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Automatic acquisition characteristic parameters of wheat ear based on machine vision

  • Kun Bi*
  • , Fei Fei Huang
  • , Cheng Wang
  • , Lei Li
  • , Dan Feng Huang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Abstract

wheat ear characteristic parameters are important parameters for breeding and investigation of new wheat variety and could be used to estimate yield. To realize non-contact and accurate measurements of characteristic parameters of wheat ear, a computer vision measurement method based on mathematical morphology was proposed. The 5 ear traits, namely ear length spike shape, kernel top, spikelet number awn length and number were measured by image processing from 30 ears of six cultivars. The main methods include image segmentation algorithm, principal component analysis, template matching algorithm etc. Relative measurement errors were 4%, 2% and 6.2% respectively for ear length, awn length and number by image processing. The repeatability accuracy of spikelet number achieves ± 1. Spike shape keeps consistent with the results of visual observation. Image processing is a useful tool for extracting characteristic parameters from wheat ear, and will become more and more important in yield estimation, the new wheat variety DUS testing and breeding in the whole country.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - International Conference on Computer Distributed Control and Intelligent Environmental Monitoring, CDCIEM 2011
Pages148-154
Number of pages7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event2011 International Conference on Computer Distributed Control and Intelligent Environmental Monitoring, CDCIEM 2011 - Changsha, Hunan, China
Duration: 19 Feb 201120 Feb 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Computer Distributed Control and Intelligent Environmental Monitoring, CDCIEM 2011

Conference

Conference2011 International Conference on Computer Distributed Control and Intelligent Environmental Monitoring, CDCIEM 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChangsha, Hunan
Period19/02/1120/02/11

Keywords

  • Ear length
  • Image segmentation algorithm
  • Spike shape
  • Spikeletnumber
  • Wheat ear

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