Comput Electron Agric. The central goal of this thesis was to increase the green density of metal parts from the current level of 58% to levels greater than 75%. The broadening of the size distribution or in both directions simultaneously and a sand of higher density will result. The second step was to do rock physics screening of the data. Fam Pract. 1079;2008:51. One of the most common methods for exploration samples is based on the Archimedes principle in which sample is first weighed in air, after which it is weighed in water (Figs. Annu Rev Plant Biol. The sensitivity of parameters a and b is dominated by the number of replicates: very little variation of CV is observed when the number of plants per segment varies (Fig. Stat Pap. Cobb JN, DeClerck G, Greenberg A, Clark R, McCouch S. Next-generation phenotyping: requirements and strategies for enhancing our understanding of genotype–phenotype relationships and its relevance to crop improvement. Winkelmann R. A count data model for gamma waiting times. It seems therefore more interesting to make very small segments to decrease the total number of plants to count. Hence it is obviously even more difficult to get a good accuracy in plant spacing measurements for high density, i.e. When discussing operator and applicator, “operator” refers to the individual operating the equipment and “applicator” refers to the piece of application equipment. 2013;17:851–62. Related Topics . Results show that the sensitivity of the CV of estimates of parameters a and b are very similar (Fig. Our results clearly show that the precision on estimates of the gamma count parameters depends only marginally on the number of plants in each segment. Zeviani WM, Ribeiro PJ Jr, Bonat WH, Shimakura SE, Muniz JA. In addition, small deviations from the gamma-count model are still possible, although the previous results were showing very good performance. Winkelmann R. Duration dependence and dispersion in count-data models. However, recent work [24, 25] suggests that it will be possible to automatize this last step to get a fully high-throughput method. This process was applied to a number of replicates varying between 20 to 300 by steps of 10 and a number of plants per segment varying between 2 (i.e. 12 for the given value of n + 1 consecutive plants. Cerussite has the same crystal structure as aragonite. 1996;13:522–6. Comput Electron Agric. 2007;101:1185–94. To find the volume, use the formula for the volume of a box. © 2021 BioMed Central Ltd unless otherwise stated. They need thus to be estimated with small uncertainties accuracy. a regular program whereby the saturated bulk density of sediments in situ is measured by means of proximal sensing devices lowered in the drilled hole. The influence of Triticum aestivum density, sowing pattern and nitrogen fertilization on leaf area index and its spatial variation. Privacy An optimal sampling method is proposed to estimate the plant density in wheat crops from plant counting and reach a given precision. 2016;136:147–56. The optimal sampling strategy should first be designed according to the precision targeted here quantified by the coefficient of variation (CV) characterizing the relative variability of the estimated plant density between several replicates of the sampling procedure. A mined mineral, rich in the soil conditioning element Glauconite. Optimal sampling requires a tradeoff between minimum sampling error obtained with maximum sampling size and minimum cost obtained with minimum sampling size [31]. Google Scholar. [3] For the standard conditions experienced in this study, the optimal sampling strategy to get a CV lower than 10% on the two parameters of the gamma distribution would be to repeat 200 times the measurement of plant spacing between 2 consecutive plants. American Statistical Association; 2004. Nakarmi AD, Tang L. Within-row spacing sensing of maize plants using 3D computer vision. Scheuren F, Association AS: What is a survey? estimate the textural class of a soil sample . 2016 (accepted). This study investigated the sampling strategy to estimate the plant density with emphasis on the variability of plant spacing along the row, corresponding to the sampling error. The non-sampling error may be reduced by combining a random sampling selection procedure with a measurement method ensuring high accuracy including accounting for the actual values of the row spacing measured over each segment [30]. It was first demonstrated that the plant spacing between consecutive plants are independent which corresponds to a very useful simplifying assumption. Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. a as shape parameter and the same scale parameter b as the one describing the distribution of ∆X. Green density is the ratio of metal powder volume to the external volume of the printed part, and is a measure of how tightly packed the powder particles in the printed part are. Contour plot of the CV associated to the estimates of parameters a (solid line) and b (dashed line) as a function of the number of replicates of individual samples made of n plants (the y axis). Article https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-017-0187-1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-017-0187-1. Weed Biol Manag. 2013;126:867–87. Int J Comput Vision. 7-2 Lecture 7: Density Estimation-0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 Density In the above picture, there are 6 data points located at where the black vertical segments indicate: 0:1;0:2;0:5;0:7;0:8;0:15. Tang L, Tian L. Plant identification in mosaicked crop row images for automatic emerged corn plant spacing measurement. Theor Appl Genet. PubMed Central Provides natural iron – an important plant nutrient. SL and FB designed the experiment and XJ, BA, PB, MH and AC contributed to the field measurement in different experimental sites. Definitions and convertion calculators. