Biosystems Engineering

Article	Citations
Impact of canopy opener working height on spraying effect of a high clearance sprayer	146
Experimental study of airflow field distribution on the feature structure of cleaning screen with variable vibration intensity	95
Dynamic analysis of grain quality during drying in fluidised beds	88
An effective temperature derived from a mechanistic thermophysiological model for sows reared in hot climates	85
CFD study on the impacts of geometric models of lying pigs on resistance coefficients for porous media modelling of the animal occupied zone	80
Strain concentration effects of wood knots under longitudinal tension obtained through digital image correlation	78
A novel approach to upgrade infrared spectroscopy calibrations for nutritional contents in fresh grapevine organs	75
Domain adapted broiler density map estimation using negative-patch data augmentation	73
Simulation and measurement of the effects of surrounding material on the uniformity of radio frequency heating of wheat flour	70
Parameter optimisation of a centrifugal fan for rice combine harvesters based on airflow resistance coefficients and CFD simulations	67
Optimisation and numerical simulation of shearing blade used for citrus seedling grafting	67
Investigation of the mechanism of aerodynamic separation of rice husks from brown rice following paddy hulling by coupled CFD-DEM	66
Egg characteristics assessment as an enabler for in-ovo sexing technology: A review	66
Exploring hyperspectral reflectance indices for the estimation of water and nitrogen status of spinach	66
FCS-Net: Feather condition scoring of broilers based on dense feature fusion of RGB and thermal infrared images	62
Frictional behaviour of wheat straw-water suspensions in vertical upward flows	61
Measuring and assessing the role of deep litter to estimate the ventilation rate using the CO2 mass balance method	60
A reconstruction method for incomplete pig point clouds based on stepwise hole filling and its applications	60
A method for the validation of measurements collected by different monitoring systems applied to aquaculture processing plants	60
Finite time trajectory tracking control of autonomous agricultural tractor integrated nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode and disturbance observer	60
Oestrus detection in dairy cows by using atrous spatial pyramid and attention mechanism	58
Identification of aflatoxin-poisoned broilers based on accelerometer and machine learning	57
Hyperspectral imaging technology combined with deep learning for hybrid okra seed identification	56
Application of hyperspectral imaging systems and artificial intelligence for quality assessment of fruit, vegetables and mushrooms: A review	56
Near-infrared hyperspectral imaging for evaluation of aflatoxin contamination in corn kernels	55

Study on separation of the tuber-soil binary mixture based on vibration and airflow coupling	55
A two-stage 3D multi-fish tracking model using patch-based underwater stereo matching	54
Computational modelling of a grain spreader for use in silos	53
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	53
Analysis of wind-induced responses of landing assembled Chinese solar greenhouses	51
Simulation of the flow characteristics of a labyrinth milli-channel used in drip irrigation	49
Mechanical compression characteristics of rapeseed based on continuous damage theory	47
Thermodynamic-based theoretical energy efficiency model for high-temperature grain drying	46
Mitigation of greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions due to livestock housing management practices: Analysis of the DATAMAN database	45
Towards improving the global water application uniformity of centre pivots through lateral speed adjustment	44
Development of a hydraulic variable-diameter threshing drum control system for combine harvester part I: Adaptive monitoring method	44
Learning on a chip: Towards the development of trainable biohybrid sensors by investigating cognitive processes in non-marine Ostracoda via a miniaturised analytical system	43
Gap analysis of existing agricultural data exchange standards for automated controlled traffic farming systems	43
Stability control of a wheel-legged mobile platform used in hilly orchards	43
Vibration modelling and testing of off-road vehicle incorporating coupled roll and pitch vibrations	43
Data fusion of FT-NIR spectroscopy and Vis/NIR hyperspectral imaging to predict quality parameters of yellow flesh “Jintao” kiwifruit	43
Numerical analysis on tractor axle suspension for steering instability induced by bump disturbances	43
Dynamic behaviour of a large flexible net with local biofouling subjected to irregular waves	42
Efficient crop row detection using transformer-based parameter prediction	41
Numerical simulation of feed pellet breakage in pneumatic conveying	41
Characterising vibration patterns of winter jujube trees to optimise automated fruit harvesting	38
