Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2025
Publication Title
Frontiers in Plant Science
Abstract
Image analysis can be useful for assessing crop health and predicting yield. Instead of expensive equipment, smartphones are considered an accessible and low-cost alternative. The objectives of this study were to evaluate whether fresh weight in green and red lettuce could be predicted by leaf color (intensity of green color measured by RGB) under different fertilizer treatments using RGB imaging from two widely used smartphone models (Samsung Galaxy and Apple iPhone). The two smartphones showed similar longitudinal patterns of RGB data (the intensity and dark green proportion), but the absolute difference in the RGB data was significantly different. Therefore, the averaged results were used for the analyses. Color intensity and dark green proportion were associated with the fresh lettuce weight (p = 0.005, 0.003, 0.014 and p < 0.001, respectively). This study suggests that farmers and practitioners can use these economic devices as a non-destructive method to diagnose and monitor the nutritional status and predict lettuce yield.
Recommended Citation
Won, Hye Su; Lee, Eunji; Lee, Seeun; Nam, Ji-Hyeon; Jung, Jiwon; Cho, Yuna; Evert, Thomas; Kan, Noah; Kim, Steven; and Kim, Dong Sub, "Image Analysis Using Smartphones: Relationship Between Leaf Color and Fresh Weight of Lettuce Under Different Nutritional Treatments" (2025). Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations. 33.
https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/math_fac/33
Comments
Published in Frontiers in Plant Science by Frontiers Media SA. Available via doi: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1589825.
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