SHP Buddy

SHP Buddy generates shapefiles for common experimental layouts used in agricultural research, enabling plot identification from aerial imagery and remote sensing data extraction for high-throughput phenotyping.

Key Features:

• Serpentine layout generation: Generates serpentine replicated and unreplicated experimental layouts.
• Non-experimental plot removal: Removes non-experimental plots such as fill plots at the end of experiments or plots in irrigation wheel tracks.
• Field book integration: Incorporates plot information by uploading a field book CSV file containing a column of matching plot numbers.
• Plot dimension modification: Modifies plot dimensions to produce more precise regions of interest.

Scientific Applications:

• High-throughput phenotyping: Supports plot identification from aerial imagery and extraction of remote sensing data in plant breeding and agronomic studies.
• Agricultural field experiments: Generates shapefiles for common experimental layouts used in agricultural research to improve record keeping and data quality.

Methodology:

SHP Buddy functions as a QGIS plugin that generates shapefiles by processing user-specified experimental layout parameters and integrating plot information from uploaded field book CSV files.