Non-destructive growth measurement of selected vegetable seedlings using orthogonal images

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1953-1961

  Chien, C F ^a   Lin, T T ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Hough transform; Image processing; Orthogonal images; Plant growth

Indexed keywords

HOUGH TRANSFORMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PLANT GROWTH; VEGETABLE SEEDLINGS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA;

EID: 28944448543     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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