Machine-vision weed density estimation for real-time, outdoor lighting conditions

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1897-1909

  Steward, B L ^a   Tian, L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive techniques; Image processing; Sensing system; Site specific crop management; Weed control

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALLY ADAPTIVE SEGMENTATION ALGORITHM; SITE SPECIFC CROP MANAGEMENT; WEED DENSITY ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER VISION; CROPS; HERBICIDES; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHTING;

WEED CONTROL;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0033232561     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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