Analysis of seedling images to evaluate the physiological potential of soybean seeds

Abstract

The use of artificial intelligence techniques collaborate in laboratory analysis of seeds. In this sense, the objective of this work was to verify the efficiency of the Ground Eye® equipment in evaluating the vigor of soybean seeds and the agronomic performance of soybean varieties 74I77 RSF IPRO and NT 1478SP. For this, experiments were carried out to analyze the germination of soybean seeds. The variables analyzed by the analyst and Ground Eye® equipment were the following: number of normal, intermediate, weak and abnormal seedlings. The tetrazolium, vigor and seedling emergence test under field conditions for soybean cultivars were also performed. For seedling emergence in the field, tetrazolium test and vigor there was no statistical difference between soybean cultivars. The Ground Eye Series L equipment showed a lower number of normal seedlings, number of intermediate seedlings, number of weak seedlings and a higher number of vigorous seedlings when compared to the analyzes carried out manually. Based on the results, the cultivar NT 1478SP showed better performance and may be promising in the field. The Ground Eye L Series equipment is an efficient tool for checking the vigor of soybean seedlings, helping the analyst to perform the tests more quickly.