Biosystems Engineering

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Viscosity of chia seed water suspension using two mixers and two approaches	254
Optimisation and numerical simulation of shearing blade used for citrus seedling grafting	111
Impact of canopy opener working height on spraying effect of a high clearance sprayer	77
A novel approach to upgrade infrared spectroscopy calibrations for nutritional contents in fresh grapevine organs	71
Frictional behaviour of wheat straw-water suspensions in vertical upward flows	68
Measuring and assessing the role of deep litter to estimate the ventilation rate using the CO2 mass balance method	67
A method for the validation of measurements collected by different monitoring systems applied to aquaculture processing plants	64
Strain concentration effects of wood knots under longitudinal tension obtained through digital image correlation	59
Investigation of the mechanism of aerodynamic separation of rice husks from brown rice following paddy hulling by coupled CFD-DEM	59
CFD study on the impacts of geometric models of lying pigs on resistance coefficients for porous media modelling of the animal occupied zone	53
Domain adapted broiler density map estimation using negative-patch data augmentation	53
Sugarcane stem cut quality investigated by finite element simulation and experiment	52
Simulation and measurement of the effects of surrounding material on the uniformity of radio frequency heating of wheat flour	52
Dynamic analysis of grain quality during drying in fluidised beds	51
An effective temperature derived from a mechanistic thermophysiological model for sows reared in hot climates	50
Study on separation of the tuber-soil binary mixture based on vibration and airflow coupling	50
Exploring hyperspectral reflectance indices for the estimation of water and nitrogen status of spinach	49
Hyperspectral imaging technology combined with deep learning for hybrid okra seed identification	49
Identification of aflatoxin-poisoned broilers based on accelerometer and machine learning	48
Assessment of rice seed vigour using selected frequencies of electrical impedance spectroscopy	48
Egg characteristics assessment as an enabler for in-ovo sexing technology: A review	47
Finite time trajectory tracking control of autonomous agricultural tractor integrated nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode and disturbance observer	47
Near-infrared hyperspectral imaging for evaluation of aflatoxin contamination in corn kernels	46
Oestrus detection in dairy cows by using atrous spatial pyramid and attention mechanism	46
Variable selection for the determination of the soluble solid content of potatoes with surface impurities in the visible/near-infrared range	45

Application of hyperspectral imaging systems and artificial intelligence for quality assessment of fruit, vegetables and mushrooms: A review	44
FCS-Net: Feather condition scoring of broilers based on dense feature fusion of RGB and thermal infrared images	44
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Dynamic behaviour of a large flexible net with local biofouling subjected to irregular waves	42
Efficient crop row detection using transformer-based parameter prediction	42
A two-stage 3D multi-fish tracking model using patch-based underwater stereo matching	42
Characterising vibration patterns of winter jujube trees to optimise automated fruit harvesting	40
Vibration modelling and testing of off-road vehicle incorporating coupled roll and pitch vibrations	40
Mechanical compression characteristics of rapeseed based on continuous damage theory	40
Numerical analysis on tractor axle suspension for steering instability induced by bump disturbances	40
Computational modelling of a grain spreader for use in silos	39
Towards improving the global water application uniformity of centre pivots through lateral speed adjustment	38
Simulation of the flow characteristics of a labyrinth milli-channel used in drip irrigation	37
Numerical simulation of feed pellet breakage in pneumatic conveying	36
Data fusion of FT-NIR spectroscopy and Vis/NIR hyperspectral imaging to predict quality parameters of yellow flesh “Jintao” kiwifruit	36
Analysis of wind-induced responses of landing assembled Chinese solar greenhouses	36
Development of a hydraulic variable-diameter threshing drum control system for combine harvester part I: Adaptive monitoring method	35
Detection and classification of damaged wheat kernels based on progressive neural architecture search	35
Effective excitation conditions for the intense motion of the ginkgo seed-stem system during mechanical vibration harvesting	34
Identifying rumen protozoa in microscopic images of ruminant with improved YOLACT instance segmentation	34
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Establishment and validation of a negative pressure prediction model for rice air-suction seed-metering device	34
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	34
Learning on a chip: Towards the development of trainable biohybrid sensors by investigating cognitive processes in non-marine Ostracoda via a miniaturised analytical system	34
