Thermography as non invasive functional imaging for monitoring seedling growth

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 236-240

  Belin, É ^a,b   Rousseau, D ^c   Rojas Varela, J ^b   Demilly, D ^d   Wagner, M H ^d   Cathala, M H ^a   Durr C ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d GEVES SNES   (France)

Author keywords

Computer vision tools; Seedling growth; Thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED PROCEDURES; FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL INFORMATION; NEW APPLICATIONS; NON-INVASIVE; NON-INVASIVE IMAGING; SEEDLING GROWTH; THERMAL CONTRASTS;

COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INFRARED IMAGING;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING; VISION;

EID: 80155189607     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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