In traditional breeding, plant heights were determined using measuring sticks and it is a labor intensive process. In collaboration with engineers from the department of electronic and computer engineering, edamame team using computer simulation and LiDAR (light detection and ranging) to characterize plant height. This technology has the potential to be used in real production for determining plant growth at field scale without the need to walk the field with a measuring stick. LiDAR technology is widely used in autonomous navigation and remote sensing in forestry. In field crop production, additional challenges remain such as the complex micro-elevation changes in the field for row crop production. Our team use computer simulation to better understand the accuracy of LiDAR based plant height measurement in the field. The paper is published and can be accessed at this LINK.
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