Biosystems Engineering

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Impact of canopy opener working height on spraying effect of a high clearance sprayer	140
Experimental study of airflow field distribution on the feature structure of cleaning screen with variable vibration intensity	87
Parameter optimisation of a centrifugal fan for rice combine harvesters based on airflow resistance coefficients and CFD simulations	83
Dynamic analysis of grain quality during drying in fluidised beds	82
Exploring hyperspectral reflectance indices for the estimation of water and nitrogen status of spinach	76
Measuring and assessing the role of deep litter to estimate the ventilation rate using the CO2 mass balance method	67
Egg characteristics assessment as an enabler for in-ovo sexing technology: A review	66
A reconstruction method for incomplete pig point clouds based on stepwise hole filling and its applications	66
CFD study on the impacts of geometric models of lying pigs on resistance coefficients for porous media modelling of the animal occupied zone	65
Optimisation and numerical simulation of shearing blade used for citrus seedling grafting	65
Strain concentration effects of wood knots under longitudinal tension obtained through digital image correlation	63
Finite time trajectory tracking control of autonomous agricultural tractor integrated nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode and disturbance observer	63
Frictional behaviour of wheat straw-water suspensions in vertical upward flows	63
Simulation and measurement of the effects of surrounding material on the uniformity of radio frequency heating of wheat flour	61
An effective temperature derived from a mechanistic thermophysiological model for sows reared in hot climates	61
A novel approach to upgrade infrared spectroscopy calibrations for nutritional contents in fresh grapevine organs	60
Hyperspectral imaging technology combined with deep learning for hybrid okra seed identification	59
A method for the validation of measurements collected by different monitoring systems applied to aquaculture processing plants	59
Domain adapted broiler density map estimation using negative-patch data augmentation	59
Identification of aflatoxin-poisoned broilers based on accelerometer and machine learning	57
Application of hyperspectral imaging systems and artificial intelligence for quality assessment of fruit, vegetables and mushrooms: A review	57
Study on separation of the tuber-soil binary mixture based on vibration and airflow coupling	56
Investigation of the mechanism of aerodynamic separation of rice husks from brown rice following paddy hulling by coupled CFD-DEM	54
FCS-Net: Feather condition scoring of broilers based on dense feature fusion of RGB and thermal infrared images	54
Oestrus detection in dairy cows by using atrous spatial pyramid and attention mechanism	54

Near-infrared hyperspectral imaging for evaluation of aflatoxin contamination in corn kernels	53
A two-stage 3D multi-fish tracking model using patch-based underwater stereo matching	52
Stability control of a wheel-legged mobile platform used in hilly orchards	51
Mitigation of greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions due to livestock housing management practices: Analysis of the DATAMAN database	51
Dynamic behaviour of a large flexible net with local biofouling subjected to irregular waves	51
Thermodynamic-based theoretical energy efficiency model for high-temperature grain drying	48
Simulation of the flow characteristics of a labyrinth milli-channel used in drip irrigation	47
Vibration modelling and testing of off-road vehicle incorporating coupled roll and pitch vibrations	47
Numerical analysis on tractor axle suspension for steering instability induced by bump disturbances	43
Analysis of wind-induced responses of landing assembled Chinese solar greenhouses	43
Development and validation of an air recirculated ventilation system, Part 2: Evaluation of pig productivity in spring and summer seasons including examination of cooling methods	43
Mechanical compression characteristics of rapeseed based on continuous damage theory	43
Towards improving the global water application uniformity of centre pivots through lateral speed adjustment	42
Efficient crop row detection using transformer-based parameter prediction	42
Development of a hydraulic variable-diameter threshing drum control system for combine harvester part I: Adaptive monitoring method	41
Computational modelling of a grain spreader for use in silos	41
Learning on a chip: Towards the development of trainable biohybrid sensors by investigating cognitive processes in non-marine Ostracoda via a miniaturised analytical system	41
Data fusion of FT-NIR spectroscopy and Vis/NIR hyperspectral imaging to predict quality parameters of yellow flesh “Jintao” kiwifruit	40
Characterising vibration patterns of winter jujube trees to optimise automated fruit harvesting	40
Gap analysis of existing agricultural data exchange standards for automated controlled traffic farming systems	40
Numerical simulation of feed pellet breakage in pneumatic conveying	39
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A method for optimising the parameters of connecting parts of a corn no-till planter	36
Height estimation of sugarcane tip cutting position based on multimodal alignment and depth image fusion	36
Litchi bunch detection and ripeness assessment using deep learning and clustering with image processing techniques	36
