Monitoring sugarcane growth phases based on satellite image analysis (A case study in indramayu and its surrounding, West Java, Indonesia)
Susantoro T.M.a,b, Wikantika K.a,c, Harto A.B.a, Suwardi D.a
a Center for Remote Sensing, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia
b Research and Development Center for Oil and Gas Technology “LEMIGAS”, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jakarta, Indonesia
c ForMIND Institute (Indonesian Young Researcher Forum), Bandung, Indonesia
Abstract
© 2019 Institut Pertanian Bogor.This study is intended to examine the growing phases and the harvest of sugarcane crops. The growing phases is analyzed with remote sensing approaches. The remote sensing data employed is Landsat 8. The vegetation indices of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Enhanced Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (ENDVI) are employed to analyze the growing phases and the harvest of sugarcane crops. Field survey was conducted in March and August 2017. The research results shows that March is the peak of the third phase (Stem elonging phase or grand growth phase), the period from May to July is the fourth phase (maturing or ripening phase), and the period from August to October is the peak of harvest. In January, the sugarcane crops begin to grow and some sugarcane crops enter the third phase again. The research results also found the sugarcane plants that do not grow well near the oil and gas field. This condition is estimated due as the impact of hydrocarbon microseepage. The benefit of this research is to identify the sugarcane growth cycle and harvest. Having knowing this, it will be easier to plan the seed development and crops transport.
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Indexed keywords
ENDVI,Growth Phases,Landsat 8,NDVI,Sugarcane
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I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all those who have provided me the opportunity to complete this paper. Special thank and appreciation are addressed to Mrs. Fithriani Agustin from Geological Survey Center, Geological Agency, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and Mr. Yudhi, Mr. Heri, and Mr. Triwijaya from Research and Develompent Center for Oil and gas ?LEMIGAS? Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources for assisting the field survey.