Hyperspectral Band Selection for Crop Identification and Mapping of Agriculture

Different crops, as well as the same crop at different growth stages, display distinct spectral and spatial characteristics in hyperspectral images (HSIs) due to variations in their chemical composition and structural features. However, the narrow bandwidth and closely spaced spectral channels of HS...

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Main Authors: Yulei Tan, Jingtao Gu, Laijun Lu, Liyuan Zhang, Jianyu Huang, Lin Pan, Yan Lv, Yupeng Wang, Yang Chen
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Jingtao Gu
Laijun Lu
Liyuan Zhang
Jianyu Huang
Lin Pan
Yan Lv
Yupeng Wang
Yang Chen
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Yang Chen
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description Different crops, as well as the same crop at different growth stages, display distinct spectral and spatial characteristics in hyperspectral images (HSIs) due to variations in their chemical composition and structural features. However, the narrow bandwidth and closely spaced spectral channels of HSIs result in significant data redundancy, posing challenges to crop identification and classification. Therefore, the dimensionality reduction in HSIs is crucial. Band selection as a widely used method for reducing dimensionality has been extensively applied in research on crop identification and mapping. In this paper, a crop superpixel-based affinity propagation (CS-AP) band selection method is proposed for crop identification and mapping in agriculture using HSIs. The approach begins by gathering crop superpixels; then, a spectral band selection criterion is developed by analyzing the variations in the spectral and spatial characteristics of crop superpixels. Finally, crop identification bands are determined through an efficient clustering approach, AP. Two typical agricultural hyperspectral data sets, the Salinas Valley data set and the Indian Pines data set, are selected for validation, each containing 16 crop classes, respectively. The experimental results show that the proposed CS-AP method achieves a mapping accuracy of 92.4% for the Salinas Valley data set and 88.6% for the Indian Pines data set. When compared to using all bands, two unsupervised band selection techniques, and three semi-supervised band selection techniques, the proposed method outperforms others with an improvement of 3.1% and 4.3% for the Salinas Valley and Indian Pines data sets, respectively. Indicate that the proposed CS-AP method achieves superior mapping accuracy by selecting fewer bands with greater crop identification capability compared to the other band selection methods. This research’s significant results demonstrate the potential of this approach in precision agriculture, offering a more cost-effective and timely solution for large-scale crop mapping and monitoring in the future.
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spelling doaj-art-ef4c103ef5f344ef8a9e9a4b8e8c1aa12025-08-20T02:03:42ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922025-02-0117466310.3390/rs17040663Hyperspectral Band Selection for Crop Identification and Mapping of AgricultureYulei Tan0Jingtao Gu1Laijun Lu2Liyuan Zhang3Jianyu Huang4Lin Pan5Yan Lv6Yupeng Wang7Yang Chen8School of Computer Technology and Engineering, Changchun Institute of Technology, Changchun 130012, ChinaCollege Student Employment and Entrepreneurship Guidance Center, Changchun Institute of Technology, Changchun 130012, ChinaCollege of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130061, ChinaSchool of Computer Technology and Engineering, Changchun Institute of Technology, Changchun 130012, ChinaSchool of Computer Technology and Engineering, Changchun Institute of Technology, Changchun 130012, ChinaSchool of Computer Technology and Engineering, Changchun Institute of Technology, Changchun 130012, ChinaCollege of Information Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, ChinaSchool of Computer Technology and Engineering, Changchun Institute of Technology, Changchun 130012, ChinaSchool of Computer Technology and Engineering, Changchun Institute of Technology, Changchun 130012, ChinaDifferent crops, as well as the same crop at different growth stages, display distinct spectral and spatial characteristics in hyperspectral images (HSIs) due to variations in their chemical composition and structural features. However, the narrow bandwidth and closely spaced spectral channels of HSIs result in significant data redundancy, posing challenges to crop identification and classification. Therefore, the dimensionality reduction in HSIs is crucial. Band selection as a widely used method for reducing dimensionality has been extensively applied in research on crop identification and mapping. In this paper, a crop superpixel-based affinity propagation (CS-AP) band selection method is proposed for crop identification and mapping in agriculture using HSIs. The approach begins by gathering crop superpixels; then, a spectral band selection criterion is developed by analyzing the variations in the spectral and spatial characteristics of crop superpixels. Finally, crop identification bands are determined through an efficient clustering approach, AP. Two typical agricultural hyperspectral data sets, the Salinas Valley data set and the Indian Pines data set, are selected for validation, each containing 16 crop classes, respectively. The experimental results show that the proposed CS-AP method achieves a mapping accuracy of 92.4% for the Salinas Valley data set and 88.6% for the Indian Pines data set. When compared to using all bands, two unsupervised band selection techniques, and three semi-supervised band selection techniques, the proposed method outperforms others with an improvement of 3.1% and 4.3% for the Salinas Valley and Indian Pines data sets, respectively. Indicate that the proposed CS-AP method achieves superior mapping accuracy by selecting fewer bands with greater crop identification capability compared to the other band selection methods. This research’s significant results demonstrate the potential of this approach in precision agriculture, offering a more cost-effective and timely solution for large-scale crop mapping and monitoring in the future.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/4/663hyperspectral imagerycrop identificationband selectionsuperpixelsremote sensing
spellingShingle Yulei Tan
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Laijun Lu
Liyuan Zhang
Jianyu Huang
Lin Pan
Yan Lv
Yupeng Wang
Yang Chen
Hyperspectral Band Selection for Crop Identification and Mapping of Agriculture
Remote Sensing
hyperspectral imagery
crop identification
band selection
superpixels
remote sensing
title Hyperspectral Band Selection for Crop Identification and Mapping of Agriculture
title_full Hyperspectral Band Selection for Crop Identification and Mapping of Agriculture
title_fullStr Hyperspectral Band Selection for Crop Identification and Mapping of Agriculture
title_full_unstemmed Hyperspectral Band Selection for Crop Identification and Mapping of Agriculture
title_short Hyperspectral Band Selection for Crop Identification and Mapping of Agriculture
title_sort hyperspectral band selection for crop identification and mapping of agriculture
topic hyperspectral imagery
crop identification
band selection
superpixels
remote sensing
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/4/663
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