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Original Research

Published on 14 May 2025

Reducing annotation effort in agricultural data: simple and fast unsupervised coreset selection with DINOv2 and K-means

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Laura Gómez-Zamanillo
Nagore Portilla
Artzai Picón
Itziar Egusquiza
Ramón Navarra-Mestre
Andoni Elola
Arantza Bereciartua-Perez

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1546756

1,751 views

Review

Published on 14 May 2025

From text to traits: exploring the role of large language models in plant breeding

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Mohsen Yoosefzadeh-Najafabadi

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1583344

5,138 views
4 citations

Original Research

Published on 13 May 2025

Assessing the RNA integrity in dry seeds collected from diverse endangered species native to the USA

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Hannah M. Tetreault
Zoe Zingerman
Lisa Hill
Shaimaa Ibrahim
Joyce Maschinski
Katherine D. Heineman
Christina Walters

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1585631

1,399 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 08 May 2025

An improved YOLOv5s-based method for detecting rice leaves in the field

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Cheng Zhou
Caohang Zhou
Lili Yao
Yagang Du
Xin Fang
Zhangbin Chen
Chengliang Yin

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1561018

1,421 views
2 citations

Methods

Published on 06 May 2025

Early detection of Citrus Huanglongbing by UAV remote sensing based on MGA-UNet

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Naibo Ye
Wenyong Mai
Feng Qin
Sen Yuan
Bo Liu
Zaiyuan Li
Conghui Liu
Fanghao Wan
Wanqiang Qian
Zhongzhen Wu

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1503645

3,121 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 05 May 2025

Image analysis using smartphones: relationship between leaf color and fresh weight of lettuce under different nutritional treatments

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Hye Su Won
Eunji Lee
Seeun Lee
Ji-Hyeon Nam
Jiwon Jung
Yuna Cho
Thomas Evert
Noah Kan
Steven Kim
Dong Sub Kim

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1589825

2,007 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 05 May 2025

Zero-shot instance segmentation for plant phenotyping in vertical farming with foundation models and VC-NMS

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Qin-Zhou Bao
Yi-Xin Yang
Qing Li
Hai-Chao Yang

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1536226

2,874 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 02 May 2025

Optimized classification of potato leaf disease using EfficientNet-LITE and KE-SVM in diverse environments

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Gopal Sangar
Velswamy Rajasekar

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1499909

3,923 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 02 May 2025

Tomato ripeness detection and fruit segmentation based on instance segmentation

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Jinfan Wei
Yu Sun
Lan Luo
Lingyun Ni
Mengchao Chen
Minghui You
Ye Mu
He Gong

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1503256

2,783 views
1 citation

Methods

Published on 01 May 2025

Advancing cotton fiber research with variable-pressure scanning electron microscopy

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Fang Bai
M. Andrew Jansen

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1562682

2,168 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Apr 2025

Seed-to-plant-tracking: automated phenotyping of seeds and corresponding plants of Arabidopsis

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Daniel Klasen
Andreas Fischbach
Viktor Sydoruk
Johannes Kochs
Jonas Bühler
Robert Koller
Gregor Huber

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1539424

3,091 views
4 citations

Original Research

Published on 28 Apr 2025

Potato precision planter metering system based on improved YOLOv5n-ByteTrack

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Cisen Xiao
Changlin Song
Junmin Li
Min Liao
Yongfan Pu
Kun Du

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1563551

1,716 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 16 Apr 2025

An android-smartphone application for rice panicle detection and rice growth stage recognition using a lightweight YOLO network

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Huiwen Zheng
Changjiang Liu
Lei Zhong
Jie Wang
Junming Huang
Fang Lin
Xu Ma
Suiyan Tan

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1561632

8,088 views
4 citations

Original Research

Published on 15 Apr 2025

Estimation of the water content of needles under stress by Erannis jacobsoni Djak. via Sentinel-2 satellite remote sensing

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Jiaze Guo
Xiaojun Huang
Debao Zhou
Junsheng Zhang
Gang Bao
Siqin Tong
Yuhai Bao
Dashzebeg Ganbat
Dorjsuren Altanchimeg
Davaadorj Enkhnasan

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1540604

1,393 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 08 Apr 2025

Precise 3D geometric phenotyping and phenotype interaction network construction of maize kernels

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Shuaihao Zhao
Guanmin Huang
Si Yang
Chuanyu Wang
Juan Wang
Yanxin Zhao
Minxiao Duan
Ying Zhang
Xinyu Guo

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1438594

1,953 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 01 Apr 2025

Genome-wide development of SSR molecular markers for modern sugarcane cultivars

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Yi Xu
Siyuan Chen
Shuqi Chen
Xiangzhen Wei
Heyang Shang
Qing Zhang
Jisen Zhang

