Application of hyperspectral remote sensing to monitor infection of crops by pathogens

Abstract

Hyperspectral remote sensing consists in collecting and processing information about the reflectance of electromagnetic radiation from the examined object in very narrow spectral ranges. The essence of this method in relation to the monitoring of the health of crops is the registration of differences in the reflectance of radiation from healthy and infected plants. This paper presents examples of the use of this technology to monitoring of the occurrence of pathogens on cereal plants (Zymoseptoria tritici, Blumeria graminis, Puccinia striiformis, Puccinia recondita, Puccinia graminis, Fusarium culmorum, Fusarium graminearum, Pyrenophora tritici-repentis), root crops (Phytophthora infestans, Alternaria solani, Cercospora beticlerotinia, Erysiphe betae, Uromyces betae) and industrial plants (Golovinomyces cichoracearum, Septoria helianthi, Verticillium dahliae, Phymatotrichopsis omnivora, Puccinia kuehnii, Puccinia melanocephala, potato virus Y, tomato spotted wilt virus, tobacco mosaic virus).