Using hyperspectral reflectance data to assess biocontrol damage of giant salvinia |
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| Authors: | James H Everitt Kenneth Summy Julie G Nachtrieb |
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| Institution: | 1. USDA-ARS , 2413 E. Highway 83, Weslaco , 78596 , USA;2. Department of Biology , University of Texas-Pan American , Edinburg , USA;3. US Army Corp Engineers Research , Lewisville , 75057 , USA |
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| Abstract: | Field hyperspectral reflectance data were studied at 50 wavebands (10-nm bandwidth) over the 400- to 900-nm spectral range to determine their potential for distinguishing among giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta Mitchell) plants subjected to four population levels of salvinia weevils (Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder and Sands) to develop feeding damage to the plants. The four populations included a control with no insects and those with low, medium and high insect populations. The plants were studied in two experiments on each of two dates: 14 October 2010 and 21 July 2011. Two procedures were used to determine the optimum bands for discriminating among treatments: least significant difference (LSD) and stepwise discriminant analysis. The LSD comparison test results for both October and July experiments showed that generally the best bands for separating among treatments occurred in the green (505–595 nm), red (605–635 nm), red-near-infrared (NIR; 695–745 nm) edge and NIR (755–895 nm) regions where three to four treatments could be distinguished. Stepwise discriminant analysis identified four bands in the green, red and red-NIR edge to be significant to discriminate among the four treatments in Experiment 1 in October. For Experiment 2 in October, discriminant analysis identified five bands in the blue, green, red and NIR regions to be significant for distinguishing among the treatments. In Experiment 1 in July, five bands in the blue, green, red-NIR edge and NIR regions were found to be significant to discriminate among the treatments. For Experiment 2 in July, discriminant analysis identified four bands in the blue, green and red-NIR edge regions to be significant to discriminate among the treatments. |
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| Keywords: | hyperspectral reflectance spectral signature least significant difference stepwise discriminant analysis biological control Salvinia molesta Crtobagous salviniae |
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