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Area of Science:

  • Agricultural Science
  • Computer Vision
  • Machine Learning

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  • Accurate crop canopy characteristics are vital for assessing growth status and phenotype analysis.
  • Canopy coverage is a key indicator for crop growth and yield monitoring.
  • Existing methods require improvement for precision and efficiency in real-time applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a statistical method for assessing crop canopy coverage using visual technology.
  • To enhance semantic segmentation precision for crop canopy analysis.
  • To create a lightweight model for practical deployment in crop monitoring systems.

Main Methods:

  • Constructed a multi-variety, multi-growth stage hydroponic lettuce image dataset.
  • Proposed a Channel-Axial-Spatial attention mechanism module for feature enhancement.
  • Replaced PSPNet's backbone with MobileNetv3 for a lightweight semantic segmentation model (CAS-PSPNet).

Main Results:

  • The CAS-PSPNet model achieved a Mean Intersection over Union (MIoU) of 0.9832 in lettuce canopy segmentation.
  • The lightweight MobileNetv3-PSPNet achieved an MIoU of 0.9717 with a model size of 9.3M.
  • The integrated system demonstrated accurate capture of crop canopy coverage, outperforming other segmentation models.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed semantic segmentation method accurately captures crop canopy coverage.
  • The lightweight model offers a feasible solution for real-time crop growth monitoring.
  • This approach provides a strong foundation for advanced crop monitoring and yield prediction.