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In this study, we developed a detecting and characterizing method for individual sorghum panicles using a 3D point cloud derived from UAV images. The RGB color ratio was used to filter non-panicle points out and select potential panicle points. Individual sorghum panicles were detected using the concept of tree identification. Panicle length and width were determined from potential panicle points. We proposed cylinder fitting and disk stacking to estimate individual panicle volumes, which are directly related to yield. The results showed that the correlation coefficient of the average panicle length and width between the UAV-based and ground measurements were 0.61 and 0.83, respectively. The UAV-derived panicle length and diameter were more highly correlated with the panicle weight than ground measurements. The cylinder fitting and disk stacking yielded R2 values of 0.77 and 0.67 with the actual panicle weight, respectively. The experimental results showed that the 3D point cloud derived from UAV imagery can provide reliable and consistent individual sorghum panicle parameters, which were highly correlated with ground measurements of panicle weight.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13020282","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,15]],"date-time":"2021-01-15T01:33:29Z","timestamp":1610674409000},"page":"282","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["3D Characterization of Sorghum Panicles Using a 3D Point Cloud Derived from UAV Imagery"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Anjin","family":"Chang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Texas A&amp;M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX 78412, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1176-3540","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jinha","family":"Jung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7571-1155","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Junho","family":"Yeom","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do 52828, Korea"}]},{"given":"Juan","family":"Landivar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Texas A&amp;M AgriLife Research and Extension at Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX 78406, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2025","DOI":"10.1111\/1541-4337.12506","article-title":"Sorghum Grain: From Genotype, Nutrition, and Phenolic Profile to Its Health Benefits and Food Applications","volume":"18","author":"Xiong","year":"2019","journal-title":"Compr. 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