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  • 1Macro Agriculture Research Institute, College of Resource and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.

Frontiers in Plant Science
|June 27, 2020
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Accurately estimating rapeseed stand count using leaf recognition with convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in drone imagery is feasible. The optimal timing for this method is the four- to six-leaf stage, 53 days after planting.

Area of Science:

  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Computer Vision
  • Plant Science

Background:

  • Accurate rapeseed stand count is crucial for precision agriculture, influencing fertilization, irrigation, and yield prediction.
  • Estimating plant count early in the growth cycle is challenging but vital for timely agricultural management.
  • Existing methods lack automated, rapid, and accurate stand counting, especially using aerial imagery and leaf characteristics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a method for estimating rapeseed stand count using leaf recognition via convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery.
  • To determine the optimal growth stage for stand counting based on leaf development (one to seven leaves).
  • To assess the impact of image patch size on the performance of leaf detection and stand count estimation.
Keywords:
convolutional neural networkfield-based phenotypingoptimal observation timingprecision agriculturestand counting

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Main Methods:

  • Development of a CNN model for recognizing individual rapeseed leaves in UAV imagery.
  • Estimation of rapeseed stand count based on the number of detected leaves.
  • Comparison of leaf detection performance across different image sample sizes (16–48 pixels).
  • Calibration of the model to account for leaf overcounting due to size variations.

Main Results:

  • The CNN-based leaf count method achieved high performance (F-scores > 90%) at the four- to six-leaf stage (53 days after planting).
  • An optimal image patch size of 32 pixels was identified, balancing accuracy and efficiency (relative RMSE of 2.22%).
  • The method demonstrated high accuracy, estimating an average of 806 out of 812 plants correctly at the optimal stage.

Conclusions:

  • It is feasible to automatically, rapidly, and accurately estimate rapeseed stand count using CNNs and UAV imagery.
  • The four- to six-leaf stage, around 53 days after planting, is the optimal observation window for this technique.
  • This leaf-recognition approach offers a novel perspective for phenotyping and crop management in crops with distinct early-stage leaves.