Industry-scale prediction of video-derived pig body weight using efficient convolutional neural networks and vision transformers	36
The role of soil dispersivity and initial moisture content in splash erosion: Findings from consecutive single-drop splash tests	36
Design and experiment of an intelligent testing bench for air-suction seed metering devices for small vegetable seeds	35
Improved feed-forward neural network and multidimensional motion data for accurate recognition of sheep behaviour at multiple fattening stages	35
The identification of straight-curved rice seedling rows for automatic row avoidance and weeding system	34
Influence of sediment water on fixed spray plate sprinkler erosion	34
Identifying rumen protozoa in microscopic images of ruminant with improved YOLACT instance segmentation	34
A decision support tool for shelf-life determination of strawberries using hyperspectral imaging technology	33
Effective excitation conditions for the intense motion of the ginkgo seed-stem system during mechanical vibration harvesting	33
Establishment and validation of a negative pressure prediction model for rice air-suction seed-metering device	33
Referencing acoustic monitoring of cutting knives sharpness in agricultural harvesting processes using image analysis	33
Spectral monitoring of salinity stress in tomato plants	32
Prediction of berry sunburn damage with machine learning: Results on grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.)	32
Sugarcane leaf-stalk separating technology: A critical review	31
Comparison of maize stover and wheat straw slurry flow in vertical pipes	31
Delineating an ovoidal egg shape by length and breadth: A novel two-parametric mathematical model	31
‘Corrigendum to “Detection of internal defects in onion bulbs by means of single-point and scanning laser Doppler vibrometry” [Biosystems engineering 221 (2022) 258–273]’	31
3D pose estimation of tomato peduncle nodes using deep keypoint detection and point cloud	31
Effects of mimicking manure removal strategies on ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions in sow pen scale models	31
Effects of organic photovoltaic modules installed inside greenhouses on microclimate and plants	31
Assessment of maize seed vigor under saline-alkali and drought stress based on low field nuclear magnetic resonance	31
Numerical analysis of static and dynamic characteristics of large-span pipe-framed plastic greenhouses	31
Soil failure characteristics and loosening effectivity of compacted grassland by subsoilers with different plough points	31
A multi-branch convolutional neural network with density map for aphid counting	30
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Detection of internal defects in onion bulbs by means of single-point and scanning laser Doppler vibrometry	30
A high-fidelity inpainting method of micro-slice images based on Bendlet analysis	30
Design and optimization of an air distributor for an almond stockpile heated and ambient air dryer (SHAD) - Part 1	30
Evaluation of the working performance of different digging shovels based on the maize root-soil complex model	29
Predicting sow postures from video images: Comparison of convolutional neural networks and segmentation combined with support vector machines under various training and testing setups	29
Wind tunnel study of the changes in drag and morphology of three fruit tree species during air-assisted spraying	29
Wheat biomass, yield, and straw-grain ratio estimation from multi-temporal UAV-based RGB and multispectral images	28
Shelter efficiency of windbreak influenced by stand configuration	28
Injury mechanisms in high-speed transplanting of over aged rice seedlings	28
A review of Smart Irrigation	28
Multiscale coupling analysis and modeling of airflow and heat transfer for warehouse-packaging-kiwifruit under forced-air cooling	28
Performance assessment of a heat pump assisted rotary desiccant dryer for low temperature peanut drying	28
An unsupervised automatic measurement of wheat spike dimensions in dense 3D point clouds for field application	28
Deep learning algorithms to identify individual finishing pigs using 3D data	28
Impacts of crate design, number of heat lamps and lying posture on the occurrence of shoulder lesions in sows	28
Characterisation of engineered water nanostructures (EWNS) and evaluation of their efficacy in inactivating Escherichia coli at conditions relevant to livestock operations	28
Non-ideal continuously stirred bioreactor model for multi-media denitrifying processes	27
Simulation and experimental study on frictional wear of plough blades in soil cultivation process based on the Archard model	27
Evaluation of the performance of very narrow tines with different geometrical structures for tilling natural grassland	27
Real-time six degrees of freedom grasping of deformable poultry legs in cluttered bins using deep learning and geometric feature extraction	27
Application of leaf attitude sensor systems in air-assisted spraying operation in cowpea and citrus	27
Wear study on flexible brush-type soil removal component for removing soil used to protect grapevines against cold	27
A mechanical model of single wheat straw with failure characteristics based on discrete element method	27
Influence of maize picking roller surface structure on stalk pulling force	27
MinkSORT: A 3D deep feature extractor using sparse convolutions to improve 3D multi-object tracking in greenhouse tomato plants	26
