Plant treatment based on morphological and physiological measurements

A method comprising:

• recording, by a camera mounted to a vehicle navigating through a field comprising a plurality of plants, a physiology measurement for reach plant of the plurality of plants, wherein the physiology measurement of each plant indicates an expression of one or more phenotypes by the plant, each of the one or more expressed phenotypes representing a plant parameter indicative of plant physiology;
• releasing, from a nozzle mounted to the vehicle, a treatment fluid onto a plant of the plurality of plants in the field;
• determining, by a computer communicatively coupled to the camera, a set of pixels of the plurality of pixels in the physiology measurement associated with a portion of the plant affected by the released treatment fluid;
• determine a physiology value for each pixel of the set of pixels associated with the portion of the plant affected by the treatment fluid based on the physiology measurement recorded for the plant;
• extracting, by the computer, a plant index for the plant affected by the released treatment fluid based on the physiology value determined for each pixel of the set of pixels;
• determining, by the computer, effects of the treatment fluid on the one or more phenotypes expressed by the portion of the plant affected by the treatment fluid based on the plant index;
• and
• storing, in a non-transitory computer memory, the determined effects of the treatment fluid on the one or more phenotypes expressed by the portion of the plant.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, the instructions comprising instructions thereon that, when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

• recording, by a camera mounted to a vehicle navigating through a field comprising a plurality of plants, a physiology measurement for reach plant of the plurality of plants, wherein the physiology measurement of each plant indicates an expression of one or more phenotypes by the plant, each of the one or more expressed phenotypes representing a plant parameter indicative of plant physiology;
• releasing, from a nozzle mounted to the vehicle, a treatment fluid onto a plant of the plurality of plants in the field;
• determining, by a computer communicatively coupled to the camera, a set of pixels of the plurality of pixels in the physiology measurement associated with a portion of the plant affected by the released treatment fluid;
• determine a physiology value for each pixel of the set of pixels associated with the portion of the plant affected by the treatment fluid based on the physiology measurement recorded for the plant;
• extracting, by the computer, a plant index for the plant affected by the released treatment fluid based on the physiology value determined for each pixel of the set of pixels;
• determining, by the computer, effects of the treatment fluid on the one or more phenotypes expressed by the portion of the plant affected by the treatment fluid based on the plant index;
• and
• storing, in a non-transitory computer memory, the determined effects of the treatment fluid on the one or more phenotypes expressed by the portion of the plant.