scholarly journals Monitoring Wheat Growth Using a Portable Three-Band Instrument for Crop Growth Monitoring and Diagnosis

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 2894
Author(s):  
Huaimin Li ◽  
Weipan Lin ◽  
Fangrong Pang ◽  
Xiaoping Jiang ◽  
Weixing Cao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Vegetation Indices ◽  
Growth Index ◽  
Leaf Nitrogen ◽  
Crop Growth ◽  
Growth Monitoring ◽  
Leaf Nitrogen Content ◽  
Growth Indices ◽  
Wheat Growth ◽  
Monitoring And Diagnosis

An instrument developed to monitor and diagnose crop growth can quickly and non-destructively obtain crop growth information, which is helpful for crop field production and management. Focusing on the problems with existing two-band instruments used for crop growth monitoring and diagnosis, such as insufficient information available on crop growth and low accuracy of some growth indices retrieval, our research team developed a portable three-band instrument for crop-growth monitoring and diagnosis (CGMD) that obtains a larger amount of information. Based on CGMD, this paper carried out studies on monitoring wheat growth indices. According to the acquired three-band reflectance spectra, the combined indices were constructed by combining different bands, two-band vegetation indices (NDVI, RVI, and DVI), and three-band vegetation indices (TVI-1 and TVI-2). The fitting results of the vegetation indices obtained by CGMD and the commercial instrument FieldSpec HandHeld2 was high and the new instrument could be used for monitoring the canopy vegetation indices. By fitting each vegetation index to the growth index, the results showed that the optimal vegetation indices corresponding to leaf area index (LAI), leaf dry weight (LDW), leaf nitrogen content (LNC), and leaf nitrogen accumulation (LNA) were TVI-2, TVI-1, NDVI (R730, R815), and NDVI (R730, R815), respectively. R2 values corresponding to LAI, LDW, LNC and LNA were 0.64, 0.84, 0.60, and 0.82, respectively, and their relative root mean square error (RRMSE) values were 0.29, 0.26, 0.17, and 0.30, respectively. The addition of the red spectral band to CGMD effectively improved the monitoring results of wheat LAI and LDW. Focusing the problem of vegetation index saturation, this paper proposed a method to construct the wheat-growth-index spectral monitoring models that were defined according to the growth periods. It improved the prediction accuracy of LAI, LDW, and LNA, with R2 values of 0.79, 0.85, and 0.85, respectively, and the RRMSE values of these growth indices were 0.22, 0.23, and 0.28, respectively. The method proposed here could be used for the guidance of wheat field cultivation.

scholarly journals Development of an Apparatus for Crop-Growth Monitoring and Diagnosis

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 3129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Ni ◽  
Jingchao Zhang ◽  
Rusong Wu ◽  
Fangrong Pang ◽  
Yan Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Leaf Nitrogen ◽  
Crop Growth ◽  
Growth Monitoring ◽  
Nitrogen Accumulation ◽  
Leaf Nitrogen Content ◽  
Area Index ◽  
Linear Fitting ◽  
Monitoring And Diagnosis ◽  
Mean Square Errors

To non-destructively acquire leaf nitrogen content (LNC), leaf nitrogen accumulation (LNA), leaf area index (LAI), and leaf dry weight (LDW) data at high speed and low cost, a portable apparatus for crop-growth monitoring and diagnosis (CGMD) was developed according to the spectral monitoring mechanisms of crop growth. According to the canopy characteristics of crops and actual requirements of field operation environments, splitting light beams by using an optical filter and proper structural parameters were determined for the sensors. Meanwhile, an integral-type weak optoelectronic signal processing circuit was designed, which changed the gain of the system and guaranteed the high resolution of the apparatus by automatically adjusting the integration period based on the irradiance received from ambient light. In addition, a coupling processor system for a sensor information and growth model based on the microcontroller chip was developed. Field experiments showed that normalised vegetation index (NDVI) measured separately through the CGMD apparatus and the ASD spectrometer showed a good linear correlation. For measurements of canopy reflectance spectra of rice and wheat, their linear determination coefficients (R2) were 0.95 and 0.92, respectively while the root mean square errors (RMSEs) were 0.02 and 0.03, respectively. NDVI value measured by using the CGMD apparatus and growth indices of rice and wheat exhibited a linear relationship. For the monitoring models for LNC, LNA, LAI, and LDW of rice based on linear fitting of NDVI, R2 were 0.64, 0.67, 0.63 and 0.70, and RMSEs were 0.31, 2.29, 1.15 and 0.05, respectively. In addition, R2 of the models for monitoring LNC, LNA, LAI, and LDW of wheat on the basis of linear fitting of NDVI were 0.82, 0.71, 0.72 and 0.70, and RMSEs were 0.26, 2.30, 1.43, and 0.05, respectively.

