Development and validation of an automatic thermal imaging process for assessing plant water status

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1497-1504

  Jimenez Bello M A ^a   Ballester, C ^a   Castel, J R ^a   Intrigliolo, D S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Regulated deficit irrigation; Thermography; Water relations

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS; CANOPY TEMPERATURE; GOOD CORRELATIONS; INDIVIDUAL TREE; LEAF TEMPERATURE; NON-SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAIT; PLANT WATER; REGULATED DEFICIT IRRIGATION; THERMAL IMAGES; VISIBLE IMAGE; WATER RELATIONS; WOODY PERENNIALS;

CROPS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; TEACHING; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CANOPY; CORRELATION; CULTIVAR; DETECTION METHOD; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVERGREEN TREE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER RELATIONS;

CITRUS; DIOSPYROS;

EID: 79960556957     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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