Techniques that provide a rapid and widespread assessment of crop properties equip
industry decision makers with knowledge to improve their farming environment, both
tactically and strategically. An interdisciplinary approach that links the fields of hyperspectral
remote sensing, statistical data mining and sugarcane systems was undertaken to establish
new relationships to determine variety type and crop age of sugarcane plants. In contrast to
commonly used sensors such as those occupied by Landsat satellites, images captured by …