Drone Services for Plant Water-Status Mapping

Author
Abstract
Achieving an efficient management of agricultural fields is crucial for farmers, considering the challenges posed by water resources sustainability. Monitoring tools allow winemakers to keep their vineyards under control and improve the plants' health with targeted actions, such as irrigations scheduling or specific treatments. Knowing the actual number of plants may not be evident, particularly in old plantation, where vines might have been removed or added to the initial planting scheme, or even they have never been counted. However, the knowledge of the number and position of the plants is important to be able to adapt the irrigation network and properly adjust the irrigation schedule. The aim of this project is to build a drone service for precision monitoring of vineyards. Here, an algorithm to detect the position and number of plants in vineyards using drone RGB imagery is presented. First results show a plant detection accuracy of 87%.
Year of Publication
2021
Journal
2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS
Start Page
8527
Number of Pages
8527-8530
Date Published
10
Type of Article
Journal Article
ISSN Number
2153-7003
ISBN Number
978-1-6654-4762-1
URL
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9553198
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553198