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Chlorophyll content is an important indication for evaluating crop growth status and predicting crop yield. The NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) is commonly used as an indicator in practical crop healthy monitoring. Hence, a spectroscopy-based device for indirectly measuring crop growth conditions in terms of NDVI is developed. This device consists of four channels: two are designed to measure the intensity of the sunlight and the other two are used to measure the reflected light from the crop canopy at the same time. An electronic control unit was designed to control the sensing and data recording processes, as well as to calculate the NDVI based on the sensed data. The measurable two wavelengths are 610 nm and 1220 nm. A series validation tests, comparing the measurement result against spectroradiometer readings, are conducted to evaluate the performance of the device. Leaf samples are collected to measure chlorophyll contents in laboratory. The correlation coefficient between the NDVI readings from the developed device and the chlorophyll content data measured by the UV-VIS Spectrophotometer reaches 0.81, which shows that the device can be used in practical crop management.
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Cui, D., Li, M., Li, X. (2009). Development of an Optical Device to Investigatechlorophyll Content of Tomato Leaves. In: Zhao, C., Li, D. (eds) Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture II, Volume 3. CCTA 2008. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 295. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0213-9_62
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