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This study employed a curve-change-based dynamic threshold approach on NDVI (Normalized Differential Vegetation Index) time series to detect the planting and harvesting dates for corn and soybean in Kentucky, a typical climatic transition zone, from 2000 to 2018. We compared satellite-based estimates with ground observations and performed trend analyses of crop phenological stages over the study period to analyze their relationships with climate change and crop yields. Our results showed that corn and soybean planting dates were delayed by 0.01 and 0.07 days\/year, respectively. Corn harvesting dates were also delayed at a rate of 0.67 days\/year, while advanced soybean harvesting occurred at a rate of 0.05 days\/year. The growing season length has increased considerably at a rate of 0.66 days\/year for corn and was shortened by 0.12 days\/year for soybean. Sensitivity analysis showed that planting dates were more sensitive to the early season temperature, while harvesting dates were significantly correlated with temperature over the entire growing season. In terms of the changing climatic factors, only the increased summer precipitation was statistically related to the delayed corn harvesting dates in Kentucky. Further analysis showed that the increased corn yield was significantly correlated with the delayed harvesting dates (1.37 Bu\/acre per day) and extended growing season length (1.67 Bu\/acre per day). Our results suggested that seasonal climate change (e.g., summer precipitation) was the main factor influencing crop phenological trends, particularly corn harvesting in Kentucky over the study period. We also highlighted the critical role of changing crop phenology in constraining crop production, which needs further efforts for optimizing crop management practices.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13091615","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,21]],"date-time":"2021-04-21T21:25:10Z","timestamp":1619040310000},"page":"1615","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Detecting Recent Crop Phenology Dynamics in Corn and Soybean Cropping Systems of Kentucky"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3439-6002","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yanjun","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA"}]},{"given":"Bo","family":"Tao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA"}]},{"given":"Liang","family":"Liang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography, College of Arts &amp; Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA"}]},{"given":"Yawen","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA"}]},{"given":"Chris","family":"Matocha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA"}]},{"given":"Chad D.","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0971-7759","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michael","family":"Sama","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1017-5467","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bassil El","family":"Masri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Murray State University, Murray, KY 42071, USA"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Ren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Hodges, T. 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