What is crop identification?
Crop identification using computer vision is a research field that merges image processing, machine learning, and agronomy practices to recognize diverse crop types from images taken mainly by color cameras. The objective focuses on facilitating the management and protection of crops.
How do you identify crop seeds?
The most useful identifying characteristics are the shape, size, coloring, and unusual irregularities of the seed coat surface. Seed coats vary from smooth to rough with irregularities such as pits. The seed attachment scar (hilum) often is important in identification.
What classifies as a crop?
A crop is a plant or plant product that can be grown and harvested for profit or subsistence. By use, crops fall into six categories: food crops, feed crops, fiber crops, oil crops, ornamental crops, and industrial crops. Food crops, such as fruit and vegetables, are harvested for human consumption.
How to do crop classification?
Types Of Crops Based On Their Uses. Rather than being a precise scientific classification of plants, this list of crop types describes their uses and economic value. Based on the intended use, there are 6 types of crops: food, forage, fiber, oil, ornamental, and industrial.