Referencing acoustic monitoring of cutting knives sharpness in agricultural harvesting processes using image analysis	33
Influence of sediment water on fixed spray plate sprinkler erosion	33
The identification of straight-curved rice seedling rows for automatic row avoidance and weeding system	33
The role of soil dispersivity and initial moisture content in splash erosion: Findings from consecutive single-drop splash tests	33
Effect of geometrical parameters of air-induction nozzles on droplet characteristics and behaviour	32
A method for optimising the parameters of connecting parts of a corn no-till planter	32
A decision support tool for shelf-life determination of strawberries using hyperspectral imaging technology	32
Design and experiment of an intelligent testing bench for air-suction seed metering devices for small vegetable seeds	32
Height estimation of sugarcane tip cutting position based on multimodal alignment and depth image fusion	32
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Spectral monitoring of salinity stress in tomato plants	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
Soil organic matter prediction using smartphone-captured digital images: Use of reflectance image and image perturbation	31
Prediction of berry sunburn damage with machine learning: Results on grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.)	30
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Design and optimization of an air distributor for an almond stockpile heated and ambient air dryer (SHAD) - Part 1	30
A high-fidelity inpainting method of micro-slice images based on Bendlet analysis	30
Operating parameters in open culture fermentation of sugars	29
Comparison of maize stover and wheat straw slurry flow in vertical pipes	29
A multi-branch convolutional neural network with density map for aphid counting	29
Effects of organic photovoltaic modules installed inside greenhouses on microclimate and plants	29
3D pose estimation of tomato peduncle nodes using deep keypoint detection and point cloud	29
Delineating an ovoidal egg shape by length and breadth: A novel two-parametric mathematical model	28
Wind tunnel study of the changes in drag and morphology of three fruit tree species during air-assisted spraying	28
Sugarcane leaf-stalk separating technology: A critical review	28
Predicting sow postures from video images: Comparison of convolutional neural networks and segmentation combined with support vector machines under various training and testing setups	28

Detection of internal defects in onion bulbs by means of single-point and scanning laser Doppler vibrometry	28
Effects of mimicking manure removal strategies on ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions in sow pen scale models	27
Assessment of maize seed vigor under saline-alkali and drought stress based on low field nuclear magnetic resonance	27
Performance assessment of a heat pump assisted rotary desiccant dryer for low temperature peanut drying	27
Soil failure characteristics and loosening effectivity of compacted grassland by subsoilers with different plough points	27
Wheat biomass, yield, and straw-grain ratio estimation from multi-temporal UAV-based RGB and multispectral images	27
Numerical analysis of static and dynamic characteristics of large-span pipe-framed plastic greenhouses	27
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Deep learning feature extraction for image-based beef carcass yield estimation	25
Injury mechanisms in high-speed transplanting of over aged rice seedlings	25
Real-time six degrees of freedom grasping of deformable poultry legs in cluttered bins using deep learning and geometric feature extraction	25
Characterisation of engineered water nanostructures (EWNS) and evaluation of their efficacy in inactivating Escherichia coli at conditions relevant to livestock operations	25
Impacts of crate design, number of heat lamps and lying posture on the occurrence of shoulder lesions in sows	25
Near-infrared spectroscopy as a tool for monitoring the spatial variability of sugarcane quality in the fields	25
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
Evaluation of the performance of very narrow tines with different geometrical structures for tilling natural grassland	25
Non-ideal continuously stirred bioreactor model for multi-media denitrifying processes	25
Natural frequency identification model based on BP neural network for Camellia oleifera fruit harvesting	24
Developing a new thermal comfort prediction model and web-based application for heat stress assessment in dairy cows	24
Effect of reduced exposed surface area and enhanced infiltration on ammonia emission from untreated and separated cattle slurry	24
Effect of slurry funnels with partial pit ventilation on emissions from pig houses	24
A segmentation algorithm incorporating superpixel block and holistically nested edge for sugarcane aphids images under natural light conditions	24
Identifying tractor overturning scenarios using a driving simulator with a motion system	24
Wear study on flexible brush-type soil removal component for removing soil used to protect grapevines against cold	24
Stress distribution on a soil tillage machine frame segment with a chisel shank simulated using discrete element and finite element methods and validate by experiment	23
