Automated micropropagated sugarcane shoot separation by machine vision

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 247-254

  Wang, Z ^a   Heinemann, P H ^a   Walker, P N ^a   Heuser, C ^a  

^a University Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Micropropagation; Robotics; Sugarcane; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER VISION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); ROBOT APPLICATIONS; STEPPING MOTORS; SUGAR CANE; TISSUE CULTURE;

MICROPROPAGATION;

CULTIVATION;

ARUNDINARIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0033034216     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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