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Use of artificial vision techniques for diagnostic of nitrogen nutritional status in maize plants

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Author(s):
Romualdo, L. M. [1] ; Luz, P. H. C. [1] ; Devechio, F. F. S. [1] ; Marin, M. A. [1] ; Zuniga, A. M. G. [2] ; Bruno, O. M. [2] ; Herling, V. R. [1]
Total Authors: 7
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo FZEA USP, Coll Anim Sci & Food Engn, Dept Anim Sci, BR-13630000 Pirassununga, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo IFSC USP, Inst Phys Sao Carlos, Dept Phys, BR-13560970 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE; v. 104, p. 63-70, JUN 2014.
Web of Science Citations: 14
Abstract

The identification of the nutritional status of maize by foliar chemical analysis requires sampling of leaves when the plant is in an advanced stage of development, hindering corrective action in ongoing cultivation, if deficiency detection of a specific nutrient occurs. An artificial vision system (AVS) is a set of methods used for analysis and interpretation of images. Therefore, an AVS is being developed to identify nutrient deficiencies at different stages of plant development, especially in the early stages of growth, which may contribute to early diagnosis and correction in the same cycle of growth. The objective was to evaluate methods of digital image processing to develop the AVS to diagnose induced nitrogen deficiency in maize leaves. The experiment was done in greenhouse and the treatments were N doses (0.0; 3.0; 6.0 e 15.0 mMol L-1) combined with three growing stages (V4, V7 and R1). The images of maize leaves were digitized in 1200 dpi. After scanning, leaves were chemically analyzed for N content and was determined the dry mass of plants. The studied methods in AVS were: Volumetric Fractal Dimension (VFD), Gabor Wavelet (GW) and VFD with canonical analysis. The omission and reduction of nitrogen in maize plants resulted in typical symptoms of N deficiency. The AVS was able to identify levels of nitrogen deficiency in the early stages of development of corn, with global percentage of right of 82.5% at V4 and 87.5% at V7. The GW technique with color images resulted in the better method for features extraction. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 10/18233-3 - Evaluation of the nutritional status of corn plants using the artificial vision system
Grantee:Pedro Henrique de Cerqueira Luz
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants