An automated plant monitoring system using machine vision

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 440, Issue , 1996, Pages 377-382

  Giacomelli, G A ^a   Ling, P P ^a   Morden, R E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Controlled environment; Lactuca sativa; Machine vision; Non contact monitoring; Nutritional stress; Plant development; Stress detection

Indexed keywords

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; EXPERT SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTUCE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, CLOSED; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDIES; EXPERT SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LETTUCE; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0030308353     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1996.440.66     Document Type: Conference Paper

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