Estimation of wild blueberry fruit yield using digital color photography

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1539-1544

  Zaman, Qamar Uz ^a   Schumann, Arnold Walter ^b   Percival, David Charles ^a   Gordon, Robert John ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

DGPS; GIS; Image processing; Precision agriculture; Wild blueberry; Yield monitoring

Indexed keywords

DGPS; GIS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; WILD BLUEBERRY; YIELD MONITORING;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CAMERAS; COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY; CROPS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; FORECASTING; FRUITS; HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MAPS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIXELS; SOIL TESTING;

FRUIT JUICES;

CALIBRATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; DIGITIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVERGREEN TREE; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GIS; HARVESTING; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; YIELD RESPONSE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

VACCINIUM;

EID: 55249107606     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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