State of Major Vegetation Indices in Precision Agriculture Studies Indexed in Web of Science: A Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Global State of Vegetation-Index Application in Scientific Studies in Precision Agriculture
3. Present and Future Vegetation-Index-Based Applications in Precision Agriculture Using Artificial Intelligence
4. Sensors Used for Calculating Vegetation Indices in Precision Agriculture
5. Major Vegetation Indices in Precision Agriculture Based on Multispectral Sensors
6. Major Vegetation Indices in Precision Agriculture Based on RGB Sensors
7. Conclusions and Limitations of the Review
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Vegetation Index | Abbreviation | Formula | Total Number of WoSCC Papers * (2000–2022) | Reference |
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Normalized difference vegetation index | NDVI | 2200 | [67] | |
Enhanced vegetation index | EVI | 459 | [68] | |
Green-normalized difference vegetation index | GNDVI | 329 | [69] | |
Soil-adjusted vegetation index | SAVI | 225 | [70] | |
Simple ratio | SR | 202 | [71] | |
Normalized difference red-edge index | NDRE | 195 | [72] | |
Optimized soil-adjusted vegetation index | OSAVI | 92 | [73] | |
Global environmental-monitoring index | GEMI | 67 | [74] |
Vegetation Index | Abbreviation | Formula | Total Number of WoSCC Papers * (2000–2022) | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Normalized green–red difference index | NGRDI | 72 | [88] | |
Excess green index | ExG | 32 | [89] | |
Excess red index | ExR | 19 | [90] | |
Visible atmospherically resistant index | VARI | 18 | [91] | |
Modified green–red vegetation index | MGRVI | 16 | [92] | |
Normalized pigment chlorophyll ratio index | NPCI | 12 | [93] | |
Triangular greenness index | TGI | 10 | [94] | |
Excess blue index | ExB | 10 | [95] |
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Radočaj, D.; Šiljeg, A.; Marinović, R.; Jurišić, M. State of Major Vegetation Indices in Precision Agriculture Studies Indexed in Web of Science: A Review. Agriculture 2023, 13, 707. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13030707
Radočaj D, Šiljeg A, Marinović R, Jurišić M. State of Major Vegetation Indices in Precision Agriculture Studies Indexed in Web of Science: A Review. Agriculture. 2023; 13(3):707. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13030707
Chicago/Turabian StyleRadočaj, Dorijan, Ante Šiljeg, Rajko Marinović, and Mladen Jurišić. 2023. "State of Major Vegetation Indices in Precision Agriculture Studies Indexed in Web of Science: A Review" Agriculture 13, no. 3: 707. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13030707