Analysis of hydrodynamic filtration performance in a cross-step filter for drip irrigation based on the CFD‒DEM coupling method	26
Effect of sampling density and location on airflow rate measurements in a naturally ventilated pig barn with an outdoor exercise yard: A boundary layer wind tunnel study	26
Validation of the methane production measurement accuracy and ranking capacity of portable accumulation chambers for use with small ruminants	26
Effect of slurry funnels with partial pit ventilation on emissions from pig houses	26
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Effect of reduced exposed surface area and enhanced infiltration on ammonia emission from untreated and separated cattle slurry	26
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Estimating cadmium-lead concentrations in rice blades through fractional order derivatives of foliar spectra	25
Calibration of building energy simulation model for a mechanically ventilated livestock facility	25
Developing a new thermal comfort prediction model and web-based application for heat stress assessment in dairy cows	25
Deep learning feature extraction for image-based beef carcass yield estimation	25
Numerical simulation of the effect of varying dispersion tooth insertion depth on the jet breakup and hydraulic performance	24
Similarity analysis and verification of the relationship between resistance coefficients in porous media of different scales: Focusing on slatted floor	24
Automated identification of citrus diseases in orchards using deep learning	24
A machine learning framework to predict the next month's daily milk yield, milk composition and milking frequency for cows in a robotic dairy farm	24
Measurements and predictions of seedling emergence forces	24
A segmentation algorithm incorporating superpixel block and holistically nested edge for sugarcane aphids images under natural light conditions	24
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Natural frequency identification model based on BP neural network for Camellia oleifera fruit harvesting	24
Modelling and simulation of fruit drop tests by discrete element method	23
DEM-DDM study on the humidification uniformity of brown rice in a pan coater	23
Expert Opinion (∗): Improving process knowledge about ammonia emission from field applied liquid manure	23
Assessment of nozzle control strategies in weed spot spraying to reduce herbicide use and avoid under- or over-application	23
Fusion of RGB, optical flow and skeleton features for the detection of lameness in dairy cows	23
A comparative study of machine learning models for respiration rate prediction in dairy cows: Exploring algorithms, feature engineering, and model interpretation	23
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Early detection of tomato bacterial spot disease in transplant tomato seedlings utilising remote sensing and artificial intelligence	23
Design and optimisation of bump-enhanced conditioning rollers for uniform alfalfa stem damage	23
3D plant segmentation: Comparing a 2D-to-3D segmentation method with state-of-the-art 3D segmentation algorithms	23
Bruising pattern of table olives (‘Manzanilla’ and ‘Hojiblanca’ cultivars) caused by hand-held machine harvesting methods	22
Towards a biorefinery processing waste from plantain agro-industry: Assessment of the production of dairy cattle feed through process simulation	22
Determining the onset of heat stress in a dairy herd based on automated behaviour recognition	22
Development of a spectral repository for the identification of western Himalayan medicinal plants using machine learning techniques	22
Fully automated region of interest segmentation pipeline for UAV based RGB images	22
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In-field chlorophyll estimation based on hyperspectral images segmentation and pixel-wise spectra clustering of wheat canopy	22
A posture-based measurement adjustment method for improving the accuracy of beef cattle body size measurement based on point cloud data	22
Evaluation of cut alfalfa moisture content and operative conditions by hyperspectral imaging combined with chemometric tools: In-field application	22
Using segment-based features of jaw movements to recognise foraging activities in grazing cattle	22
Precision maturation assessment of grape tissues: Hyperspectral bi-directional reconstruction using tomography-like based on multi-block hierarchical principal component analysis	21
A compacting device of rice dry direct-seeding planter based on DEM-MFBD coupling simulation significantly improves the seedbed uniformity and seedling emergence rate	21
Research on the compensation mechanism of pressure compensating emitters based on numerical simulation and visualisation experiment	21
Simultaneous fruit detection and size estimation using multitask deep neural networks	21
Continuous curvature wayline generation using quadratic optimisation for agricultural machine guidance	21
Accuracy of volume equations in innovative egg-shaped calculations: Using shape functions to enhance compensation coefficients	21
NemaNet: A convolutional neural network model for identification of soybean nematodes	21
Application of vibration analysis to discriminate hollow radishes	21
Scaled experimental study of a ventilation system featuring partition jet and pit exhaust	21
Reduction of airborne particulate matter from pig and poultry rearing facilities using engineered water nanostructures	20
