Estimation of number and diameter of apple fruits in an orchard during the growing season by thermal imaging

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-42

  Stajnko, D ^a   Lakota, M ^a   Hocevar M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Apples; Diameters; Image analysis; Thermography; Yields

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; FRUITS; IMAGE PROCESSING; ORCHARDS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

GROWING CURVES; THERMAL CAMERAS;

AGRICULTURE;

ALGORITHM; FRUIT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; ORCHARD; PRECISION AGRICULTURE;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0742323622     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(03)00086-3     Document Type: Article

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