The implementation of site-specific weed management requires information about weed cover and decision support systems to determine weed cover thresholds and concomitant herbicide rates. Although it is possible to create accurate weed cover maps over large areas, weed cover thresholds have generally been evaluated using tedious weed density counts. To bridge this gap between weed cover obtained by machine vision and the concept of economic threshold, crop advisers specializing in weed scouting were asked to evaluate over 2,500 weed cover images (2 m by 3 m) and determine if a given image would require herbicide application or not. Using the area under the “receiver operating characteristic” curve method, an optimal weed cover threshold was established. The derived economic thresholds ranged from 0.06 to 0.31% weed cover contingent on the level of tolerance of the expert adviser. Although this threshold seems low, it is comparable with economic threshold values based on weed density.
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1 January 2014
An Imagery-Based Weed Cover Threshold Established Using Expert Knowledge
Louis Longchamps,
Bernard Panneton,
Marie-Josée Simard,
Gilles D. Leroux
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Weed Science
Vol. 62 • No. 1
January-March 2014
Vol. 62 • No. 1
January-March 2014
economic threshold
Imagery
receiver operating characteristic
site-specific weed management