Early detection of Fusarium infection in corn using spectral analysis

T. Sandovsky, Y. Edan, S. Gad, A. Etzioni, T. Nacson, V. Alchanatis

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Abstract

This work presents a non-destructive methodology for early detection of Fusarium infection, by spectral analysis in the 350-2,500 nm range. Corn plants in greenhouse conditions were analysed using spectral analysis. The Lasso model was used to differentiate infected from non-infected plants based on the first derivative of leaf spectral reflectance. Fusarium infection was successfully recognized in plants at V2 growth stage with 74% success rate. This result enables infection detection at a stage which currently is not possible without destroying the plant, which can be further applied to map the disease in field scale.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPrecision Agriculture 2019 - Papers Presented at the 12th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, ECPA 2019
EditorsJohn V. Stafford
PublisherWageningen Academic Publishers
Pages339-346
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9789086863372
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2019
Event12th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, ECPA 2019 - Montpellier, France
Duration: 8 Jul 201911 Jul 2019

Publication series

NamePrecision Agriculture 2019 - Papers Presented at the 12th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, ECPA 2019

Conference

Conference12th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, ECPA 2019
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityMontpellier
Period8/07/1911/07/19

Keywords

  • Disease detection
  • Fusarium
  • Multispectral
  • Spectral analysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Computer Science Applications

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