Evaluation of hawthorns maturity level by developing an automated machine learning-based algorithm

R Azadnia, K Kheiralipour - Ecological Informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
Marketability of agricultural products depends heavily on appearance attributes such as
color, size, and ripeness. Sorting plays an important role in increasing marketability by …

Semantic segmentation of fruits on multi-sensor fused data in natural orchards

H Kang, X Wang - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2023 - Elsevier
Semantic segmentation is a fundamental vision task for agricultural robots to understand the
surrounding environments in natural orchards. The recent development of the LiDAR …

Detecting, mapping and digitising canopy geometry, fruit number and peel colour in pear trees with different architecture

A Scalisi, L McClymont, M Peavey, P Morton… - Scientia …, 2024 - Elsevier
Increasing farm labour and input costs and the requirement for more orchard data are
leading to rapid advances in technology to improve management systems in fruit production …

[HTML][HTML] Narrow orchard systems for pome and stone fruit—a review

A Scalisi, MG O'Connell, D Stefanelli, S Zhou, T Pitt… - Scientia …, 2024 - Elsevier
The main characteristics of Narrow Orchard Systems (NOS) are (i) narrow canopies, with (ii)
multiple closely-spaced upright leaders and (iii) narrow inter-rows, regardless of tree …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility assessment of tree-level flower intensity quantification from UAV RGB imagery: a triennial study in an apple orchard

C Zhang, J Valente, W Wang, L Guo, AT Comas… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
A timely and accurate spatial inventory of flowering characteristics benefits both the floral
phenology monitoring in ecology and various crop management activities in agricultural …

A fruit colour development index (CDI) to support harvest time decisions in peach and nectarine orchards

A Scalisi, MG O'Connell, MS Islam, I Goodwin - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fruit skin colour is one of the most important visual fruit quality parameters driving consumer
preferences. Proximal sensors such as machine vision cameras can be used to detect skin …

A ground-based platform for reliable estimates of fruit number, size, and color in stone fruit orchards

MS Islam, A Scalisi, MG O'Connell, P Morton… - …, 2022 - journals.ashs.org
Automatic in-field fruit recognition techniques can be used to estimate fruit number, fruit size,
fruit skin color, and yield in fruit crops. Fruit color and size represent two of the most …

Evaluation of Computer Vision Systems and Applications to Estimate Trunk Cross-Sectional Area, Flower Cluster Number, Thinning Efficacy and Yield of Apple

L Gonzalez Nieto, A Wallis, J Clements… - Horticulturae, 2023 - mdpi.com
Precision crop load management of apple requires counting fruiting structures at various
times during the year to guide management decisions. The objective of the current study …

Light efficacy estimation for fruit trees based on LIDAR point clouds: A case study on pear trees

H Tang, Z Xu, S Chen, S Yang, W Liu, L Zhou… - Scientia …, 2024 - Elsevier
It is important to evaluate the effect of fruit-tree pruning based on canopy-structure
characteristics so as to keep appropriate illumination for tree growth. However, current …

Effects of different ground segmentation methods on the accuracy of UAV-based canopy volume measurements

L Han, Z Wang, M He, X He - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The nonuniform distribution of fruit tree canopies in space poses a challenge for precision
management. In recent years, with the development of Structure from Motion (SFM) …