NDVI POCKET SENSOR 3 RD WORLD HAND PLANTER Adrian Koller, Jorge Rascon, Guilherme Torres, Eric Lam, Jonathan Kelly, Jeremiah Mullock, Bee Chim Seed Placement and Leaf Orientation Yield increase up to 27.1% and 30.6% (prostrate and erect hybrids respectively at pop 74,100 plants/ha) when compared to random placement HAND PLANTER 159 million has, maize, developed 34 million has, maize, 3 rd world Of the 159,531,007 hectares of maize in 2009, there were approximately 34,409,010 hectares in the developing world. Of that total, around 60% was planted by hand, representing just over 20,645,000 hectares or 13% of the total maize area in the world (www.faostat.org. Web 24 Sept. 2010). Opico Quezaltepeque, El Salvador 3 RD WORLD HAND PLANTER If single seeds could be planted cm apart, much like conventional planters accomplish in the developed world, production levels could easily increase 25%. Despite the fact that third world maize yields are generally less than 2.0 Mg/ha (Dowswell et al., 1996), this 25% yield increase on 60% of the hand planted maize area in the third world would be worth more than 3 billion dollars/year (corn price at $0.3/kg) 20,000,000 ha* 2.0 Mg/ha*0.25(% increase) *0.3 Damaged Healthy Lignin and Tannins Water Absorption Cellulose Peak Leaf PigmentsCell StructureWater Content Short Wave Infrared ( nm) Source:Spectral Data Based on Reflectance Visible Spectrum ( nm) Near Infrared ( nm) Water Absorption 97 0 April 16, 2007 Dr. Norman Borlaug Ciudad Obregon, MX OSU POCKET SENSOR PEOPLE Asst., Assoc, Full Professors Brenda Tubana, Louisiana State University Robert Mullen, Ohio State University Wade Thomason, Virginia Tech Olga Walsh, Montana State University Kent Martin, Kansas State University Byungkyun Chung, McNeese State University Brian Arnall, Oklahoma State University Kefyalew Desta, Oklahoma State University Steve Phillips, IPNI Fred Kanampiu, CIMMYT Shannon Osborne, USDA-ARS Edgar Ascencio, CARE- El Salvador Erna Lukina, Lab Director, AZ Hasil Sembiring, NARS Indonesia Francisco Gavi-Reyes, Chapingo, MX Kyle Freeman, Mosaic Paul Hodgen, Monsanto Jagadeesh Mosali, Noble Foundation Shambel Moges, Accurate Labs NRCS, Monsanto, KSU, UNL, John Deere, Servi-Tech, Noble Foundation, SST, SCS Argentina China (2) El Salvador (2) Ethiopia (3) India (2) Indonesia Iraq Kenya Korea Mexico (2) Philippines Russia (2) Uzbekistan