Agricultural producers and manufacturers often need information about crop attributes, from nutrient content to chemical composition, to make management decisions. In recent years, multispectral imaging has emerged as a useful tool for product analysis, but the required equipment is expensive. Standard RGB cameras are much more affordable, but their images show only visible attributes.
Cameras become crop-analysis tools
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Di Song, doctoral student in the University of Illinois-Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, photographs maize plants.
Ocean Monjur, graduate student, photographs a sweet potato.
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