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1573967

3,373 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 31 Mar 2025

Full-dimensional dynamic convolution and progressive learning strategy for strawberry recognition based on YOLOv8

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Liping Bai
Chenglei Xia
Fei Liu
Xing Yang
Tai Zhang

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1541365

1,594 views

Original Research

Published on 31 Mar 2025

Robust soybean seed yield estimation using high-throughput ground robot videos

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Jiale Feng
Samuel W. Blair
Timilehin T. Ayanlade
Aditya Balu
Baskar Ganapathysubramanian
Arti Singh
Soumik Sarkar
Asheesh K. Singh

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1554193

2,389 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 28 Mar 2025

Enhancing multilevel tea leaf recognition based on improved YOLOv8n

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Xinchen Tang
Li Tang
Junmin Li
Xiaofei Guo

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1540670

1,720 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 27 Mar 2025

Estimating photosynthetic characteristics of forage rape by fusing the sensitive spectral bands to combined stresses of nitrogen and salt

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Jingang Wang
Haijiang Wang
Xin Lv
Jing Cui
Xiaoyan Shi
Jianghui Song
Weidi Li
Wenxu Zhang

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1547832

1,165 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 26 Mar 2025

Effect of ultra-low temperature storage on the viability of pepper pollen and its implications for hybrid breeding

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Kanghua Du
Da Zhang
Jixian Ma
Zhong Dan
Xianqin Wen
Weiwu Lv
Long Yang
Lingfeng Bao
Yirong Li
Guangping Chen

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1516016

2,514 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 26 Mar 2025

Moisture content prediction of cigar leaves air-curing process based on stacking ensemble learning model

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Zhuoran Xing
Yaqi Shi
Kai Zhang
Songshuang Ding
Xiangdong Shi

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1553110

1,794 views
4 citations

Original Research

Published on 25 Mar 2025

Enhancement of the prediction of the openness of fresh-cut roses with an improved YOLOv8s model validated by an automatic Grading Machine

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Qinghui Lai
Zhanwei Yang
Wei Su
Chuang Yan
Qinghui Zhao
Yu Tan
Yu Que
Jing Zheng

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1546503

1,480 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Mar 2025

RLK-YOLOv8: multi-stage detection of strawberry fruits throughout the full growth cycle in greenhouses based on large kernel convolutions and improved YOLOv8

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Lei He
Dasheng Wu
Xinyu Zheng
Fengya Xu
Shangqin Lin
Siyang Wang
Fuchuan Ni
Fang Zheng

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1552553

1,995 views
5 citations

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Reducing annotation effort in agricultural data: simple and fast unsupervised coreset selection with DINOv2 and K-means

From text to traits: exploring the role of large language models in plant breeding

Assessing the RNA integrity in dry seeds collected from diverse endangered species native to the USA

An improved YOLOv5s-based method for detecting rice leaves in the field

Early detection of Citrus Huanglongbing by UAV remote sensing based on MGA-UNet

Image analysis using smartphones: relationship between leaf color and fresh weight of lettuce under different nutritional treatments

Zero-shot instance segmentation for plant phenotyping in vertical farming with foundation models and VC-NMS

Optimized classification of potato leaf disease using EfficientNet-LITE and KE-SVM in diverse environments

Tomato ripeness detection and fruit segmentation based on instance segmentation

Advancing cotton fiber research with variable-pressure scanning electron microscopy

Seed-to-plant-tracking: automated phenotyping of seeds and corresponding plants of Arabidopsis

Potato precision planter metering system based on improved YOLOv5n-ByteTrack

An android-smartphone application for rice panicle detection and rice growth stage recognition using a lightweight YOLO network

Estimation of the water content of needles under stress by Erannis jacobsoni Djak. via Sentinel-2 satellite remote sensing

Precise 3D geometric phenotyping and phenotype interaction network construction of maize kernels

Genome-wide development of SSR molecular markers for modern sugarcane cultivars

Full-dimensional dynamic convolution and progressive learning strategy for strawberry recognition based on YOLOv8

Robust soybean seed yield estimation using high-throughput ground robot videos

Enhancing multilevel tea leaf recognition based on improved YOLOv8n

Estimating photosynthetic characteristics of forage rape by fusing the sensitive spectral bands to combined stresses of nitrogen and salt

Effect of ultra-low temperature storage on the viability of pepper pollen and its implications for hybrid breeding

Moisture content prediction of cigar leaves air-curing process based on stacking ensemble learning model

Enhancement of the prediction of the openness of fresh-cut roses with an improved YOLOv8s model validated by an automatic Grading Machine

RLK-YOLOv8: multi-stage detection of strawberry fruits throughout the full growth cycle in greenhouses based on large kernel convolutions and improved YOLOv8