Estudo com sensores para a mensuração de falhas nas fileiras de cana-de-açucar (Sacchararum SSP.) / Study with sensors for measuring gaps in the rows of sugar cane (Saccharum ssp.)

AUTOR(ES)

Diego Soriano Cavalcante

FONTE

IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

05/09/2011

RESUMO

Brazil is the world\ s largest producer of sugarcane and has a booming market. Because of the productive potentiality and profitability of sugarcane the interest in site specific management techniques and demand for new technologies are increasing. Therefore this project aims to study options of sensors for measurement and georeferencing of failures, exploring the applicability of active optical sensors and presence sensors available, to estimate the occurrence of missing plants in sugarcane rows. It was developed a system for detecting the absence of plants and the validation tests were conducted under controlled conditions to define the uncertainty of the method. It was also studied the use of an active optical sensor that measures reflectance targets at two wavelengths in the visible region (VIS) at 590 nm (amber) and near infrared (NIR) at 880 nm. I It was conducted field tests to verify the functionality of the sensors installed on a tractor. Data from two fields located in the region of Iracemápolis Brazil were collected for the validation, during the operation of finishing/covering the furrows. Values were established for spacing between sugarcane plants considered as failure for the presence sensor. For the active optical sensor calibrations were performed in loco to define reflectance values that represent the absence of plants. Virtual plots were allocated in the experimental areas where failures were measured by hand following the procedure used by producers, and subsequently the values were compared with those estimated by the sensors isolating the plot areas. The observations indicate that the presence sensor allowed to obtain values comparable to those obtained with manual reading. The results obtained with the active optical sensor were comparable with those measured manually in only one of two experimental areas. The presence sensor allowed the data collection at a high density, resulting in mapping the occurrence of failures with great detail. Both methods enable georeferencing of measurements, providing the user with information about the failure occurrences and their locations.

ASSUNTO(S)

agricultura de precisão cana-de-açúcar failures falhas precision agriculture remote sensing sensoriamento remoto sugarcane

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