- It is now possible to specify extra columns to be returned in the output from
biomass_table. - Values of
timeare now calculated usingBioCro::add_time_to_weather_datato ensure they are always consistent with BioCro's time definition. - Values of partitioned leaf mass can be set to
NAwhen creating aharvest_point, which is treated as if the leaf mass had not been provided.
- LMA is now included in the output from
biomass_table. - New crop-specific guides to harvesting and weighing are now available, along
with a convenience function for creating such guides (
generate_crop_guide). - The new sheets are now mentioned in the main vignette
(
handling_biomass_measurements). - A new vignette has been added (
images_from_the_field) that illustrates parts of the harvesting and weighing process using pictures from the field.
- Two new methods for estimating LAI were added to
process:LAI_from_planting_densityandLAI_from_measured_population. The original LAI estimate was renamed fromLAItoLAI_from_LMAto better indicate the different estimates. - Allow the user to (optionally) specify plant spacing in additiong to row
spacing and plant population when creating a
harvest_pointobject. If all three are specified, a consistency check will be performed. If only two are specified, the value of the third will be calculated. add_seed_biomassnow takes planting density from the input data frame.- Renamed two other variables to make their meaning more clear:
target_populationwas renamed toplanting_densitypopulationwas renamed tomeasured_population
- PRs related to creating this version:
- A bug related to partial name matching for partitioning components was
detected and fixed. In short, if a value of
leafmass was not supplied but a value ofleaf_litterwas supplied, the leaf litter mass would be used byprocesswhen calculating LMA and other related properties, leading to errors. Now, the internal code does not use partial name matching, and the user is able to supply a different name for the leaf tissue component if it does not have the standard name ofleaf. - PRs related to creating this version:
- This is the first version of BioCroField. At this point, the package is in a state of rapid development, and not all changes will be described here.
- We are reserving version
1.0.0for a more stable and complete future release; until then, major changes should only increase the minor version number.