ISHS Acta Horticulturae 562: III International Symposium on Sensors in Horticulture
MEASURING QUALITY POTENTIAL OF HALF-GROWN POT-PLANTS |
| Authors: | B.S. Bennedsen, H. Moth-Poulsen |
| Keywords: | Automatic sorting, image processing, pot plant, plant quality, Pot Rose, Hibiscus |
| Abstract:
The objective of the research was to establish, whether it would be possible to train an automatic system to predict the final quality of a pot plant, based on features measured on half-grown plants. Pot roses and Hibiscus plants were used. Images were taken of plants at a half-grown stage, the plants were allowed to grow into marketable plants, after which they were sorted by experts. Correlation between the features, measured on the half-grown plants and the final quality were tested using linear discrimination. For pot-roses, a reasonable correlation was found, provided the plants were classified into two classes. For Hibiscus, the material available in this experiment proved too little to establish a correlation. | |
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