Nondestructive measurement of vegetative cover using digital image analysis

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-59

  Olmstead, Mercy A ^a,c   Wample, Robert ^b   Greene, Stephanie ^b   Tarara, Julie ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MS VR89 ^*

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cover crops; Vineyard management; Visual assessment; Visual illusions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CROPS; ESTIMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; VEGETATIVE COVER;

VEGETATION;

EID: 1642506122     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.1.55     Document Type: Article

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