Simulation and experimental study on frictional wear of plough blades in soil cultivation process based on the Archard model	23
Estimating cadmium-lead concentrations in rice blades through fractional order derivatives of foliar spectra	23
Automated identification of citrus diseases in orchards using deep learning	23
Analysis of hydrodynamic filtration performance in a cross-step filter for drip irrigation based on the CFD‒DEM coupling method	23
Validation of the methane production measurement accuracy and ranking capacity of portable accumulation chambers for use with small ruminants	23
Determination method and strain-attribute interact in the calculation of precompression stress from soil compression curves	22
MinkSORT: A 3D deep feature extractor using sparse convolutions to improve 3D multi-object tracking in greenhouse tomato plants	22
Development of a spectral repository for the identification of western Himalayan medicinal plants using machine learning techniques	22
A mechanical model of single wheat straw with failure characteristics based on discrete element method	22
A comparative study of machine learning models for respiration rate prediction in dairy cows: Exploring algorithms, feature engineering, and model interpretation	22
Measurements and predictions of seedling emergence forces	22
An unsupervised automatic measurement of wheat spike dimensions in dense 3D point clouds for field application	22
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Digital monitoring of grain conditions in large-scale bulk storage facilities based on spatiotemporal distributions of grain temperature	21
Fully automated region of interest segmentation pipeline for UAV based RGB images	21
Determining the onset of heat stress in a dairy herd based on automated behaviour recognition	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
NemaNet: A convolutional neural network model for identification of soybean nematodes	21
Using segment-based features of jaw movements to recognise foraging activities in grazing cattle	21
Fusion of RGB, optical flow and skeleton features for the detection of lameness in dairy cows	21
DEM-DDM study on the humidification uniformity of brown rice in a pan coater	21
3D plant segmentation: Comparing a 2D-to-3D segmentation method with state-of-the-art 3D segmentation algorithms	21
Bruising pattern of table olives (‘Manzanilla’ and ‘Hojiblanca’ cultivars) caused by hand-held machine harvesting methods	21
Continuous curvature wayline generation using quadratic optimisation for agricultural machine guidance	21
Images, features, or feature distributions? A comparison of inputs for training convolutional neural networks to classify lentil and field pea milling fractions	21
Modelling and simulation of fruit drop tests by discrete element method	21
Evaluation of cut alfalfa moisture content and operative conditions by hyperspectral imaging combined with chemometric tools: In-field application	21
A posture-based measurement adjustment method for improving the accuracy of beef cattle body size measurement based on point cloud data	20
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	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
Numerical simulation of the effect of varying dispersion tooth insertion depth on the jet breakup and hydraulic performance	20
Early detection of tomato bacterial spot disease in transplant tomato seedlings utilising remote sensing and artificial intelligence	20
In-field chlorophyll estimation based on hyperspectral images segmentation and pixel-wise spectra clustering of wheat canopy	20
Precision maturation assessment of grape tissues: Hyperspectral bi-directional reconstruction using tomography-like based on multi-block hierarchical principal component analysis	20
Towards a biorefinery processing waste from plantain agro-industry: Assessment of the production of dairy cattle feed through process simulation	20
Simultaneous fruit detection and size estimation using multitask deep neural networks	20
Assessment of nozzle control strategies in weed spot spraying to reduce herbicide use and avoid under- or over-application	20
The development and evolution of trunk injection mechanisms -a review	19
Impacts of sonication on biomethane potential (BMP) and degradation kinetics of pig lagoon sludge	19
Scaled experimental study of a ventilation system featuring partition jet and pit exhaust	19
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Assessment of grapevine bunch withering: advances in fruit 3D morphology and colour evaluation	19
Wind tunnel study of the effect of planting Haloxylon ammodendron on aeolian sediment transport	19
Application of vibration analysis to discriminate hollow radishes	19
Quantifying water stress in vineyards using a smartphone	19
Low-damage transplanting method for leafy vegetable seedlings based on machine vision	19
Dynamic energy model of a naturally ventilated duck house and comparative analysis of energy loads according to ventilation type	18
Effectiveness of cooling interventions on heat-stressed dairy cows based on a mechanistic thermoregulatory model	18
