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Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Lightweight plant phenotypic feature extraction via transferable attention head pruning in Vision Transformers

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Yongsheng Xie
Xiaoxiao Zeng
Rifeng Wang
Wenxin Li

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1747598

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Original Research

Accepted on 12 Feb 2026

Tea bud pose estimation and grading detection network based on improved YOLOv7

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Yuchen Yao
Gui Zhiyong
Haoyang Liu
Zidong Yang
Lijian Yao
Kai Li
Zhenchuan Lin
Yihu Mao
Zhijun Jia
Yang Li

Frontiers in Plant Science

Original Research

Published on 12 Feb 2026

An intelligent method and platform for obtaining lettuce canopy coverage

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Hongbo Liu
Pan Zhang
Jishu Zheng

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1749000

252 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Feb 2026

Deep learning-based methods for phenotypic trait extraction in rice panicles

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Zhiao Wang
Ruihang Li
Wei Li
Xiaoding Ma
Shen Yan
Maomao Li
Binhua Hu
Ming Tang
Guomin Zhou
Jian Wang

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1730366

589 views

Original Research

Published on 11 Feb 2026

Estimating sorghum leaf dhurrin content using a handheld near infrared instrument

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Kamaranga H. S. Peiris
Scott R. Bean
Chad M. Hayes
Yves Y. Emendack
Jacobo Sanchez

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1759377

346 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 11 Feb 2026

Mortality of apricot rootstocks and scions

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Edina Mendelné Pászti
Géza Bujdosó
Gideon Sikwah Narteh
Zoltán Szabó
Ákos Mendel

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1707519

316 views

Review

Accepted on 10 Feb 2026

Advancements and prospects in key technologies for robotic pollination in greenhouse pepper breeding: a review

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Minqiu Kuang
Xiaojian Li
Fangping Xie
Xuejie Zou
Yang Xiang
Yuxuan Zhang
Dawei Liu
Xiangjun Zou
Xu Li

Frontiers in Plant Science

Original Research

Accepted on 10 Feb 2026

Biomass prediction and shoot growth characterization of single-staked yam plants using UAV imagery

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Kohtaro ISEKI
Ryo Matsumoto
Asrat Asfaw

Frontiers in Plant Science

Original Research

Published on 10 Feb 2026

Crop classification method for multi-temporal remote sensing imagery based on a (3 + 2)D SAFPN

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Yicong Sun
Tingting Zhao
Yue Zhang
Xia Yu
Liqian Zhang
Yunli Bai

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1765836

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Original Research

Published on 10 Feb 2026

Estimation of Kenaf seedling canopy coverage in saline soil using semantic segmentation of UAV RGB images

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Wei Wang
Kunzhi Cao
Guiying Luo
Ruohan Huang
Jihao Nie
Junyu Zhang
Jianning Lu
Guoxian Cui
Xia An
Wei She

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1747657

159 views

Original Research

Accepted on 09 Feb 2026

A Weibull Distribution-Based Method for Estimating Seed Longevity in Solanum rostratum

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Zhili Yuan
Dong Wei Fu
Zhen Song
Zhonghui Wang
Chengyu Sun
Yue Zhang
GuoLiang Zhang

Frontiers in Plant Science

Original Research

Published on 06 Feb 2026

ELGCot3D: a lightweight 3D cotton point cloud segmentation model based on EdgeConv-Local Attention-GCN and semantic feature enhancement

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Hao Qiu
Xiaoyan Meng
Yongke Li
Yunjie Zhao
Xiaoyu Li
Shuai Yin
Haoyuan Niu

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1765604

561 views

Specialty Grand Challenge

Published on 06 Feb 2026

From sequencing to understanding: a grand challenge in genome-scale molecular and genetic analysis

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Ruslan Kalendar

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1782107

750 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Feb 2026

Novel estimation of tomato soluble solids content using linearly transformed reflectance-based spectral indices

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Naisen Liu
Yuan Fang
Yongzhen Zhao
Yuezhen Chen
Yangxia Zheng
Xuedong Zha
Jingyu Guo
Xia Li

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1729375

331 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Feb 2026

Citizen science in plant disease surveillance

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Amelia Martin
Nicholas Goltz

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1775094

562 views

Original Research

Published on 03 Feb 2026

A cost-effective dual reporter system in Nicotiana benthamiana

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Zeru Zhang
Shuangle Yan
Fuqi Li
Zhijuan Rao
Fahong Fan
Haibin Ren
Yanlin Qu
Ke Yang
Chuanyu Ma
Chen Zhuang

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1732683

552 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Feb 2026

Establishment and comparative analysis of Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation systems for Actinidia valvata and Actinidia chinensis

