A method for real-time classification of insect vectors of mosaic and brown streak disease in cassava plants for future implementation within a low-cost, handheld, in-field multispectral imaging sensor

Abstract Background The paper introduces a multispectral imaging system and data-processing approach for the identification and discrimination of morphologically indistinguishable cryptic species of the destructive crop pest, the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. This investigation and the corresponding syst...

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Main Authors: Joseph Fennell, Charles Veys, Jose Dingle, Joachim Nwezeobi, Sharon van Brunschot, John Colvin, Bruce Grieve
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Plant Methods
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13007-018-0350-3