Rapid Measurement of Soybean Seed Viability Using Kernel-Based Multispectral Image Analysis

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2019-01-11

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Insuck Baek , Dewi Kusumaningrum , Lalit Mohan Kandpal , Santosh Lohumi , Changyeun Mo , Moon S. Kim 2 and Byoung-Kwan Cho , Rapid Measurement of Soybean Seed Viability Using Kernel-Based Multispectral Image Analysis, Sensors 2019, 19(2), 271; https://doi.org/10.3390/s19020271

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seed viability
near-infrared
multispectral imaging
variable importance in projection
kernel-based classification

Abstract

Viability is an important quality factor influencing seed germination and crop yield. Current seed-viability testing methods rely on conventional manual inspections, which use destructive, labor-intensive and time-consuming measurements. The aim of this study is to distinguish between viable and nonviable soybean seeds, using a near-infrared (NIR) hyperspectral imaging (HSI) technique in a rapid and nondestructive manner. The data extracted from the NIR–HSI of viable and nonviable soybean seeds were analyzed using a partial least-squares discrimination analysis (PLS-DA) technique for classifying the viable and nonviable soybean seeds. Variable importance in projection (VIP) was used as a waveband selection method to develop a multispectral imaging model. Initially, the spectral profile of each pixel in the soybean seed images was subjected to PLS-DA analysis, which yielded a reasonable classification accuracy; however, the pixel-based classification method was not successful for high accuracy detection for nonviable seeds. Another viability detection method was then investigated: a kernel image threshold method with an optimum-detection-rate strategy. The kernel-based classification of seeds showed over 95% accuracy even when using only seven optimal wavebands selected through VIP. The results show that the proposed multispectral NIR imaging method is an effective and accurate nondestructive technique for the discrimination of soybean seed viability.