Sowing depth control strategy based on the downforce measurement and control system of ‘T’-shaped furrow opener	20
Discrete element modelling and simulation parameters calibration for the compacted straw cube	20
Actively steering a wheeled tractor against potential rollover using a sliding-mode control algorithm: Scaled physical test	20
Performance of AERMOD for predicting livestock odour dispersion under Canadian Prairies climate and flat terrain	20

Development and field evaluation of a straddle-frame honeysuckle harvesting robot	20
Assessment of grapevine bunch withering: advances in fruit 3D morphology and colour evaluation	20
A model-free adaptive predictive path-tracking controller with PID terms for tractors	20
Effectiveness of cooling interventions on heat-stressed dairy cows based on a mechanistic thermoregulatory model	20
Low-damage transplanting method for leafy vegetable seedlings based on machine vision	20
Modelling machine-induced soil deformation in forest soils using stump proximity and machine learning	20
Evaluation of the effects of supplemental lighting and stem number on greenhouse sweet pepper growth and yield via ray-tracing simulation with 3D plant models	20
Role of particle shape and plant roots in the discrete element model of soil–sweep interaction	20
Non-destructive measurements for the evaluation of beef freshness based on airflow interaction and a structured light 3D imaging technique and comparison with pH value and total volatile basic nitroge	20
Rice seedling row detection based on morphological anchor points of rice stems	20
Discrete element method simulation of rice grains impact fracture characteristics	19
A real-time table grape detection method based on improved YOLOv4-tiny network in complex background	19
Bruising damage in apple-to-apple collision via a sliding method	19
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Removing temperature drift for bee colony weight measurements based on linear regression model and Kalman filter	19
Quantifying water stress in vineyards using a smartphone	19
Filter press optimisation for black mulberry juice extraction	19
Optical specifications for a proximal sensing approach to monitor the vine water status in a distributed and autonomous fashion	19
A urease inhibitor reduces ammonia emission in fattening pigs reared on slatted floor in summer conditions	19
Impacts of sonication on biomethane potential (BMP) and degradation kinetics of pig lagoon sludge	19
The development and evolution of trunk injection mechanisms -a review	19
Cooperation of unmanned systems for agricultural applications: A case study in a vineyard	19
Discrete element modelling of stress propagation in soil under a rigid wheel in a soil bin։ a simulation of probe inducing stress deviation and wheel speed	19
Dynamic energy model of a naturally ventilated duck house and comparative analysis of energy loads according to ventilation type	19
Goniometer in the air: Enabling BRDF measurement of crop canopies using a cable-suspended plant phenotyping platform	18
A new removal method of yellow-rotten leaf for hydroponic lettuce with the flipping-tearing-twisting trajectory and its parameters optimisation	18
Rapid image detection and recognition of rice false smut based on mobile smart devices with anti-light features from cloud database	18
Permeability prediction of bulk wheat for storage based on micro-computed tomography and lattice Boltzmann method	18
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Continuous monitoring the Queen loss of honey bee colonies	18
Estimation of tunnel fan operating conditions for a laying hen house based on the ventilation resistance characteristics	18
Design and test of a novel converging groove-guided seed tube for precision seeding of maize	18
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Design and testing of the vibrating type cell-belt precision seed metering device for super hybrid rice	18
Development of a hydraulic variable-diameter threshing drum control system for combine harvester part II: Controller design and field performance	18
Modelling threshing using an entropy regularisation approach with frictional contact dynamics and a flexible threshing mechanism	17
Determination of an implantation area for interstitial fluid extraction in cows and feasibility of adapted microneedles	17
Heating greenhouses by light: A novel concept for intensive greenhouse production	17
Ripeness evaluation of kiwifruit by hyperspectral imaging	17
Design and performance of a distributed electric drive system for a series hybrid electric combine harvester	17
Modelling nutrient release from controlled release fertilisers	17
Prediction of milling yield in wheat with the use of spectral, colour, shape, and morphological features	17
On-tree apple fruit size estimation using stereo vision with deep learning-based occlusion handling	17
Energy cost reduction by shifting electricity demand in indoor vertical farms with artificial lighting	17
Modelling and characterisation of jackfruit seeds drying using the diffusion theory considering shrinkage	17
Artificial intelligence approaches to predict growth, harvest day, and quality of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) in a IoT-enabled greenhouse system	17
Development of an intelligent laser biospeckle system for early detection and classification of soybean seeds infected with seed-borne fungal pathogen (Colletotrichum truncatum)	17
