Easy MPE: Extraction of Quality Microplot Images for UAV-Based High-Throughput Field Phenotyping.

ABSTRACT: Microplot extraction (PE) is a necessary image processing step in unmanned aerial vehicle- (UAV-) based research on breeding fields. At present, it is manually using ArcGIS, QGIS, or other GIS-based software, but achieving the desired accuracy is time-consuming. We therefore developed an intuitive, easy-to-use semiautomatic program for MPE called Easy MPE to enable researchers and others to access reliable plot data UAV images of whole fields under variable field conditions. The program uses four major steps: (1) binary segmentation, (2) microplot extraction, (3) production of ∗.shp files to enable further file manipulation, and (4) projection of individual microplots generated from the orthomosaic back onto the raw aerial UAV images to preserve the image quality. Crop rows were successful

SUBMITTER: Tresch L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7706339 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature