UAVs for Vegetation Monitoring: Overview and Recent Scientific Contributions

Review on unmanned aerial vehicles, remote sensors, imagery processing, and their applications in agriculture

(2021) Daniel Olson et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Wheat Yellow Rust Detection Using UAV-Based Hyperspectral Technology

(2021) Anting Guo et al.   Remote Sensing

Applying RGB- and Thermal-Based Vegetation Indices from UAVs for High-Throughput Field Phenotyping of Drought Tolerance in Forage Grasses

(2021) Tom De Swaef et al.   Remote Sensing

Recent Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Forest Remote Sensing—A Systematic Review. Part I: A General Framework

(2021) Riccardo Dainelli et al.   Forests

Improved Estimation of Winter Wheat Aboveground Biomass Using Multiscale Textures Extracted from UAV-Based Digital Images and Hyperspectral Feature Analysis

(2021) Yuanyuan Fu et al.   Remote Sensing

Influence of Model Grid Size on the Estimation of Surface Fluxes Using the Two Source Energy Balance Model and sUAS Imagery in Vineyards

(2020) Ayman Nassar et al.   Remote Sensing

Segmenting Purple Rapeseed Leaves in the Field from UAV RGB Imagery Using Deep Learning as an Auxiliary Means for Nitrogen Stress Detection

(2020) Jian Zhang et al.   Remote Sensing

Applications of UAV Thermal Imagery in Precision Agriculture: State of the Art and Future Research Outlook

(2020) Gaetano Messina et al.   Remote Sensing

Recognition of Banana Fusarium Wilt Based on UAV Remote Sensing

(2020) Huichun Ye et al.   Remote Sensing

Closing the Phenotyping Gap: High Resolution UAV Time Series for Soybean Growth Analysis Provides Objective Data from Field Trials

(2020) Irene Borra-Serrano et al.   Remote Sensing

Unmanned aerial vehicles for biodiversity-friendly agricultural landscapes - A systematic review

(2020) Felipe Librán-Embid et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Comparison of Object Detection and Patch-Based Classification Deep Learning Models on Mid- to Late-Season Weed Detection in UAV Imagery

(2020) Arun Narenthiran Veeranampalayam Sivakumar et al.   Remote Sensing

Assessing the Operation Parameters of a Low-altitude UAV for the Collection of NDVI Values Over a Paddy Rice Field

(2020) Rui Jiang et al.   Remote Sensing

A Plant-by-Plant Method to Identify and Treat Cotton Root Rot Based on UAV Remote Sensing

(2020) Tianyi Wang et al.   Remote Sensing

Using UAV Collected RGB and Multispectral Images to Evaluate Winter Wheat Performance across a Site Characterized by Century-Old Biochar Patches in Belgium

(2020) Ramin Heidarian Dehkordi et al.   Remote Sensing

Drone Image Segmentation Using Machine and Deep Learning for Mapping Raised Bog Vegetation Communities

(2020) Saheba Bhatnagar et al.   Remote Sensing

Dynamic Influence Elimination and Chlorophyll Content Diagnosis of Maize Using UAV Spectral Imagery

(2020) Lang Qiao et al.   Remote Sensing

Automatic Detection of Maize Tassels from UAV Images by Combining Random Forest Classifier and VGG16

(2020) Xuli Zan et al.   Remote Sensing

Estimation of Nitrogen in Rice Crops from UAV-Captured Images

(2020) Julian D. Colorado et al.   Remote Sensing

Mask R-CNN Refitting Strategy for Plant Counting and Sizing in UAV Imagery

(2020) Mélissande Machefer et al.   Remote Sensing

Predicting Tree Sap Flux and Stomatal Conductance from Drone-Recorded Surface Temperatures in a Mixed Agroforestry System—A Machine Learning Approach

(2020) Florian Ellsäßer et al.   Remote Sensing

Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in Agriculture: A Pursuit of Sustainability

(2020) Ali Ahmad et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Estimating and Examining the Sensitivity of Different Vegetation Indices to Fractions of Vegetation Cover at Different Scaling Grids for Early Stage Acacia Plantation Forests Using a Fixed-Wing UAS

(2019) Kotaro Iizuka et al.   Remote Sensing

High-Throughput Phenotyping of Bioethanol Potential in Cereals Using UAV-Based Multi-Spectral Imagery

(2019) Francisco J. Ostos-Garrido et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

A Comparative Study of RGB and Multispectral Sensor-Based Cotton Canopy Cover Modelling Using Multi-Temporal UAS Data

(2019) Akash Ashapure et al.   Remote Sensing

Using Vegetation Indices and a UAV Imaging Platform to Quantify the Density of Vegetation Ground Cover in Olive Groves (Olea Europaea L.) in Southern Spain

(2019) Francisco J. Lima-Cueto et al.   Remote Sensing

Watson on the Farm: Using Cloud-Based Artificial Intelligence to Identify Early Indicators of Water Stress

(2019) Daniel Freeman et al.   Remote Sensing

Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Technology and Applications in Agriculture

(2019) Samuel C. Hassler et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Mapping Cynodon Dactylon Infesting Cover Crops with an Automatic Decision Tree-OBIA Procedure and UAV Imagery for Precision Viticulture

(2019) Ana I. de Castro et al.   Remote Sensing

Deep learning models for plant disease detection and diagnosis

(2018) Konstantinos P. Ferentinos   COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE

Geographic object-based image analysis (GEOBIA): emerging trends and future opportunities

(2018) Gang Chen et al.   GIScience & Remote Sensing

On the Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Environmental Monitoring

(2018) Salvatore Manfreda et al.   Remote Sensing

Current and future applications of statistical machine learning algorithms for agricultural machine vision systems

(2018) Tanzeel U. Rehman et al.   COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE

Perspectives for Remote Sensing with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Precision Agriculture

(2018) Wouter H. Maes et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Remote Sensing for Field-Based Crop Phenotyping: Current Status and Perspectives

(2017) Guijun Yang et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Plant Disease Detection by Imaging Sensors – Parallels and Specific Demands for Precision Agriculture and Plant Phenotyping

(2016) Anne-Katrin Mahlein   PLANT DISEASE

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for High-Throughput Phenotyping and Agronomic Research

(2016) Yeyin Shi et al.   PLoS One

UAVs challenge to assess water stress for sustainable agriculture

(2015) J. Gago et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Optimum spectral and geometric parameters for early detection of laurel wilt disease in avocado

(2015) A.I. De Castro et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Quantifying Efficacy and Limits of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Technology for Weed Seedling Detection as Affected by Sensor Resolution

(2015) José Peña et al.   SENSORS

Multi-temporal mapping of the vegetation fraction in early-season wheat fields using images from UAV

(2014) J. Torres-Sánchez et al.   COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE

Configuration and Specifications of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Early Site Specific Weed Management

(2013) Jorge Torres-Sánchez et al.   PLoS One

Assessing the accuracy of mosaics from unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery for precision agriculture purposes in wheat

(2013) D. Gómez-Candón et al.   PRECISION AGRICULTURE

High spatial resolution three-dimensional mapping of vegetation spectral dynamics using computer vision

(2013) Jonathan P. Dandois et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Airborne multi-spectral imagery for mapping cruciferous weeds in cereal and legume crops

(2011) Ana Isabel de Castro et al.   PRECISION AGRICULTURE