Research on an orchard row centreline multipoint autonomous navigation method based on LiDAR
June 2025
Orchard intelligent equipment must perform autonomous navigation tasks along fruit tree row centrelines and headlands according to established operational requirements. The tree canopy obstructs satellite...
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Precision agriculture technologies for soil site-specific nutrient management: A comprehensive review
June 2025
Amidst the growing food demands of an increasing population, agricultural intensification frequently depends on excessive chemical and fertilizer applications. While this approach initially boosts crop...
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Addressing computation resource exhaustion associated with deep learning training of three-dimensional hyperspectral images using multiclass weed classification
June 2025
Addressing the computational bottleneck of training deep learning models on high-resolution, three-dimensional images, this study introduces an optimized approach, combining distributed learning (parallelism),...
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Advancing precision agriculture: A comparative analysis of YOLOv8 for multi-class weed detection in cotton cultivation
June 2025
Effective weed management plays a critical role in enhancing the productivity and sustainability of cotton cultivation. The rapid emergence of herbicide-resistant weeds has underscored the need for...
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Deep learning-based classification, detection, and segmentation of tomato leaf diseases: A state-of-the-art review
June 2025
The early identification and treatment of tomato leaf diseases are crucial for optimizing plant productivity, efficiency and quality. Misdiagnosis by the farmers poses the risk of inadequate treatments,...
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Using UAV-based multispectral images and CGS-YOLO algorithm to distinguish maize seeding from weed
June 2025
Accurate recognition of maize seedlings on the plot scale under the disturbance of weeds is crucial for early seedling replenishment and weed removal. Currently, UAV-based maize seedling recognition...
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Prediction of sugar beet yield and quality parameters using Stacked-LSTM model with pre-harvest UAV time series data and meteorological factors
June 2025
Accurate pre-harvest prediction of sugar beet yield is vital for effective agricultural management and decision-making. However, traditional methods are constrained by reliance on empirical knowledge,...
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A review of the application prospects of cloud-edge-end collaborative technology in freshwater aquaculture
June 2025
This paper reviews the application and potential of cloud-edge-end collaborative (CEEC) technology in the field of freshwater aquaculture, a rapidly developing sector driven by the growing global demand...
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TGFN-SD: A text-guided multimodal fusion network for swine disease diagnosis
June 2025
China is the world's largest producer of pigs, but traditional manual prevention, treatment, and diagnosis methods cannot satisfy the demands of the current intensive production environment. Existing...
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Digitalizing greenhouse trials: An automated approach for efficient and objective assessment of plant damage using deep learning
June 2025
The use of image based and, recently, deep learning-based systems have provided good results in several applications. Greenhouse trials are key part in the process of developing and testing new herbicides...
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Classifying early apple scab infections in multispectral imagery using convolutional neural networks
March 2025
Multispectral imaging systems combined with deep learning classification models can be cost-effective tools for the early detection of apple scab (Venturia inaequalis) disease in commercial orchards....
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Robotization of banana de-handing under multi-constraint scenarios: Challenges and future directions
March 2025
Banana de-handing is an important part of banana post-harvesting operation. The traditional artificial de-handing model has problems such as labor intensity, inaccurate cutting, uneven cutting surface,...
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Development of automatic wheat seeding quantity control system based on Doppler radar speed measurement
March 2025
With advancements in agricultural technology, the full mechanization of rice straw wheat planting has been achieved. However, issues such as missed seeding, uneven row spacing, and poor uniformity of...
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A bibliometric analysis of research on remote sensing-based monitoring of soil organic matter conducted between 2003 and 2023
March 2025
Soil organic matter (SOM) is a key metric for assessing soil quality and crop yield potential. It plays a vital role in maintaining the ecological balance environment and promoting sustainable farming...
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Normalized difference vegetation index prediction using reservoir computing and pretrained language models
March 2025
In this study, we examined plant health prediction through the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) calculated from satellite image derived reflectance values in the near-infrared and red spectra....
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PAB-Mamba-YOLO: VSSM assists in YOLO for aggressive behavior detection among weaned piglets
March 2025
Aggressive behavior among piglets is considered a harmful social contact. Monitoring weaned piglets with intense aggressive behaviors is paramount for pig breeding management. This study introduced...
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Crop-conditional semantic segmentation for efficient agricultural disease assessment
March 2025
In this study, we introduced an innovative crop-conditional semantic segmentation architecture that seamlessly incorporates contextual metadata (crop information). This is achieved by merging the contextual...
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High-throughput phenotyping techniques for forage: Status, bottleneck, and challenges
March 2025
High-throughput phenotyping (HTP) technology is now a significant bottleneck in the efficient selection and breeding of superior forage genetic resources. To better understand the status of forage phenotyping...
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Knowledge-guided temperature correction method for soluble solids content detection of watermelon based on Vis/NIR spectroscopy
March 2025
Visible/near-infrared (Vis/NIR) spectroscopy technology has been extensively utilized for the determination of soluble solids content (SSC) in fruits. Nonetheless, the spectral distortion resulting...
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Enhancing citrus surface defects detection: A priori feature guided semantic segmentation model
March 2025
The accurate detection of citrus surface defects is of great importance for elevating the product quality and augmenting its market value. However, due to defect diversity and complexity, existing methods...
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Unveiling the drivers contributing to global wheat yield shocks through quantile regression
Available online 22 March 2025
Sudden reductions in crop yield (i.e., yield shocks) severely disrupt the food supply, intensify food insecurity, depress farmers' welfare, and worsen economic conditions in a country. Here, we study...
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A new tool to improve the computation of animal kinetic activity indices in precision poultry farming
Available online 22 March 2025
Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) emerges as a promising solution for revolutionising farming by enabling real-time automated monitoring of animals through smart technologies. PLF provides farmers with...
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Boosting grapevine phenological stages prediction based on climatic data by pseudo-labeling approach
Available online 17 March 2025
Predicting grapevine phenological stages (GPHS) is critical for precisely managing vineyard operations, including plant disease treatments, pruning, and harvest. Solutions commonly used to address viticulture...
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End-to-end deep fusion of hyperspectral imaging and computer vision techniques for rapid detection of wheat seed quality
Available online 13 February 2025
Seeds are essential to the agri-food industry. However, their quality is vulnerable to biotic and abiotic stresses during production and storage, leading to various types of deterioration. Real-time...
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Stereo vision based broccoli recognition and attitude estimation method for field harvesting
Available online 13 February 2025
At present, automatic broccoli harvest in field still faces some issues. It is difficult to segment broccoli in real time under complex field background, and hard to pick tilt-growing broccoli for the...
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