Research on the compensation mechanism of pressure compensating emitters based on numerical simulation and visualisation experiment	18
Performance of AERMOD for predicting livestock odour dispersion under Canadian Prairies climate and flat terrain	18
Discrete element method simulation of rice grains impact fracture characteristics	18

Design and testing of the vibrating type cell-belt precision seed metering device for super hybrid rice	18
Role of particle shape and plant roots in the discrete element model of soil–sweep interaction	18
Removing temperature drift for bee colony weight measurements based on linear regression model and Kalman filter	18
A CNN-based lightweight ensemble model for detecting defective carrots	17
Prediction of milling yield in wheat with the use of spectral, colour, shape, and morphological features	17
Determination of an implantation area for interstitial fluid extraction in cows and feasibility of adapted microneedles	17
Design and test of a novel converging groove-guided seed tube for precision seeding of maize	17
Modelling nutrient release from controlled release fertilisers	17
Vibration analysis and experimental study of the effects of mechanised grape picking on the fruit–stem system	17
Rapid image detection and recognition of rice false smut based on mobile smart devices with anti-light features from cloud database	17
Discrete element modelling and simulation parameters calibration for the compacted straw cube	17
Bruising damage in apple-to-apple collision via a sliding method	17
A urease inhibitor reduces ammonia emission in fattening pigs reared on slatted floor in summer conditions	17
Cooperation of unmanned systems for agricultural applications: A case study in a vineyard	17
A model-free adaptive predictive path-tracking controller with PID terms for tractors	17
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Discrete element method optimisation of a scraper to remove soil from ridges formed to cold-proof grapevines	17
Heating greenhouses by light: A novel concept for intensive greenhouse production	17
Optical specifications for a proximal sensing approach to monitor the vine water status in a distributed and autonomous fashion	17
Filter press optimisation for black mulberry juice extraction	17
Actively steering a wheeled tractor against potential rollover using a sliding-mode control algorithm: Scaled physical test	17
Reduction of airborne particulate matter from pig and poultry rearing facilities using engineered water nanostructures	17
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	17
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A new removal method of yellow-rotten leaf for hydroponic lettuce with the flipping-tearing-twisting trajectory and its parameters optimisation	17
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	17
An estimation of bio-methane generation from photovoltaic thermal compound parabolic concentrator (PVT-CPC) integrated fixed dome biogas digester	17
A real-time table grape detection method based on improved YOLOv4-tiny network in complex background	17
Rice seedling row detection based on morphological anchor points of rice stems	17
Sowing depth control strategy based on the downforce measurement and control system of ‘T’-shaped furrow opener	17
Measurements of methane emissions from manure tanks, using a stationary tracer gas dispersion method	16
Modelling threshing using an entropy regularisation approach with frictional contact dynamics and a flexible threshing mechanism	16
Permeability prediction of bulk wheat for storage based on micro-computed tomography and lattice Boltzmann method	16
Ripeness evaluation of kiwifruit by hyperspectral imaging	16
Continuous monitoring the Queen loss of honey bee colonies	16
Detection of citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) based on the HLB-induced leaf starch accumulation using a home-made computer vision system	16
Modelling and characterisation of jackfruit seeds drying using the diffusion theory considering shrinkage	16
Development of a hydraulic variable-diameter threshing drum control system for combine harvester part II: Controller design and field performance	16
Development of an intelligent laser biospeckle system for early detection and classification of soybean seeds infected with seed-borne fungal pathogen (Colletotrichum truncatum)	16
Deep learning and computer vision for assessing the number of actual berries in commercial vineyards	16
Threshing cylinder unbalance detection using a signal extraction method based on parameter-adaptive variational mode decomposition	16
Numerical simulation and optimisation of depodding performance in a fresh green soybean harvester	16
Assigning apples to individual trees in dense orchards using 3D colour point clouds	16
Goniometer in the air: Enabling BRDF measurement of crop canopies using a cable-suspended plant phenotyping platform	16
Energy cost reduction by shifting electricity demand in indoor vertical farms with artificial lighting	16
Fast and precise DEM parameter calibration for Cucurbita ficifolia seeds	16
Development of cleaning systems for combine harvesters: A review	15
