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Crop Type Discrimination and Health Assessment using Hyperspectral Imaging


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1 Agriculture and Land Eco-system Division, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and Applications Area, Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad 380 015, India
2 National Remote Sensing Centre (ISRO), Hyderabad 500 037, India
3 M.G. Science Institute, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
4 Environmental and Resource Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, United States
 

Advancements in hyperspectral remote sensing technology have opened new avenues to explore innovative ways to map crops in terms of area and health. To study precise mapping of agriculture and horticulture crops along with biophysical and biochemical constituents at field scale, an airborne AVIRIS-NG hyperspectral imaging has been conducted in various agro-climatic regions representing diverse agricultural types of India. Crop classification with available and developed algorithms has been applied over homogeneous and heterogeneous agriculture and horticulture cropped areas. The spectral angle mapper and maximum likelihood algorithms showed classification accuracy of 77%–94% for AVIRI-NG and 42%–55% for LISS IV. The customized deep neural network and maximum noise function (MNF)-based classification schemes showed an accuracy of 93% and 86% for mapping of agriculture and horticulture crops respectively. The forward and inversion of canopy radiative transfer model protocol was developed for retrieval of crop parameters such as leaf area index (LAI) and chlorophyll content (Cab) using AVIRIS-NG narrow bands. The retrieved LAI and Cab showed 19%–27% and 23%–29% deviation from measured mean for homogeneous and heterogeneous agricultural areas respectively. Red edge position index-based empirical model and multivariate linear regression of multiple indices showed maximum correlation of 0.62 and 0.93 respectively, to map leaf nitrogen content. Water condition index was developed using vegetation and water indices to distinguish crop water-based abiotic stress. Wheat yellow rust disease has been identified at field scale using absorption band depth analysis at 662–702 and 2155–2175 nm, and further applied to AVIRIS-NG data to detect biotic stress at spatial scale. This study establishes that such missions have the potential to boost accurate mapping of economically valuable minor crops and generate health indicators to distinguish biotic and abiotic stresses at field scale.

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Assessment, Biotic and Abiotic Stress, Crop Classification, Health, Hyperspectral Imaging.
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Authors

Rahul Nigam
Agriculture and Land Eco-system Division, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and Applications Area, Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Rojalin Tripathy
Agriculture and Land Eco-system Division, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and Applications Area, Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Sujay Dutta
Agriculture and Land Eco-system Division, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and Applications Area, Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Nita Bhagia
Agriculture and Land Eco-system Division, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and Applications Area, Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Rohit Nagori
Agriculture and Land Eco-system Division, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and Applications Area, Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad 380 015, India
K. Chandrasekar
National Remote Sensing Centre (ISRO), Hyderabad 500 037, India
Rajsi Kot
M.G. Science Institute, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
Bimal K. Bhattacharya
Agriculture and Land Eco-system Division, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and Applications Area, Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Susan Ustin
Environmental and Resource Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, United States

Abstract


Advancements in hyperspectral remote sensing technology have opened new avenues to explore innovative ways to map crops in terms of area and health. To study precise mapping of agriculture and horticulture crops along with biophysical and biochemical constituents at field scale, an airborne AVIRIS-NG hyperspectral imaging has been conducted in various agro-climatic regions representing diverse agricultural types of India. Crop classification with available and developed algorithms has been applied over homogeneous and heterogeneous agriculture and horticulture cropped areas. The spectral angle mapper and maximum likelihood algorithms showed classification accuracy of 77%–94% for AVIRI-NG and 42%–55% for LISS IV. The customized deep neural network and maximum noise function (MNF)-based classification schemes showed an accuracy of 93% and 86% for mapping of agriculture and horticulture crops respectively. The forward and inversion of canopy radiative transfer model protocol was developed for retrieval of crop parameters such as leaf area index (LAI) and chlorophyll content (Cab) using AVIRIS-NG narrow bands. The retrieved LAI and Cab showed 19%–27% and 23%–29% deviation from measured mean for homogeneous and heterogeneous agricultural areas respectively. Red edge position index-based empirical model and multivariate linear regression of multiple indices showed maximum correlation of 0.62 and 0.93 respectively, to map leaf nitrogen content. Water condition index was developed using vegetation and water indices to distinguish crop water-based abiotic stress. Wheat yellow rust disease has been identified at field scale using absorption band depth analysis at 662–702 and 2155–2175 nm, and further applied to AVIRIS-NG data to detect biotic stress at spatial scale. This study establishes that such missions have the potential to boost accurate mapping of economically valuable minor crops and generate health indicators to distinguish biotic and abiotic stresses at field scale.

Keywords


Assessment, Biotic and Abiotic Stress, Crop Classification, Health, Hyperspectral Imaging.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv116%2Fi7%2F1108-1123