Detecting the attributes of a wheat crop using digital imagery acquired from a low-altitude platform

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 66-77

  Jensen, T ^a,b   Apan, A ^b   Young, F ^b   Zeller, L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digital camera; Grain protein; Grain yield; Low altitude

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; FERTILIZERS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); INFRARED IMAGING; NUTRITION; PROTEINS;

DIGITAL IMAGERY ACQUIRED; DIGITAL INFORMATION; GRAIN PROTEIN; GRAIN YIELD; LOW ALTITUDE;

CROPS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CROP; DIGITAL IMAGE; PROTEIN; WHEAT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CECIL PLAINS; QUEENSLAND;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34848871878     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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