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. Electrical resistance wire is suspended in the inner chamber. when the plant spacing is more variable) to keep the same precision on estimates of a and b parameters. This method does not take into account porosity or natural water content, which is a limitation of the method for use in geological resource estimation. These simulations were conducted with [a, b] = [1.10, 2.27]. Steutel FW, Van Harn K. Infinite divisibility of probability distributions on the real line. A numerical experiment based on a Monte-Carlo approach was conducted considering a standard case corresponding to the average of the 14 plots sampled in 2014 with a = 1.10 and b = 2.27. Density ‘We always dig out more than we expected’ www.csaglobal.com lbs/cu ft t/m3 Difference 90 1.45 94 1.5 100 1.6 106 1.7 112 1.8 24 % Actual density 1 and 2). Agron J. per 100 square feet The processing of images here was automatic except the last step corresponding to the interactive visual extraction of the plants’ coordinates in the image. By using this website, you agree to our The volume of the cube is 2cm x 2cm x 2cm = 8cm 3. The distribution of plant spacing was then proved to follow a gamma distribution. Paris: Tec & Doc Lavoisier; 1995. Based on this density equation (Density = Mass ÷ Volume), if the weight (or mass) of something increases but the volume stays the same, the density has to go up. The density is expressed as a number which indicates how much heavier the gemstone is compared to an equal volume of water. Rather than describing blindly the bulk plant density, it would be then preferred to get a nested sampling strategy: the unusual segments could be mapped extensively, and the plant density of nominal and unusual segments could be described separately using the optimal sampling proposed here. Great thanks to Paul Bataillon and Jean-Michel Berceron from UE802 Toulouse INRA for their help in field experiment. INRA, UMR-EMMAH, UMT-CAPTE, UAPV, 228 Route de l’aérodrome CS 40509, 84914, Avignon, France, UMR BioSP, INRA, UAPV, 84914, Avignon, France, UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France, UMR AGIR, INRA, INPT, 31326, Toulouse, France, You can also search for this author in Always double check the values with other sources before important calculations. Spread Espoma Greensand evenly over the entire area. Further the Weibull model does not allow to simply derive the distribution law of the length of segments containing several consecutive plants [26]. Olsen J, Weiner J. The second approach (FNP) appears generally more optimal: it aims at measuring the length of the segment corresponding to a number of consecutive plants that will depend mainly on the targeted precision. Ann Appl Biol. Papalexiou SM, Koutsoyiannis D, Makropoulos C. How extreme is extreme? 12) and parameters a and b were estimated. 9) simply computed as the number of plants per segment divided by the area of the segments (segment length by row spacing), shows a good agreement, with RMSE ≈ 50 plants m−2 over the 14 plots available. The grant of the principal author was funded by the Chinese Scholarship Council. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. Cookies policy. PubMed The Gamma-count distribution in the analysis of experimental underdispersed data. 8). The green density obviously determines the amount of shrinkage required to densify a ceramic, but its influence upon the densification rate or the microstructure of the ceramic is not well understood. The density of minerals within a solid solution series may vary linearly with composition change. The sowing was considered as nominal on most of the plots investigated in this study, with no obvious ‘accidents’. Nevertheless, for the plant density (>100 plants m−2) and shape parameter (a > 0.9) usually experienced, a segment length of 6 m will ensure a precision better than 10%. 2014;125:54–64. Google Scholar. Additional investigations not shown here for the sake of brevity, confirmed the independency of the number of replicates to the number of plants per segment when parameters a and b are varying. We propose to use this method as a quick and less accurate method for forest canopy density estimation in discrete class in those cases where neural networks methods are not an alternative. Brown M, Lowe DG. These discrepancies may be mainly explained by the accuracy in the measurement of the position of individual plants (around 1–2 mm). \), \( \Delta {\text{x}}_{{{\text{n}} - {\text{m}}}} \), $$ {\text{f}}\left( {\Delta {\text{x|a}},{\text{b}}} \right) = \frac{1}{{{\text{b}}^{\text{a}} \varGamma \left( {\text{a}} \right)}}\Delta {\text{x}}^{{{\text{a}} - 1}} {\text{e}}^{{\frac{{ - \Delta {\text{x}}}}{\text{b}}}} \quad \Delta {\text{x}},{\text{a}},{\text{b}} \in {\text{R}}^{ + } $$, \( {\text{E}}\left( {\Delta {\text{X}}} \right) \), \( {\text{Var}}\left( {\Delta {\text{X}}} \right) \), $$ {\text{E}}\left( {\Delta {\text{X}}} \right) = {\text{a}} \cdot {\text{b}} $$, $$ {\text{Var}}\left( {\Delta {\text{X}}} \right) = {\text{a}} \cdot {\text{b}}^{2} $$, \( {\text{CV}}\left( {\Delta {\text{X}}} \right) = \frac{{\sqrt {{\text{var}}\left( {\Delta {\text{X}}} \right)} }}{{{\text{E}}\left( {\Delta {\text{X}}} \right)}} \), $$ {\text{CV}}\left( {\Delta {\text{X}}} \right) = 1/\sqrt {\text{a}} $$, \( \text{P}\left\{ {{\text{N}}_{\text{l}} = {\text{n}}} \right\} \), $$ {\text{P}}\left\{ {{\text{N}}_{\text{l}} = {\text{n}}} \right\} = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}l} {1 - {\textrm{IG}}\left( {{\text{a}},\frac{l}{b}} \right)} \hfill & {{\text{for}}\;n = 0} \hfill \\ {{\textrm{IG}}\left( {{\text{a}} \cdot {\text{n}},\frac{l}{b}} \right) - {\textrm{IG}}\left( {{\text{a}} \cdot {\text{n}} + {\text{a}},\frac{l}{b}} \right)} \hfill & {{\text{for}}\;n = 1,2, \ldots } \hfill \\ \end{array} } \right. 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