Journal
BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Volume 198, Issue -, Pages 1-14Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2020.06.014
Keywords
LiDAR; Wheat; Barley; Crop height; Crop density; Mounting position
Funding
- VLAIO (Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship)
- CNH Industrial Belgium [HBC.2018.0295]
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Crop height and density estimation ahead of the combine harvester have been investigated over the last 30 years, but they remain a challenge. LiDAR technology is increasingly being investigated for phenotyping and monitoring of cereals. However, so far, little has been published about the influence of laser mounting position and robust online measurement of height and density from a single LiDAR scan. Therefore, the influence of the angle and height of the LiDAR mounting on crop height and density estimation in wheat and barley was investigated in this study. Tests were conducted in different crop heights, densities, moisture levels and varieties. The crop height was estimated with a root mean squared error of 0.082 m at an angle of 90 degrees between the LiDAR scanning plane and the horizontal. Two methods were compared for crop density estimation. The inter-percentile and the transversal variance method both successfully predicted the crop density, but the variance based method performed better with a coefficient of determination (R-2) of 0.77 and a root mean squared error of 82 g [dry ears] m(-2). When considering only one variety, the per-formance improved to reach an R-2 of 0.8 and a root mean squared error of 44 g [dry ears] m(2). Variation in mounting angle of the sensor had less effect on the prediction accuracy than the mounting height. (c) 2020 IAgrE. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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