scholarly journals Assessing the Effect of Real Spatial Resolution of In Situ UAV Multispectral Images on Seedling Rapeseed Growth Monitoring

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Chufeng Wang ◽  
Chenghai Yang ◽  
Tianjin Xie ◽  
Zhao Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽  
Vegetation Indices ◽  
Crop Growth ◽  
Growth Monitoring ◽  
Multispectral Images ◽  
Area Index ◽  
Uav Images

The spatial resolution of in situ unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) multispectral images has a crucial effect on crop growth monitoring and image acquisition efficiency. However, existing studies about optimal spatial resolution for crop monitoring are mainly based on resampled images. Therefore, the resampled spatial resolution in these studies might not be applicable to in situ UAV images. In order to obtain optimal spatial resolution of in situ UAV multispectral images for crop growth monitoring, a RedEdge Micasense 3 camera was installed onto a DJI M600 UAV flying at different heights of 22, 29, 44, 88, and 176m to capture images of seedling rapeseed with ground sampling distances (GSD) of 1.35, 1.69, 2.61, 5.73, and 11.61 cm, respectively. Meanwhile, the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) measured by a GreenSeeker (GS-NDVI) and leaf area index (LAI) were collected to evaluate the performance of nine vegetation indices (VIs) and VI*plant height (PH) at different GSDs for rapeseed growth monitoring. The results showed that the normalized difference red edge index (NDRE) had a better performance for estimating GS-NDVI (R2 = 0.812) and LAI (R2 = 0.717), compared with other VIs. Moreover, when GSD was less than 2.61 cm, the NDRE*PH derived from in situ UAV images outperformed the NDRE for LAI estimation (R2 = 0.757). At oversized GSD (≥5.73 cm), imprecise PH information and a large heterogeneity within the pixel (revealed by semi-variogram analysis) resulted in a large random error for LAI estimation by NDRE*PH. Furthermore, the image collection and processing time at 1.35 cm GSD was about three times as long as that at 2.61 cm. The result of this study suggested that NDRE*PH from UAV multispectral images with a spatial resolution around 2.61 cm could be a preferential selection for seedling rapeseed growth monitoring, while NDRE alone might have a better performance for low spatial resolution images.

scholarly journals Wheat Growth Monitoring and Yield Estimation based on Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaopeng Fu ◽  
Jie Jiang ◽  
Yang Gao ◽  
Brian Krienke ◽  
Meng Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Wheat Yield ◽  
Crop Growth ◽  
Growth Monitoring ◽  
Yield Estimation ◽  
Wheat Growth ◽  
Aerial Vehicle

Leaf area index (LAI) and leaf dry matter (LDM) are important indices of crop growth. Real-time, nondestructive monitoring of crop growth is instructive for the diagnosis of crop growth and prediction of grain yield. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based remote sensing is widely used in precision agriculture due to its unique advantages in flexibility and resolution. This study was carried out on wheat trials treated with different nitrogen levels and seeding densities in three regions of Jiangsu Province in 2018–2019. Canopy spectral images were collected by the UAV equipped with a multi-spectral camera during key wheat growth stages. To verify the results of the UAV images, the LAI, LDM, and yield data were obtained by destructive sampling. We extracted the wheat canopy reflectance and selected the best vegetation index for monitoring growth and predicting yield. Simple linear regression (LR), multiple linear regression (MLR), stepwise multiple linear regression (SMLR), partial least squares regression (PLSR), artificial neural network (ANN), and random forest (RF) modeling methods were used to construct a model for wheat yield estimation. The results show that the multi-spectral camera mounted on the multi-rotor UAV has a broad application prospect in crop growth index monitoring and yield estimation. The vegetation index combined with the red edge band and the near-infrared band was significantly correlated with LAI and LDM. Machine learning methods (i.e., PLSR, ANN, and RF) performed better for predicting wheat yield. The RF model constructed by normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) at the jointing stage, heading stage, flowering stage, and filling stage was the optimal wheat yield estimation model in this study, with an R2 of 0.78 and relative root mean square error (RRMSE) of 0.1030. The results provide a theoretical basis for monitoring crop growth with a multi-rotor UAV platform and explore a technical method for improving the precision of yield estimation.