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Junyao Xia
Jinfang Shu
Su Lin
Junjie Zhu
Fangbin Lin
Runxuan Fang
Liuqing Huo
Jinhua Liu
Kai Xu
Haijie Ma

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1764453

404 views

Methods

Accepted on 31 Jan 2026

Accurate Detection and Density Estimation of Peach Tree Inflorescences Using an Improved YOLOv11 Model

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Jiangtao Ji
Xiaoxuan Lu
Hao Ma
Xinyi Lu
Yaqing Yang
Hongwei Cui
Meijia Yu
Xuran Xie

Frontiers in Plant Science

236 views

Original Research

Accepted on 31 Jan 2026

Cotton Boll Extraction and Single-Boll Weight Estimation Based on UAV Multispectral Imagery

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Maoguang Chen
Caixia Yin
Na Su
TAO Lin
Xiuliang Jin
Fengquan Wu
Pingan Jiang
Qiuxiang Tang

Frontiers in Plant Science

273 views

Original Research

Accepted on 31 Jan 2026

Enabling rapid and accurate grand discrimination of flue-cured tobacco: a near-infrared hyperspectral and machine learning approach

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Jiang Zou
Hongbo Gao
Duo Wang
Yunquan Chen
Shiyou Deng
Nuo Shi
Shengjie Yang
Chunlin Huang
Dingchun Zi
Yu Du

Frontiers in Plant Science

590 views

Original Research

Accepted on 30 Jan 2026

HDA-YOLO: A Hierarchical Attention-Driven Dense Fusion Network for Rice Pest Detection in Complex Agricultural Environments

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Shuo Yuan
Ying Duan
Hongting Su
Xinhui Zhou
Yinfeng Hao

Frontiers in Plant Science

111 views

Original Research

Accepted on 30 Jan 2026

A wheat canopy albedo high-throughput phenotyping method and its relationship with canopy architecture and leaf properties

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Maria Francisca Ruz-Ruiz
Jose A. Jimenez-Berni
Richard Trethowan
Helen Bramley

Frontiers in Plant Science

126 views

Original Research

Accepted on 29 Jan 2026

Real-Time On-Device Weed Identification Using a Hardware-Efficient Lightweight CNN

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Yuxuan Zhang
Yuchen Lu
Luciano Sebastian Martinez-Rau
Quan Qiu
Sebastian Bader

Frontiers in Plant Science

233 views

Review

Published on 29 Jan 2026

Artificial intelligence in plant science: from image-based phenotyping to yield and trait prediction

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Tong Wang
Ran Tong
Ting Xu
Yue Li
Yonghao Chen

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1732979

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Lightweight plant phenotypic feature extraction via transferable attention head pruning in Vision Transformers

Tea bud pose estimation and grading detection network based on improved YOLOv7

An intelligent method and platform for obtaining lettuce canopy coverage

Deep learning-based methods for phenotypic trait extraction in rice panicles

Estimating sorghum leaf dhurrin content using a handheld near infrared instrument

Mortality of apricot rootstocks and scions

Advancements and prospects in key technologies for robotic pollination in greenhouse pepper breeding: a review

Biomass prediction and shoot growth characterization of single-staked yam plants using UAV imagery

Crop classification method for multi-temporal remote sensing imagery based on a (3 + 2)D SAFPN

Estimation of Kenaf seedling canopy coverage in saline soil using semantic segmentation of UAV RGB images

A Weibull Distribution-Based Method for Estimating Seed Longevity in Solanum rostratum

ELGCot3D: a lightweight 3D cotton point cloud segmentation model based on EdgeConv-Local Attention-GCN and semantic feature enhancement

From sequencing to understanding: a grand challenge in genome-scale molecular and genetic analysis

Novel estimation of tomato soluble solids content using linearly transformed reflectance-based spectral indices

Citizen science in plant disease surveillance

A cost-effective dual reporter system in Nicotiana benthamiana

Establishment and comparative analysis of Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation systems for Actinidia valvata and Actinidia chinensis

Accurate Detection and Density Estimation of Peach Tree Inflorescences Using an Improved YOLOv11 Model

Cotton Boll Extraction and Single-Boll Weight Estimation Based on UAV Multispectral Imagery

Enabling rapid and accurate grand discrimination of flue-cured tobacco: a near-infrared hyperspectral and machine learning approach

HDA-YOLO: A Hierarchical Attention-Driven Dense Fusion Network for Rice Pest Detection in Complex Agricultural Environments

A wheat canopy albedo high-throughput phenotyping method and its relationship with canopy architecture and leaf properties

Real-Time On-Device Weed Identification Using a Hardware-Efficient Lightweight CNN

Artificial intelligence in plant science: from image-based phenotyping to yield and trait prediction