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Optimization of multi-source UAV RS agro-monitoring schemes designed for field-scale crop phenotyping.
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Precision Agriculture . Dec2021, Vol. 22 Issue 6, p1768-1802. 35p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system is an emerging remote sensing tool for profiling crop phenotypic characteristics, as it distinctly captures crop real-time information on field scales. For optimizing UAV agro-monitoring schemes, this study investigated the performance of single-source and multi-source UAV data on maize phenotyping (leaf area index, above-ground biomass, crop height, leaf chlorophyll concentration, and plant moisture content). Four UAV systems [i.e., hyperspectral, thermal, RGB, and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)] were used to conduct flight missions above two long-term experimental fields involving multi-level treatments of fertilization and irrigation. For reducing the effects of algorithm characteristics on maize parameter estimation and ensuring the reliability of estimates, multi-variable linear regression, backpropagation neural network, random forest, and support vector machine were used for modeling. Highly correlated UAV variables were filtered, and optimal UAV inputs were determined using a recursive feature elimination procedure. Major conclusions are (1) for single-source UAV data, LiDAR and RGB texture were suitable for leaf area index, above-ground biomass, and crop height estimation; hyperspectral outperformed on leaf chlorophyll concentration estimation; thermal worked for plant moisture content estimation; (2) model performance was slightly boosted via the fusion of multi-source UAV datasets regarding leaf area index, above-ground biomass, and crop height estimation, while single-source thermal and hyperspectral data outperformed multi-source data for the estimation of plant moisture and leaf chlorophyll concentration, respectively; (3) the optimal UAV scheme for leaf area index, above-ground biomass, and crop height estimation was LiDAR + RGB + hyperspectral, while considering practical agro-applications, optical Structure from Motion + customer-defined multispectral system was recommended owing to its cost-effectiveness. This study contributes to the optimization of UAV agro-monitoring schemes designed for field-scale crop phenotyping and further extends the applications of UAV technologies in precision agriculture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13852256
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Precision Agriculture
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153293624
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-021-09811-0