scholarly journals Estimation of Leaf Nitrogen Content in Wheat Based on Fusion of Spectral Features and Deep Features from Near Infrared Hyperspectral Imagery

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 613
Author(s):  
Baohua Yang ◽  
Jifeng Ma ◽  
Xia Yao ◽  
Weixing Cao ◽  
Yan Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Content ◽  
Hyperspectral Imagery ◽  
Leaf Nitrogen ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Growth Monitoring ◽  
Leaf Nitrogen Content ◽  
Spectral Features ◽  
Wheat Growth ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Model Based

Nitrogen is an important indicator for monitoring wheat growth. The rapid development and wide application of non-destructive detection provide many approaches for estimating leaf nitrogen content (LNC) in wheat. Previous studies have shown that better results have been obtained in the estimation of LNC in wheat based on spectral features. However, the lack of automatically extracted features leads to poor universality of the estimation model. Therefore, a feature fusion method for estimating LNC in wheat by combining spectral features with deep features (spatial features) was proposed. The deep features were automatically obtained with a convolutional neural network model based on the PyTorch framework. The spectral features were obtained using spectral information including position features (PFs) and vegetation indices (VIs). Different models based on feature combination for evaluating LNC in wheat were constructed: partial least squares regression (PLS), gradient boosting decision tree (GBDT), and support vector regression (SVR). The results indicate that the model based on the fusion feature from near-ground hyperspectral imagery has good estimation effect. In particular, the estimation accuracy of the GBDT model is the best (R2 = 0.975 for calibration set, R2 = 0.861 for validation set). These findings demonstrate that the approach proposed in this study improved the estimation performance of LNC in wheat, which could provide technical support in wheat growth monitoring.

scholarly journals Assessing the Effect of Drought on Winter Wheat Growth Using Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)-Based Phenotyping

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1144
Author(s):  
Mahendra Bhandari ◽  
Shannon Baker ◽  
Jackie C. Rudd ◽  
Amir M. H. Ibrahim ◽  
Anjin Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽  
Vegetation Indices ◽  
Grain Filling ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Systems ◽  
High Temporal Resolution ◽  
Wheat Growth ◽  
Spatial Domains ◽  
Temporal And Spatial

Drought significantly limits wheat productivity across the temporal and spatial domains. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) has become an indispensable tool to collect refined spatial and high temporal resolution imagery data. A 2-year field study was conducted in 2018 and 2019 to determine the temporal effects of drought on canopy growth of winter wheat. Weekly UAS data were collected using red, green, and blue (RGB) and multispectral (MS) sensors over a yield trial consisting of 22 winter wheat cultivars in both irrigated and dryland environments. Raw-images were processed to compute canopy features such as canopy cover (CC) and canopy height (CH), and vegetation indices (VIs) such as Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Excess Green Index (ExG), and Normalized Difference Red-edge Index (NDRE). The drought was more severe in 2018 than in 2019 and the effects of growth differences across years and irrigation levels were visible in the UAS measurements. CC, CH, and VIs, measured during grain filling, were positively correlated with grain yield (r = 0.4–0.7, p < 0.05) in the dryland in both years. Yield was positively correlated with VIs in 2018 (r = 0.45–0.55, p < 0.05) in the irrigated environment, but the correlations were non-significant in 2019 (r = 0.1 to −0.4), except for CH. The study shows that high-throughput UAS data can be used to monitor the drought effects on wheat growth and productivity across the temporal and spatial domains.

scholarly journals Design and Testing of an Active Light Source Apparatus for Crop Growth Monitoring and Diagnosis