Height estimation of sugarcane tip cutting position based on multimodal alignment and depth image fusion	37
Editorial Board	37
A method for optimising the parameters of connecting parts of a corn no-till planter	37
Effective excitation conditions for the intense motion of the ginkgo seed-stem system during mechanical vibration harvesting	36
Referencing acoustic monitoring of cutting knives sharpness in agricultural harvesting processes using image analysis	36
Industry-scale prediction of video-derived pig body weight using efficient convolutional neural networks and vision transformers	36
Improved feed-forward neural network and multidimensional motion data for accurate recognition of sheep behaviour at multiple fattening stages	35
Influence of sediment water on fixed spray plate sprinkler erosion	34
A decision support tool for shelf-life determination of strawberries using hyperspectral imaging technology	34
Litchi bunch detection and ripeness assessment using deep learning and clustering with image processing techniques	34
Spectral monitoring of salinity stress in tomato plants	33
Design and experiment of an intelligent testing bench for air-suction seed metering devices for small vegetable seeds	33
Identifying rumen protozoa in microscopic images of ruminant with improved YOLACT instance segmentation	33
The role of soil dispersivity and initial moisture content in splash erosion: Findings from consecutive single-drop splash tests	33
Establishment and validation of a negative pressure prediction model for rice air-suction seed-metering device	32
A high-fidelity inpainting method of micro-slice images based on Bendlet analysis	32
‘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]’	32
Editorial Board	32
The identification of straight-curved rice seedling rows for automatic row avoidance and weeding system	32
Sugarcane leaf-stalk separating technology: A critical review	32
Soil failure characteristics and loosening effectivity of compacted grassland by subsoilers with different plough points	32
Performance assessment of a heat pump assisted rotary desiccant dryer for low temperature peanut drying	31
Evaluation of the working performance of different digging shovels based on the maize root-soil complex model	31
Wind tunnel study of the changes in drag and morphology of three fruit tree species during air-assisted spraying	31
Effects of mimicking manure removal strategies on ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions in sow pen scale models	31
Editorial Board	31
Delineating an ovoidal egg shape by length and breadth: A novel two-parametric mathematical model	31
Prediction of berry sunburn damage with machine learning: Results on grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.)	31
Design and optimization of an air distributor for an almond stockpile heated and ambient air dryer (SHAD) - Part 1	31

Assessment of maize seed vigor under saline-alkali and drought stress based on low field nuclear magnetic resonance	31
Comparison of maize stover and wheat straw slurry flow in vertical pipes	30
Effects of organic photovoltaic modules installed inside greenhouses on microclimate and plants	30
Predicting sow postures from video images: Comparison of convolutional neural networks and segmentation combined with support vector machines under various training and testing setups	30
3D pose estimation of tomato peduncle nodes using deep keypoint detection and point cloud	30
A multi-branch convolutional neural network with density map for aphid counting	30
Detection of internal defects in onion bulbs by means of single-point and scanning laser Doppler vibrometry	30
Numerical analysis of static and dynamic characteristics of large-span pipe-framed plastic greenhouses	29
A review of Smart Irrigation	29
Wheat biomass, yield, and straw-grain ratio estimation from multi-temporal UAV-based RGB and multispectral images	29
MinkSORT: A 3D deep feature extractor using sparse convolutions to improve 3D multi-object tracking in greenhouse tomato plants	29
Impacts of crate design, number of heat lamps and lying posture on the occurrence of shoulder lesions in sows	29
Injury mechanisms in high-speed transplanting of over aged rice seedlings	29
Deep learning algorithms to identify individual finishing pigs using 3D data	29
Validation of the methane production measurement accuracy and ranking capacity of portable accumulation chambers for use with small ruminants	28
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	28
Effect of slurry funnels with partial pit ventilation on emissions from pig houses	28
Real-time six degrees of freedom grasping of deformable poultry legs in cluttered bins using deep learning and geometric feature extraction	28
Shelter efficiency of windbreak influenced by stand configuration	28
Evaluation of the performance of very narrow tines with different geometrical structures for tilling natural grassland	28
An unsupervised automatic measurement of wheat spike dimensions in dense 3D point clouds for field application	28