Multi-sensor measurement of O2, CO2 and reheating in triticale silage: An extended approach from aerobic stability to aerobic microbial respiration	15
Shape characteristics and particle size distribution: Effects on flowability and floodability of select grain dust types	15
Evaluation of the transmissibility of vibration and dynamic behaviour of coffee plants under field conditions	15
Thermophilic composting of the pack can reduce nitrogen loss from compost-bedded dairy barns	15
Visualisation of the evolution of perforations in oil-based emulsion sheets formed by flat-fan spray nozzles	15
On-tree apple fruit size estimation using stereo vision with deep learning-based occlusion handling	15
Assessing a VisNIR penetrometer system for in-situ estimation of soil organic carbon under variable soil moisture conditions	15
Numerical simulation and experimental study of jet breakup using a water dispersal needle in irrigation sprinklers	15
Optimisation of onion bulb curing using a heat and mass transfer model	15
In situ determination of soybean leaves nutritional status by portable X-ray fluorescence: An initial approach for data collection and predictive modelling	15
DEM modelling methods and trait analysis of sunflower seed	15
Design and performance of a distributed electric drive system for a series hybrid electric combine harvester	15
Evaluating the potential of airborne hyperspectral imagery in monitoring common beans with common bacterial blight at different infection stages	15
Fluorescence-based discrimination of vegetative cells of bacillus strains from Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae	15
Effect of temperature on the microwave drying process and the viability of amaranth seeds	15
Design and analysis of an aerial pollination system for walnut trees	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
Drying of freshly harvested almonds using a stockpile heated and ambient air dryer (SHAD) with an air distributor -part 2	15
Artificial intelligence approaches to predict growth, harvest day, and quality of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) in a IoT-enabled greenhouse system	15
An end-to-end lightweight model for grape and picking point simultaneous detection	15
Effect of different sizes and percentages of dockage on physical properties of stored wheat mixtures	15
Mechanistic analysis of splash erosion on loess by single raindrop impact: Interaction of soil compaction, water content, and raindrop energy	15
Monitoring the hot-air drying process of organically grown apples (cv. Gala) using computer vision	15
An image-based system for locating pruning points in apple trees using instance segmentation and RGB-D images	14
Design and experiment of a straw clearing mulching no-tillage planter	14
Development of pixel-wise U-Net model to assess performance of cereal sowing	14
Wheat straw direct shear simulation using discrete element method of fibrous bonded model	14
The impact of temperature regulation measures on the thermodynamic characteristics of bee colonies based on finite element simulation	14
Maize kernel damage dynamic prediction in threshing through PSO-LSTM and discrete element modelling	14
Estimating particle-size distribution from limited soil texture data: Introducing two new methods	14
Analysis of the impact hulling behaviour of paddy grains	14
Designing a grain dust simulator for dusty environments in typical grain bins in the Midwestern United States	14
Using computational fluid dynamics to develop positive-pressure precision ventilation systems for large-scale dairy houses	14
A convolutional neural network approach to detecting fruit physiological disorders and maturity in ‘Abbé Fétel’ pears	14
Simulation and measurement of the suction force on ellipsoidal seeds in an air-suction seed-metering device	14
Resource allocation and route planning under the collection price uncertainty for the biomass supply chain	14
Spray atomisation in multiphase flows with reference to tank mixes of agricultural products	14
Channel pruned YOLO V5s-based deep learning approach for rapid and accurate apple fruitlet detection before fruit thinning	14
Machine learning of clod evolution under rain for numerical simulation of microtopographic variations by clod layout	14
Impact of thermal and thermosonication treatments of amora (Spondius pinnata) juice and prediction of quality changes using artificial neural networks	14
Numerical simulation and optimisation of the inlet structure of dentiform emitters in drip-irrigation systems	14
Automatic acquisition, analysis and wilting measurement of cotton 3D phenotype based on point cloud	14
Shell, a naturally engineered egg packaging: Estimated for strength by non-destructive testing for elastic deformation	14
Mechanical properties and critical state characteristics of maize root-soil composites at different soil depths	14
Compliant picking control of dragon fruit picking robot based on adaptive variable impedance	14
Methods and challenges in computer vision-based livestock anomaly detection, a systematic review	14
Development of a prediction model to determine optimal sowing depth to improve maize seedling performance	13
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