IEEE Access ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 206474-206490
Author(s):  
Lili Yao ◽  
Rusong Wu ◽  
Shun Wu ◽  
Xiaoping Jiang ◽  
Yan Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Light Source ◽  
Crop Growth ◽  
Growth Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring And Diagnosis ◽  
Design And Testing

scholarly journals Bibliometric Analysis of Remote Sensing Research Trend in Crop Growth Monitoring: A Case Study in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 809 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijuan Wang ◽  
Guimin Zhang ◽  
Ziyi Wang ◽  
Jiangui Liu ◽  
Jiali Shang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Crop Growth ◽  
Future Trend ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Research Trend ◽  
Growth Monitoring ◽  
Knowledge Mapping ◽  
Area Index ◽  
Quantitative Visualization

Remote sensing of crop growth monitoring is an important technique to guide agricultural production. To gain a comprehensive understanding of historical progression and current status, and future trend of remote sensing researches and applications in the field of crop growth monitoring in China, a study was carried out based on the publications from the past 20 years by Chinese scholars. Using the knowledge mapping software CiteSpace, a quantitative and qualitative analysis of research development, current hotspots, and future directions of crop growth monitoring using remote sensing technology in China was conducted. Furthermore, the relationship between high-frequency keywords and the emerging hot topics were visually analyzed. The results revealed that Chinese researchers paid more attention on keywords such as “vegetation index”, “crop growth”, “winter wheat”, “leaf area index (LAI)”, and “model” in the field of crop growth monitoring, and “LAI” and “unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)”, appeared increasingly in frontier research of this discipline. Overall, bibliometric results from this CiteSpace-aided study provide a quantitative visualization to enrich our understanding on the historical development, current status, and future trend of crop growth monitoring in China.

scholarly journals Remote sensing of LAI, chlorophyll and leaf nitrogen pools of crop- and grasslands in five European landscapes

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 6279-6307 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Boegh ◽  
R. Houborg ◽  
J. Bienkowski ◽  
C. F. Braban ◽  
T. Dalgaard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Field Data ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽  
Vegetation Indices ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Leaf Nitrogen ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Nitrogen Pools ◽  
Spectral Vegetation Indices

Abstract. Leaf nitrogen and leaf surface area influence the exchange of gases between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere, and play a significant role in the global cycles of carbon, nitrogen and water. The purpose of this study is to use field-based and satellite remote-sensing-based methods to assess leaf nitrogen pools in five diverse European agricultural landscapes located in Denmark, Scotland (United Kingdom), Poland, the Netherlands and Italy. REGFLEC (REGularized canopy reFLECtance) is an advanced image-based inverse canopy radiative transfer modelling system which has shown proficiency for regional mapping of leaf area index (LAI) and leaf chlorophyll (CHLl) using remote sensing data. In this study, high spatial resolution (10–20 m) remote sensing images acquired from the multispectral sensors aboard the SPOT (Satellite For Observation of Earth) satellites were used to assess the capability of REGFLEC for mapping spatial variations in LAI, CHLland the relation to leaf nitrogen (Nl) data in five diverse European agricultural landscapes. REGFLEC is based on physical laws and includes an automatic model parameterization scheme which makes the tool independent of field data for model calibration. In this study, REGFLEC performance was evaluated using LAI measurements and non-destructive measurements (using a SPAD meter) of leaf-scale CHLl and Nl concentrations in 93 fields representing crop- and grasslands of the five landscapes. Furthermore, empirical relationships between field measurements (LAI, CHLl and Nl and five spectral vegetation indices (the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, the Simple Ratio, the Enhanced Vegetation Index-2, the Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, and the green chlorophyll index) were used to assess field data coherence and to serve as a comparison basis for assessing REGFLEC model performance. The field measurements showed strong vertical CHLl gradient profiles in 26% of fields which affected REGFLEC performance as well as the relationships between spectral vegetation indices (SVIs) and field measurements. When the range of surface types increased, the REGFLEC results were in better agreement with field data than the empirical SVI regression models. Selecting only homogeneous canopies with uniform CHLl distributions as reference data for evaluation, REGFLEC was able to explain 69% of LAI observations (rmse = 0.76), 46% of measured canopy chlorophyll contents (rmse = 719 mg m−2) and 51% of measured canopy nitrogen contents (rmse = 2.7 g m−2). Better results were obtained for individual landscapes, except for Italy, where REGFLEC performed poorly due to a lack of dense vegetation canopies at the time of satellite recording. Presence of vegetation is needed to parameterize the REGFLEC model. Combining REGFLEC- and SVI-based model results to minimize errors for a "snap-shot" assessment of total leaf nitrogen pools in the five landscapes, results varied from 0.6 to 4.0 t km−2. Differences in leaf nitrogen pools between landscapes are attributed to seasonal variations, extents of agricultural area, species variations, and spatial variations in nutrient availability. In order to facilitate a substantial assessment of variations in Nl pools and their relation to landscape based nitrogen and carbon cycling processes, time series of satellite data are needed. The upcoming Sentinel-2 satellite mission will provide new multiple narrowband data opportunities at high spatio-temporal resolution which are expected to further improve remote sensing capabilities for mapping LAI, CHLl and Nl.