Application of leaf attitude sensor systems in air-assisted spraying operation in cowpea and citrus	28
Wear study on flexible brush-type soil removal component for removing soil used to protect grapevines against cold	28
Non-ideal continuously stirred bioreactor model for multi-media denitrifying processes	28
Deep learning feature extraction for image-based beef carcass yield estimation	27
Influence of maize picking roller surface structure on stalk pulling force	27
Simulation and experimental study on frictional wear of plough blades in soil cultivation process based on the Archard model	27
A segmentation algorithm incorporating superpixel block and holistically nested edge for sugarcane aphids images under natural light conditions	27
Analysis of hydrodynamic filtration performance in a cross-step filter for drip irrigation based on the CFD‒DEM coupling method	27
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Developing a new thermal comfort prediction model and web-based application for heat stress assessment in dairy cows	26
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Calibration of building energy simulation model for a mechanically ventilated livestock facility	25
Multiscale coupling analysis and modeling of airflow and heat transfer for warehouse-packaging-kiwifruit under forced-air cooling	25
Similarity analysis and verification of the relationship between resistance coefficients in porous media of different scales: Focusing on slatted floor	25
A mechanical model of single wheat straw with failure characteristics based on discrete element method	25
Natural frequency identification model based on BP neural network for Camellia oleifera fruit harvesting	25
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Estimating cadmium-lead concentrations in rice blades through fractional order derivatives of foliar spectra	25
Characterisation of engineered water nanostructures (EWNS) and evaluation of their efficacy in inactivating Escherichia coli at conditions relevant to livestock operations	25
Automated identification of citrus diseases in orchards using deep learning	25
A comparative study of machine learning models for respiration rate prediction in dairy cows: Exploring algorithms, feature engineering, and model interpretation	24
NemaNet: A convolutional neural network model for identification of soybean nematodes	24
Editorial Board	24
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A compacting device of rice dry direct-seeding planter based on DEM-MFBD coupling simulation significantly improves the seedbed uniformity and seedling emergence rate	24
Bruising pattern of table olives (‘Manzanilla’ and ‘Hojiblanca’ cultivars) caused by hand-held machine harvesting methods	24
DEM-DDM study on the humidification uniformity of brown rice in a pan coater	24
Continuous curvature wayline generation using quadratic optimisation for agricultural machine guidance	24
A posture-based measurement adjustment method for improving the accuracy of beef cattle body size measurement based on point cloud data	24
Numerical simulation of the effect of varying dispersion tooth insertion depth on the jet breakup and hydraulic performance	24
Evaluation of cut alfalfa moisture content and operative conditions by hyperspectral imaging combined with chemometric tools: In-field application	24
In-field chlorophyll estimation based on hyperspectral images segmentation and pixel-wise spectra clustering of wheat canopy	23
Design and optimisation of bump-enhanced conditioning rollers for uniform alfalfa stem damage	23
Expert Opinion (∗): Improving process knowledge about ammonia emission from field applied liquid manure	23
Towards a biorefinery processing waste from plantain agro-industry: Assessment of the production of dairy cattle feed through process simulation	23
Determining the onset of heat stress in a dairy herd based on automated behaviour recognition	23
Precision maturation assessment of grape tissues: Hyperspectral bi-directional reconstruction using tomography-like based on multi-block hierarchical principal component analysis	23
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	22
Measurements and predictions of seedling emergence forces	22
Fusion of RGB, optical flow and skeleton features for the detection of lameness in dairy cows	22
Scaled experimental study of a ventilation system featuring partition jet and pit exhaust	22
Development of a spectral repository for the identification of western Himalayan medicinal plants using machine learning techniques	22
Simultaneous fruit detection and size estimation using multitask deep neural networks	22
Modelling and simulation of fruit drop tests by discrete element method	22
Application of vibration analysis to discriminate hollow radishes	22
Early detection of tomato bacterial spot disease in transplant tomato seedlings utilising remote sensing and artificial intelligence	22
