Can We Select Sugarbeet Harvesting Dates Using Drone‐based Vegetation Indices?

In the Northern Great Plains, sugarbeet ( Beta vulgaris L.) harvesting is stretched out from August to October. Sensors mounted on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) may provide the information needed to identify sugarbeet approaching an optimum harvesting date that maximizes the recoverable sugar yield. The objective of this study was to relate the vegetation indices at early‐ and late‐harvest time with corresponding sugarbeet root yield, sugar...