scholarly journals Pemetaan Pola Tanam dan Kalender Tanam Padi Sawah menggunakan Teknik Penginderaan Jauh

2018 ◽  
Vol 2017 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rika Hernawati ◽  
Agung Budi Harto ◽  
Dewi Kania Sari
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Vegetation Indices ◽  
Paddy Rice ◽  
Growth Monitoring ◽  
Enhanced Vegetation Index ◽  
Water Index ◽  
Gaussian Filtering ◽  
Land Surface Water

ABSTRAKPemantauan dan prakiraan hasil tanam padi sawah penting untuk dilakukan antara lain dalam rangka menjaga ketahanan pangan nasional. Saat ini, pemantauan pertumbuhan tanaman padi sawah dapat dilakukan dengan mengaplikasikan teknologi pengindraan jauh, antara lain dengan mendeteksi fenologi tanaman padi sawah yang terekam pada setiap piksel citra yang selanjutnya dapat digunakan untuk pemetaan pola tanam dan kalender tanam padi sawah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan algoritma deteksi fenologi padi sawah dengan menggunakan indeks vegetasi Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) dan Land Surface Water Index (LSWI) berkala yang diturunkan dari data citra MODIS, dengan menerapkan proses penapisan Gaussian. Penerapan teknik penapisan Gaussian pada data indeks vegetasi tersebut diharapkan dapat meminimalisasi derau, sehingga akan meningkatkan ketelitian hasil pendeteksian fenologi tanaman padi sawah. Wilayah studi mencakup 3 Kabupaten di Provinsi Jawa Barat bagian utara, yaitu Kabupaten Subang, Kabupaten Karawang, dan Kabupaten Bekasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penerapan penapisan Gaussian pada metode deteksi fenologi padi sawah berbasis indeks vegetasi EVI dan LSWI berkala telah dapat meningkatkan ketelitian hasil deteksi tanggal-tanggal fenologis padi sawah. Keakuratan hasil estimasi luas tanam dan luas panen padi sawah divalidasi menggunakan data statistik dari Dinas Pertanian Kabupaten.Kata Kunci: deteksi fenologi, EVI, LSWI, penapisan GaussianABSTRACTMonitoring and forecasting yields of paddy rice are important to do, in order to maintain national food security. The current paddy crop growth monitoring can be done by applying remote sensing technology by detecting paddy phenology to produce the date of planting and harvest dates, which were recorded at each pixel of the digital image of rice field and can then be used for cropping pattern and planting calendar mapping. This research aims to develop a detection algorithm phenology paddy using vegetation indices Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and Land Surface Water Index (LSWI) periodic image data derived from MODIS, by applying a Gaussian filtering process. The application of Gaussian filtering techniques to the data of vegetation indeces, EVI and LSWI, are expected to minimize the noise, thereby increasing the precision of detection of paddy rice crop phenology. The study area covers three districts in the northern part of West Java Province, i.e. Subang, Karawang and Bekasi. The results showed that the application of Gaussian filtering on the detection method of paddy rice phenology based on multitemporal vegetation indices EVI and LSWI can improve the precision of the detection of paddy phenological dates. The accuracy of the estimation results of the planting and harvested area of paddy were validated using statistical data from the District Agricultural Office.Keywords: phenology detection, EVI, LSWI, Gaussian filtering

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