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Figure 1: Each subfigure shows the original image over the color-corrected image, and the masks derived from each.

Learning to Correct for Bad Camera Settings in Large Scale Plant Monitoring

Jun 18, 2019

Zongyang presented his research and implementation on an algorithm to correct image exposure at the CVPR 2019 workshop on "Computer Vision Problems in Plant Phenotyping". Abstract: In large scale...

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TERRA-REF Projects Proposed to Google Season of Docs

Apr 22, 2019

Update 05/01: TERRA REF was not selected for the inaugural season of docs, but we plan to re-apply next year. But check out the impressive list of organizations who will be participating in...

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A Field of Sensor Dreams

Mar 4, 2019

At the SEMI FLEX 2019 and MEMS...

A Field of Sensor Dreams

UAV-Based high resolution thermal imaging for vegetation monitoring and plant phenotyping using ICI 8640 P, FLIR Vue Pro R 640 and thermoMap Cameras

Feb 7, 2019

The growing popularity of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in recent years, along with decreased cost and more accessibility of both UAVs and thermal imaging sensors, has led to the widespread usage...

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Rising from the flat desert south of Phoenix is a 50-foot-tall robot that feeds crop data back to the Midwest.

Bringing the largest crop robot to ground level

Oct 3, 2018

MARICOPA, Ariz. — Rising from the flat desert south of Phoenix is a 50-foot-tall robot that feeds crop data back to the Midwest. It’s in St. Louis at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center that...

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Figures from manuscript: 1. Field Scanalyzer System operating in Maricopa, Arizona. 2 data flow and processing diagram. 3 field level mosaic from RGB camera. 4 table of sensors. 5 databases and interfaces 6 data analysis workbench

TERRA-REF Data Processing Infrastructure

Jul 22, 2018

The Transportation Energy Resources from Renewable Agriculture Phenotyping Reference Platform (TERRA-REF) provides a data and computation pipeline responsible for collecting, transferring, processing...

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Histograms for NDVI-UAV-Sequoia

Comparative Aerial and Ground Based High Throughput Phenotyping for the Genetic Dissection of NDVI as a Proxy for Drought Adaptive Traits in Durum Wheat

Jun 26, 2018

High-throughput phenotyping platforms (HTPPs) provide novel opportunities to more effectively dissect the genetic basis of drought-adaptive traits. This genome-wide association study (GWAS) compares...

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Danforth Center receives sorghum research grant

Jan 26, 2017

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI — The Bill...

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Crops get the high tech treatment with the world’s largest robotic field scanner is operational at the University of Arizona's Maricopa Agricultural Center (MAC).

AgTech Flexes Its Humanitarian Side

Jan 26, 2017

At the very heart of agriculture is the drive to feed the world. AgTech is enabling farmers to do this more efficiently and effectively than ever, and major investors are watching closely.

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Sorghum Under the Microscope

Jan 25, 2017

The TERRA project proves how collaboration can lead to great things. WHAT’S HAPPENING ON a one-acre plot in Arizona is on track to transform the world of plant science, ushering in a new era of...

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