3D plant segmentation: Comparing a 2D-to-3D segmentation method with state-of-the-art 3D segmentation algorithms	22
Assessment of nozzle control strategies in weed spot spraying to reduce herbicide use and avoid under- or over-application	22
Using segment-based features of jaw movements to recognise foraging activities in grazing cattle	22
A urease inhibitor reduces ammonia emission in fattening pigs reared on slatted floor in summer conditions	21
Performance of AERMOD for predicting livestock odour dispersion under Canadian Prairies climate and flat terrain	21
Quantifying water stress in vineyards using a smartphone	21
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Effectiveness of cooling interventions on heat-stressed dairy cows based on a mechanistic thermoregulatory model	21
Impacts of sonication on biomethane potential (BMP) and degradation kinetics of pig lagoon sludge	21
Filter press optimisation for black mulberry juice extraction	21
Development and field evaluation of a straddle-frame honeysuckle harvesting robot	21
Accuracy of volume equations in innovative egg-shaped calculations: Using shape functions to enhance compensation coefficients	20

Modelling machine-induced soil deformation in forest soils using stump proximity and machine learning	20
Research on the compensation mechanism of pressure compensating emitters based on numerical simulation and visualisation experiment	20
The development and evolution of trunk injection mechanisms -a review	20
Cooperation of unmanned systems for agricultural applications: A case study in a vineyard	20
Bruising damage in apple-to-apple collision via a sliding method	20
Assessment of grapevine bunch withering: advances in fruit 3D morphology and colour evaluation	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
Rapid image detection and recognition of rice false smut based on mobile smart devices with anti-light features from cloud database	20
Low-damage transplanting method for leafy vegetable seedlings based on machine vision	20
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	20
Dynamic energy model of a naturally ventilated duck house and comparative analysis of energy loads according to ventilation type	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	19
A real-time table grape detection method based on improved YOLOv4-tiny network in complex background	19
Optical specifications for a proximal sensing approach to monitor the vine water status in a distributed and autonomous fashion	19
Discrete element method simulation of rice grains impact fracture characteristics	19
Removing temperature drift for bee colony weight measurements based on linear regression model and Kalman filter	19
Design and testing of the vibrating type cell-belt precision seed metering device for super hybrid rice	19
Rice seedling row detection based on morphological anchor points of rice stems	19
Actively steering a wheeled tractor against potential rollover using a sliding-mode control algorithm: Scaled physical test	19
Sowing depth control strategy based on the downforce measurement and control system of ‘T’-shaped furrow opener	19
A model-free adaptive predictive path-tracking controller with PID terms for tractors	19
Discrete element modelling and simulation parameters calibration for the compacted straw cube	19
Reduction of airborne particulate matter from pig and poultry rearing facilities using engineered water nanostructures	19
Measurements of methane emissions from manure tanks, using a stationary tracer gas dispersion method	18
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Goniometer in the air: Enabling BRDF measurement of crop canopies using a cable-suspended plant phenotyping platform	18
Permeability prediction of bulk wheat for storage based on micro-computed tomography and lattice Boltzmann method	18
Continuous monitoring the Queen loss of honey bee colonies	18
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Modelling threshing using an entropy regularisation approach with frictional contact dynamics and a flexible threshing mechanism	18
Prediction of milling yield in wheat with the use of spectral, colour, shape, and morphological features	18
Development of a hydraulic variable-diameter threshing drum control system for combine harvester part II: Controller design and field performance	18
Heating greenhouses by light: A novel concept for intensive greenhouse production	18
A new removal method of yellow-rotten leaf for hydroponic lettuce with the flipping-tearing-twisting trajectory and its parameters optimisation	18
Modelling nutrient release from controlled release fertilisers	18
Estimation of tunnel fan operating conditions for a laying hen house based on the ventilation resistance characteristics	18
Deep learning and computer vision for assessing the number of actual berries in commercial vineyards	18
Detection of citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) based on the HLB-induced leaf starch accumulation using a home-made computer vision system	18
