Evaluation of Oil-Palm Fungal Disease Infestation with Canopy Hyperspectral Reflectance Data.docVIP

Sensors 2010, 10, 734-747; doi:10.3390/s100100734 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Evaluation of Oil-Palm Fungal Disease Infestation with Canopy Hyperspectral Reflectance Data Camille C. D. Lelong 1 1, *, Jean-Michel Roger 3 2 , Simon Brégand , Fabrice Dubertret , 1 1 and Jean-Pierre Caliman Mathieu Lanore , Nurul A. Sitorus , Doni A. Raharjo 4 5 1 2 CIRAD, UMR TETIS, 500 Rue J.-F. Breton, 34093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France Cemagref, UMR ITAP, 361 Rue J.-F. Breton, 34196 Montpellier Cedex 5, France; E-Mail: jean-michel.roger@montpellier.cemagref.fr 3 4 P.T. SMART, SMARTRI, Padang Halaban, North Sumatra, Indonesia P.T. SMART, SMARTRI, Pekanbaru, Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia; E-Mail: donie_erde@yahoo.co.id 5 CIRAD, UR34 P.T. SMART, SMARTRI, Pekanbaru, Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia; E-Mail: caliman@.id * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: camille.lelong@cirad.fr; Tel.: +33-467-548-737; Fax: +33-467-548-700. Received: 18 November 2009; in revised form: 28 December 2009 / Accepted: 18 January 2010 / Published: 20 January 2010 Abstract: Fungal disease detection in perennial crops is a major issue in estate management and production. However, nowadays such diagnostics are long and difficult when only made from visual symptom observation, and very expensive and damaging when based on root or stem tissue chemical analysis. As an alternative, we propose in this study to evaluate the potential of hyperspectral reflectance data to help detecting the disease efficiently without destruction of tissues. This study focuses on the calibration of a statistical model of discrimination between several stages of Ganoderma attack on oil palm trees, based on field hyperspectral measurements at tree scale. Field protocol and measurements are first described. Then, combinations of pre-processing, partial least square regression and