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Table 4 The applications of thermal imaging in the study of fruit tree phenotypes

From: Phenotypic techniques and applications in fruit trees: a review

Applications

Species

Scale

Spectral range

Devices

Detected parameters

Evaluation parameters

Advantages

Limitations

References

Indices

Performance evaluation

Water stress

Citrus orchard

T

7.5–13 µm

IR thermal camera

Ψs

Tc − Ta

R2 = 0.42–0.76

Suitable for canopy temperature detection at the orchard level, reducing the deployment of a large number of temperature sensors

High cost; vulnerable to shadow, uneven lighting and other environmental effects

[108]

Pear orchard

T

8–12 µm

FLIR 400

gs

Tc

 

[107]

Vineyard

O

7.5–13 µm

FLIR Tau II 320

Pn

CWSI

R = − 0.80

[113]

O

7.5–13 µm

FLIR Tau II 320

Ψs

CWSI

R2 = 0.6931

[114]

gs

R2 = 0.7061

Olive orchard

O

7.5–13.5 µm

Tau 2 324

Ψs

CWSI

R2 = 0.60–0.73

[115]

gs

R2 = 0.91

T

7.5–13 µm

ThermaCAM SC2000

Water status

CWSI

 

[110]

T

8–14 µm

Flir One

Ψleaf

Tc

R2 = 0.81

[119]

CWSI

R2 = 0.73

Almond orchard

O

8–12 µm

Miricle 307

Ψs

CWSI

R2 = 0.67

[111]

Tc − Ta

R2 = 0.65

Peach orchard

O

8–12 µm

Miricle 307

Ψs

CWSI

R2 = 0.92

[111]

Tc − Ta

R2 = 0.65

Apricot orchard

O

8–12 µm

Miricle 307

Ψs

CWSI

R2 = 0.64

[111]

Tc − Ta

R2 = 0.65

Disease detection

Apple orchard

T

8–12 µm

Varioscan 3201 ST

Infected area of Scab disease

MTD

R2 = 0.85

[121]

Severity levels

R2 = 0.71

Olive orchard

O

8–12 µm

Miricle 307

Severity levels of VW

Tc -Ta

R2 = 0.76

[91]

CWSI

R2 = 0.83

O

7.5–13 µm

FLIR SC655

Severity levels of VW

Tc − Ta

 

[92]

Almond orchard

O

7.5–13 µm

FLIR SC655

Severity levels of Red leaf blotch

Tc − Ta

 

[93]

  1. Note: In the “scale” column of the table, the fruit tree objects are divided into individual trees (T) and the whole orchard (O)