Journal
SENSORS
Volume 18, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s18113731
Keywords
crop; plant breeding; phenotyping; proximal sensing; remote sensing
Funding
- University of Nebraska Foundation on wheat and small grain innovation
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As one of the key crop traits, plant height is traditionally evaluated manually, which can be slow, laborious and prone to error. Rapid development of remote and proximal sensing technologies in recent years allows plant height to be estimated in more objective and efficient fashions, while research regarding direct comparisons between different height measurement methods seems to be lagging. In this study, a ground-based multi-sensor phenotyping system equipped with ultrasonic sensors and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) was developed. Canopy heights of 100 wheat plots were estimated five times during a season by the ground phenotyping system and an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), and the results were compared to manual measurements. Overall, LiDAR provided the best results, with a root-mean-square error (RMSE) of 0.05 m and an R-2 of 0.97. UAS obtained reasonable results with an RMSE of 0.09 m and an R-2 of 0.91. Ultrasonic sensors did not perform well due to our static measurement style. In conclusion, we suggest LiDAR and UAS are reliable alternative methods for wheat height evaluation.
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