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Table 2 Broad band vegetation indices for phenotyping specific traits in plants

From: High-resolution spectral information enables phenotyping of leaf epicuticular wax in wheat

Broad band VI

Abbreviation

Formula

Reference

Violet wavelength

VIO

\({\rho }_{400} / {\rho }_{451}\)

 

Blue wavelength

BL

\({\rho }_{454} to {\rho }_{496}\)

 

Green wavelength

GR

\({\rho }_{499} to {\rho }_{517}\)

 

Yellow wavelength

YW

\({\rho }_{574} to {\rho }_{589}\)

 

Orange wavelength

OR

\({\rho }_{592} to {\rho }_{619}\)

 

Red wavelength

RED

\({\rho }_{622} to {\rho }_{748}\)

 

Red-edge wavelength

RE

\({\rho }_{691} to {\rho }_{730}\)

 

Near infrared wavelength

NIR

\({\rho }_{751} to {\rho }_{997}\)

 

Normalized difference vegetation index

NDVI

\((NIR-Red) / (NIR+Red)\)

[48]

Simple ratio index

SR

\(NIR / Red\)

[47]

Green normalized difference vegetation index

NDVI-green

\((NIR-Green) / (NIR+Green)\)

[79]

Modified simple ratio

MSR

\(Red/{ (NIR/Red+1)}^{0.5}\)

[80]

Renormalized difference vegetation index

RDVI

\((NIR-Red) / {(NIR+Red)}^{0.5}\)

[81]

Red-green vegetation index

RGRI

\(Red-Green\)

[82]

Ratio vegetation index

RVI

\(Red / NIR\)

[76]

Difference vegetation index

DVI

\(NIR-Red\)

[83]

SR & NDVI

SR-NDVI

\(({NIR}^{2}-Red) / (NIR+{Red}^{2})\)

[53]

NDVI-Red-edge

NDVI-RE

\((NIR-{Red}_{edge}) / (NIR+{Red}_{edge})\)

[76]

Rededge chlorophyll index

CI-Rededge

\((NIR / {Red}_{edge})-1\)

[76]

Anthocyanin reflectance index

ARI-1

\((1/Green) / (1/{Red}_{edge})\)

[76]

Modified Anthocyanins reflectance index

mARI

\(\left(1/Green\right) / \left(1/{Red}_{edge}\right)*NIR\)

[76]

Anthocyanin reflectance index

ARI-2

\(Green / NIR\)

(76)