Measurements of methane emissions from manure tanks, using a stationary tracer gas dispersion method	17
Threshing cylinder unbalance detection using a signal extraction method based on parameter-adaptive variational mode decomposition	17
Deep learning and computer vision for assessing the number of actual berries in commercial vineyards	17
Effect of different sizes and percentages of dockage on physical properties of stored wheat mixtures	16
Development of cleaning systems for combine harvesters: A review	16
Evaluation of the transmissibility of vibration and dynamic behaviour of coffee plants under field conditions	16
Vibration analysis and experimental study of the effects of mechanised grape picking on the fruit–stem system	16
Numerical simulation and optimisation of depodding performance in a fresh green soybean harvester	16
Evaluating the potential of airborne hyperspectral imagery in monitoring common beans with common bacterial blight at different infection stages	16
AI-driven real-time weed detection and robotic smart spraying for optimised performance and operational speed in vegetable production	16
Shape characteristics and particle size distribution: Effects on flowability and floodability of select grain dust types	16
Assessing the impact of tomato crop row orientation on the microclimate in Chinese solar greenhouses: CFD simulation and numerical analysis	16
An end-to-end lightweight model for grape and picking point simultaneous detection	16
Fast and precise DEM parameter calibration for Cucurbita ficifolia seeds	16
In situ determination of soybean leaves nutritional status by portable X-ray fluorescence: An initial approach for data collection and predictive modelling	16
Monitoring the hot-air drying process of organically grown apples (cv. Gala) using computer vision	16
Crawler comb brush type Camellia oleifera fruit picking machine based on the multi-element main branch model	16
An estimation of bio-methane generation from photovoltaic thermal compound parabolic concentrator (PVT-CPC) integrated fixed dome biogas digester	16
Detection of citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) based on the HLB-induced leaf starch accumulation using a home-made computer vision system	16
Optimisation of onion bulb curing using a heat and mass transfer model	15
Drying of freshly harvested almonds using a stockpile heated and ambient air dryer (SHAD) with an air distributor -part 2	15
Assessing a VisNIR penetrometer system for in-situ estimation of soil organic carbon under variable soil moisture conditions	15
Effect of temperature on the microwave drying process and the viability of amaranth seeds	15
Machine learning of clod evolution under rain for numerical simulation of microtopographic variations by clod layout	15
DEM modelling methods and trait analysis of sunflower seed	15
Estimating particle-size distribution from limited soil texture data: Introducing two new methods	15
Mechanistic analysis of splash erosion on loess by single raindrop impact: Interaction of soil compaction, water content, and raindrop energy	15
An image-based system for locating pruning points in apple trees using instance segmentation and RGB-D images	15
DEM contact parameters of rice seed for mechanical seeding performance analysis	15
The impact of temperature regulation measures on the thermodynamic characteristics of bee colonies based on finite element simulation	15
Numerical simulation and experimental study of jet breakup using a water dispersal needle in irrigation sprinklers	15
Evaluation of UV-B lighting design for phenolic production in kale plants using optical simulation with three-dimensional plant models in plant factories	15
Design and analysis of an aerial pollination system for walnut trees	15
Compliant picking control of dragon fruit picking robot based on adaptive variable impedance	15
Maize kernel damage dynamic prediction in threshing through PSO-LSTM and discrete element modelling	15
Method for estimating single-leaf photosynthesis in crops considering few-shot learning and uncertainty prediction	15
Spray atomisation in multiphase flows with reference to tank mixes of agricultural products	14
Using computational fluid dynamics to develop positive-pressure precision ventilation systems for large-scale dairy houses	14
Design and experiment of a straw clearing mulching no-tillage planter	14
Impact of thermal and thermosonication treatments of amora (Spondius pinnata) juice and prediction of quality changes using artificial neural networks	14
Designing a grain dust simulator for dusty environments in typical grain bins in the Midwestern United States	14
Wheat straw direct shear simulation using discrete element method of fibrous bonded model	14
Resource allocation and route planning under the collection price uncertainty for the biomass supply chain	14
Is this pear sweeter than this apple? A universal SSC model for fruits with similar physicochemical properties	14
A convolutional neural network approach to detecting fruit physiological disorders and maturity in ‘Abbé Fétel’ pears	14
Numerical simulation and optimisation of the inlet structure of dentiform emitters in drip-irrigation systems	14
Three-view cotton flower counting through multi-object tracking and RGB-D imagery	14
Towards greater sustainability of sugarcane production by precision agriculture to meet ethanol demands in south-central Brazil based on a life cycle assessment	14