Journal
PLANT METHODS
Volume 13, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13007-017-0253-8
Keywords
Field phenotyping; Learning-based segmentation; Fractional cover; Field Scanalyzer; RGB images
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) of the UK [BB/J00426X/1, BB/P016855/1]
- BBSRC [BBS/E/C/000I0220, BBS/E/C/00005202] Funding Source: UKRI
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Background: Accurately segmenting vegetation from the background within digital images is both a fundamental and a challenging task in phenotyping. The performance of traditional methods is satisfactory in homogeneous environments, however, performance decreases when applied to images acquired in dynamic field environments. Results: In this paper, a multi-feature learning method is proposed to quantify vegetation growth in outdoor field conditions. The introduced technique is compared with the state-of the-art and other learning methods on digital images. All methods are compared and evaluated with different environmental conditions and the following criteria: (1) comparison with ground-truth images, (2) variation along a day with changes in ambient illumination, (3) comparison with manual measurements and (4) an estimation of performance along the full life cycle of a wheat canopy. Conclusion: The method described is capable of coping with the environmental challenges faced in field conditions, with high levels of adaptiveness and without the need for adjusting a threshold for each digital image. The proposed method is also an ideal candidate to process a time series of phenotypic information throughout the crop growth acquired in the field. Moreover, the introduced method has an advantage that it is not limited to growth measurements only but can be applied on other applications such as identifying weeds, diseases, stress,
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