Determination of an implantation area for interstitial fluid extraction in cows and feasibility of adapted microneedles	17
Effect of different sizes and percentages of dockage on physical properties of stored wheat mixtures	17
An estimation of bio-methane generation from photovoltaic thermal compound parabolic concentrator (PVT-CPC) integrated fixed dome biogas digester	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
On-tree apple fruit size estimation using stereo vision with deep learning-based occlusion handling	17
Ripeness evaluation of kiwifruit by hyperspectral imaging	17
Vibration analysis and experimental study of the effects of mechanised grape picking on the fruit–stem system	17
Optimisation of onion bulb curing using a heat and mass transfer model	17
Artificial intelligence approaches to predict growth, harvest day, and quality of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) in a IoT-enabled greenhouse system	17
Threshing cylinder unbalance detection using a signal extraction method based on parameter-adaptive variational mode decomposition	17
An end-to-end lightweight model for grape and picking point simultaneous detection	17
Design and test of a novel converging groove-guided seed tube for precision seeding of maize	17
Evaluating the potential of airborne hyperspectral imagery in monitoring common beans with common bacterial blight at different infection stages	17
Design and performance of a distributed electric drive system for a series hybrid electric combine harvester	17
Fast and precise DEM parameter calibration for Cucurbita ficifolia seeds	17
Modelling and characterisation of jackfruit seeds drying using the diffusion theory considering shrinkage	17
Numerical simulation and optimisation of depodding performance in a fresh green soybean harvester	17
Evaluation of the transmissibility of vibration and dynamic behaviour of coffee plants under field conditions	16
Numerical simulation and experimental study of jet breakup using a water dispersal needle in irrigation sprinklers	16
Crawler comb brush type Camellia oleifera fruit picking machine based on the multi-element main branch model	16
Drying of freshly harvested almonds using a stockpile heated and ambient air dryer (SHAD) with an air distributor -part 2	16
Estimating particle-size distribution from limited soil texture data: Introducing two new methods	16
Assessing the impact of tomato crop row orientation on the microclimate in Chinese solar greenhouses: CFD simulation and numerical analysis	16
Evaluation of UV-B lighting design for phenolic production in kale plants using optical simulation with three-dimensional plant models in plant factories	16
AI-driven real-time weed detection and robotic smart spraying for optimised performance and operational speed in vegetable production	16
Mechanistic analysis of splash erosion on loess by single raindrop impact: Interaction of soil compaction, water content, and raindrop energy	16
DEM contact parameters of rice seed for mechanical seeding performance analysis	16
In situ determination of soybean leaves nutritional status by portable X-ray fluorescence: An initial approach for data collection and predictive modelling	16
Compliant picking control of dragon fruit picking robot based on adaptive variable impedance	15
The impact of temperature regulation measures on the thermodynamic characteristics of bee colonies based on finite element simulation	15
Numerical analysis and improvement method of screening effect during radial segregation of rice in the indented cylinder separator	15
Machine learning of clod evolution under rain for numerical simulation of microtopographic variations by clod layout	15
Monitoring the hot-air drying process of organically grown apples (cv. Gala) using computer vision	15
Effect of temperature on the microwave drying process and the viability of amaranth seeds	15
Assessing a VisNIR penetrometer system for in-situ estimation of soil organic carbon under variable soil moisture conditions	15
Designing a grain dust simulator for dusty environments in typical grain bins in the Midwestern United States	15
Is this pear sweeter than this apple? A universal SSC model for fruits with similar physicochemical properties	15
Design and analysis of an aerial pollination system for walnut trees	15
Shape characteristics and particle size distribution: Effects on flowability and floodability of select grain dust types	15
An image-based system for locating pruning points in apple trees using instance segmentation and RGB-D images	15
Using computational fluid dynamics to develop positive-pressure precision ventilation systems for large-scale dairy houses	15
Spray atomisation in multiphase flows with reference to tank mixes of agricultural products	15
Evaluating agricultural tractors emissions using remote monitoring and emission tests in Beijing, China	15
Development of cleaning systems for combine harvesters: A review	15
DEM modelling methods and trait analysis of sunflower seed	15