delta. First, feature importance analysis of a temporal vegetation index (VI) and salinity index (SI) across all growth periods were achieved to select main parameters. Second, yield models of winter wheat were developed in VI-, SI-, VI + SI-, and VI + SI + SC-based groups. Furthermore, error assessment and spatial yield mapping were analyzed in detail. The results demonstrated that feature importance varied by growth periods. SI dominated in pre-jointing periods, while VI was better in the post-jointing phase. The VI + SI + SC-based model achieved better accuracy (R2 = 0.78, RMSE = 720.16 kg/ha) than VI-based (R2 = 0.71), SI-based (R2 = 0.69), and VI + SI-based (R2 = 0.77) models. Error analysis results suggested that the residuals were reduced as the input parameters increased, and the VI + SI + SC-based model showed a good consistency with the field-measured yields. The spatial distribution of winter wheat yield using the VI + SI + SC-based model showed significant differences, and average yields in no, slight, moderate, and severe salinity areas were 7945, 7258, 5217, and 4707 kg/ha, respectively. This study can provide a reference for winter wheat yield estimation and crop production improvement in saline regions.

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