Image-based sensing of salt stress in grapevine

Grapevine is among the most economically important crops suffering environmental constraints, including drought and salt stress. Although imaging is increasingly used to detect abiotic stress in agriculture, image-based phenotyping in grapevine still needs optimisation. This study presents the RGB-(...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Montanaro, Nunzio Briglia, Angelo Petrozza, Antonio Carlomagno, Laura Rustioni, Francesco Cellini, Vitale Nuzzo
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Language:English
Published: International Viticulture and Enology Society 2024-02-01
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Online Access:https://oeno-one.eu/article/view/7757
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author Giuseppe Montanaro
Nunzio Briglia
Angelo Petrozza
Antonio Carlomagno
Laura Rustioni
Francesco Cellini
Vitale Nuzzo
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Nunzio Briglia
Angelo Petrozza
Antonio Carlomagno
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Francesco Cellini
Vitale Nuzzo
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description Grapevine is among the most economically important crops suffering environmental constraints, including drought and salt stress. Although imaging is increasingly used to detect abiotic stress in agriculture, image-based phenotyping in grapevine still needs optimisation. This study presents the RGB-(red, green, blue)-based phenotyping of the early stage of salt stress response in potted grapevine (Aleatico/SO4) irrigated with saline water (100 mM NaCl) for 9 days in contrast with vines irrigated with fresh water. The response was measured using stomatal conductance (gs), net photosynthetic rate (A), transpiration (E), maximum potential photosynthetic efficiency (Fv/Fm), stem water potential (SWP) concurrently with RGB imaging via a robotised platform. The image-based phenotyping of salt-stressed vines employed two sets of measurements: (i) the pixel fraction of specific colour bands (Yellow, Green, Brown and Dark Green) and (ii) the mean pixel value of R, G and B and other RGB-based colorimetric indexes. Results show that the responses of gs, A, E, Fv/Fm were closely related to increasing soil electrical conductivity (EC) and that imaging could detect the EC threshold of approx. 4 dS m-1 causing a ~60 % decrease in these physiological traits compared to the pre-stress level. The SWP declined to about –0.7 MPa at the end of the experiment. The change of the relative pixel fraction of Dark Green to increasing EC has been analysed within a dose-response context, showing that a decrease of 1 % of the Dark Green colour band corresponded to the 4 dS m-1 EC threshold. This study also examined the use of the mean pixel value of the R, G and B channels as proxies of EC along with new RGB-based indexes resulting from the rearrangement of original R, G and B mean pixel values. Results show the suitability of the mean pixel value of R and Coloration Index [(R-B)/R] to serve as predictors of EC (R2 >= 0.80).
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spelling doaj.art-77c27ff472c3426c92089be84348ea592024-02-11T14:31:29ZengInternational Viticulture and Enology SocietyOENO One2494-12712024-02-0158110.20870/oeno-one.2024.58.1.7757Image-based sensing of salt stress in grapevineGiuseppe Montanaro0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1172-7526Nunzio Briglia1Angelo Petrozza2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7933-0640Antonio Carlomagno3Laura Rustioni4Francesco Cellini5Vitale Nuzzo6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4373-6363Università degli Studi della BasilicataUniversità degli Studi della BasilicataALSIA Centro Ricerche Metapontum Agrobios, s.s. Jonica 106, km 448,2, Metaponto, MT 75010Università degli Studi della BasilicataDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, LecceALSIA Centro Ricerche Metapontum Agrobios, s.s. Jonica 106, km 448,2, Metaponto, MT 75010Università degli Studi della BasilicataGrapevine is among the most economically important crops suffering environmental constraints, including drought and salt stress. Although imaging is increasingly used to detect abiotic stress in agriculture, image-based phenotyping in grapevine still needs optimisation. This study presents the RGB-(red, green, blue)-based phenotyping of the early stage of salt stress response in potted grapevine (Aleatico/SO4) irrigated with saline water (100 mM NaCl) for 9 days in contrast with vines irrigated with fresh water. The response was measured using stomatal conductance (gs), net photosynthetic rate (A), transpiration (E), maximum potential photosynthetic efficiency (Fv/Fm), stem water potential (SWP) concurrently with RGB imaging via a robotised platform. The image-based phenotyping of salt-stressed vines employed two sets of measurements: (i) the pixel fraction of specific colour bands (Yellow, Green, Brown and Dark Green) and (ii) the mean pixel value of R, G and B and other RGB-based colorimetric indexes. Results show that the responses of gs, A, E, Fv/Fm were closely related to increasing soil electrical conductivity (EC) and that imaging could detect the EC threshold of approx. 4 dS m-1 causing a ~60 % decrease in these physiological traits compared to the pre-stress level. The SWP declined to about –0.7 MPa at the end of the experiment. The change of the relative pixel fraction of Dark Green to increasing EC has been analysed within a dose-response context, showing that a decrease of 1 % of the Dark Green colour band corresponded to the 4 dS m-1 EC threshold. This study also examined the use of the mean pixel value of the R, G and B channels as proxies of EC along with new RGB-based indexes resulting from the rearrangement of original R, G and B mean pixel values. Results show the suitability of the mean pixel value of R and Coloration Index [(R-B)/R] to serve as predictors of EC (R2 >= 0.80). https://oeno-one.eu/article/view/7757Chlorophyll fluorescence, Dark Green, early detection, imaging, salinity, Vitis vinifera
spellingShingle Giuseppe Montanaro
Nunzio Briglia
Angelo Petrozza
Antonio Carlomagno
Laura Rustioni
Francesco Cellini
Vitale Nuzzo
Image-based sensing of salt stress in grapevine
OENO One
Chlorophyll fluorescence, Dark Green, early detection, imaging, salinity, Vitis vinifera
title Image-based sensing of salt stress in grapevine
title_full Image-based sensing of salt stress in grapevine
title_fullStr Image-based sensing of salt stress in grapevine
title_full_unstemmed Image-based sensing of salt stress in grapevine
title_short Image-based sensing of salt stress in grapevine
title_sort image based sensing of salt stress in grapevine
topic Chlorophyll fluorescence, Dark Green, early detection, imaging, salinity, Vitis vinifera
url https://oeno-one.eu/article/view/7757
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