外文摘要：Chlorophyll content reflects plants' photosynthetic capacity, growth stage, and nitrogen status and is, therefore, of significant importance in precision agriculture. This study aims to develop a spectral and color vegetation indices-based model to estimate the chlorophyll content in aquaponically grown lettuce. A completely open-source automated machine learning (AutoML) framework (EvalML) was employed to develop the prediction models. The performance of AutoML along with four other standard machine learning models (back-propagation neural network (BPNN), partial least squares regression (PLSR), random forest (RF), and support vector machine (SVM) was compared. The most sensitive spectral (SVIs) and color vegetation indices (CVIs) for chlorophyll content were extracted and evaluated as reliable estimators of chlorophyll content. Using an ASD FieldSpec 4 Hi-Res spectroradiometer and a portable red, green, and blue (RGB) camera, 3600 hyperspectral reflectance measurements and 800 RGB images were acquired from lettuce grown across a gradient of nutrient levels. Ground measurements of leaf chlorophyll were acquired using an SPAD-502 m calibrated via laboratory chemical analyses. The results revealed a strong relationship between chlorophyll content and SPAD-502 readings, with an R2 of 0.95 and a correlation coefficient (r) of 0.975. The developed AutoML models outperformed all traditional models, yielding the highest values of the coefficient of determination in prediction (Rp2) for all vegetation indices (VIs). The combination of SVIs and CVIs achieved the best prediction accuracy with the highest Rp2 values ranging from 0.89 to 0.98, respectively. This study demonstrated the feasibility of spectral and color vegetation indices as estimators of chlorophyll content. Furthermore, the developed AutoML models can be integrated into embedded devices to control nutrient cycles in aquaponics systems.
外文关键词：Vegetation indices;aquaponics;AutoML;chlorophyll;hyperspectral reflectance
作者：Taha, Mohamed Farag;Mao, Hanping;Wang, Yafei;Elmanawy, Ahmed Islam;Elmasry, Gamal;Wu, Letian;Memon, Muhammad Sohail;Niu, Ziang;Huang, Ting;Qiu, Zhengjun
作者单位：Zhejiang Univ;Jiangsu Univ;Arish Univ;Suez Canal Univ;Xinjiang Acad Agr Sci;Sindh Agr Univ
期刊名称：PLANTS-BASEL
期刊影响因子：0.0
出版年份：2024
出版刊次：13（3）
原文传递申请：江苏省科技资源（工程技术文献）统筹服务平台