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Original Research

Published on 27 Jan 2026

Detection of Taiqiu sweet persimmons during the color-transition period with an improved YOLO11-FC2T model and causal analysis

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Wenhui Dong
Huiqin Li
Lifei Gao
Pengzhi Hou
Yaqing Zhi
Xiaoying Zhang

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1742794

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Original Research

Accepted on 26 Jan 2026

Improved YOLOv11n-seg for Impurity Detection in Mechanically Harvested Sugarcane

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Fengguang He
Sili Zhou
Pinlan Chen
Ganran Deng
Shaobo Feng
Guojie Li
Zhende Cui
Shuang Zheng
Ling Li
Bin Yan

Frontiers in Plant Science

199 views

Original Research

Published on 26 Jan 2026

A hyperspectral imaging and machine learning approach for rapid and non-invasive diagnosis of cassava bacterial blight

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Ian Carlos Bispo Carvalho
Luciellen da Costa Ferreira
Ana Régia de Mendonça Neves
Alice Maria Silva Carvalho
Henrique Póvoa Rodrigues Lima
Maurício Rossato

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1707646

497 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2026

Machine vision-based detection method for key phenotypic information of shiitake mushroom stipes

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Jiuxiao Zhao
Mingfei Wang
Zuolin Li
Qiuxiao Song
Cheng Chen
Guoqiang Guo
Jing Dong
Feifei Shan
Ruixue Xu
Wei Liu

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1695008

542 views

Methods

Published on 22 Jan 2026

Providing maceration protocols for xylem and phloem research

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Eunice Romero
Mark Olson
Alí Segovia-Rivas
Jarmila Pittermann
Radek Jupa

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1740174

1,289 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2026

An improved YOLOv8n model for in-field detection of pests and diseases in pakchoi

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Yi Zhu
Yanlu Han
Yilu Yin
Shuo Zhao
Yubin Lan
Danfeng Huang

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1730683

516 views

Original Research

Accepted on 21 Jan 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

255 views

Original Research

Published on 21 Jan 2026

Design and experiment of tea winnowing parameter control system based on YOLO-AE

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Kun Luo
Yangyang Huang
Xuechen Zhang
Zhiqiang Li
Jie Xiong
Dongsheng Wang
Rongchao Liu
Liang Tao
Yujie Wang

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1721083

507 views

Editorial

Published on 20 Jan 2026

Editorial: Optimizing fertilizer and irrigation for specialty crops using precision agriculture technologies

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Amir Ali Khoddamzadeh
Sukhbir Singh
Maruthi Sridhar Balaji Bhaskar

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1760142

682 views

Opinion

Published on 20 Jan 2026

Rethinking genomic selection under environmental uncertainty: toward learnable and dynamic environmental representations

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Jun Yan
Xueyang Wang

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1754446

728 views

Original Research

Published on 20 Jan 2026

Vertical farming of hardy nursery stock: LED-driven propagation strategies compared with industry practice

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Kambiz Baghalian
Ruvini Ranasingha

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1697104

459 views

Perspective

Published on 13 Jan 2026

Leveraging sensor technologies for seed phenotyping by genebanks

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Kioumars Ghamkhar
David Rousseau

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1729121

744 views

Review

Published on 13 Jan 2026

Strategic valorization of invasive alien plants: A bioeconomic review for sustainable product development

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Pragati Patil
M. P. Divya
K. T. Parthiban
A. Balasubramanian
S. Varadha Raj
R. Ravi
R. Ashick Rajah

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1697102

1,185 views

Original Research

Published on 09 Jan 2026

A precise berry counting method for in-cluster grapes to guide berry thinning

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Wensheng Du
Weishuai Qin
Xiao Cui
Yanjun Zhu
Yonghao Jia
Ruihan Wang
Yuanpeng Du

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1739688

915 views

Original Research

Published on 08 Jan 2026

Lightweight MSW-YOLOv8n-Seg: the instance segmentation of maturity on cherry tomato with improved YOLOv8n-Seg

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Ronghui Miao
Zhiwei Li

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1731580

880 views

Original Research

Published on 07 Jan 2026

YOLO-RSTS: a precise segmentation model for detecting preservative and stimulant spraying regions on rubber trees

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Jincan Zhu
Yu Feng
Fengming Liu
Lee Seng Hua
Haocen Zhao
Bangqian Chen
Weili Kou
Jian Rong
Guiliang Chen
Dingfei Xu

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1738496

697 views

Original Research

Published on 06 Jan 2026

PtBGL: a cost-effective alternative to GUS reporter with applications in plant imprint dyeing

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Yuyao Su
Yitong Li
Jiali Zhong
Yudan Wang
Jiayin Wang
Xiaopeng Li
Jia Li
Yao Xiao

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1705524

674 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Jan 2026

Efficient recovery and DNA extraction for algae-associated microbial communities

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Elizaveta Chevokina
Daria Sibiryakina
Andrey Sobolev
Darya Slonova
Alina Demkina
Daria Yurikova
Alina Galivondzhyan
Olga Konovalova
Dmitry Sutormin
Artem Isaev

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1693747

2,593 views

Review

Published on 05 Jan 2026

Advances in doubled haploid technology for rice breeding: mechanisms, applications, and future perspectives

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Yiling Lin
Fangming Mao
Yuheng Huang
Derun Huang
Kejian Wang
Song Yan
Chaolei Liu

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1709033

1,247 views

Review

Published on 05 Jan 2026

Advances in rice seedling cultivation techniques in China: a comprehensive review

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Xiaolian Yang
Zeyu Yang
Chuan Zhao
Guoliang Li
Jiangtao Li

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1679753

664 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Jan 2026

Crop GraphRAG: pest and disease knowledge base Q&A system for sustainable crop protection

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Hao Wu
Nengfu Xie
Xiaoli Wang
Jingchao Fan
Yonglei Li
Zhibo Meng

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1696872

1,503 views

Original Research

Accepted on 22 Dec 2025

AI-Powered Detection of Fungal Diseases Using Machine Learning and Computer Vision Techniques

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Shihui Jiang
Nidal Al Said
Xiaowei Yin

Frontiers in Plant Science

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Original Research

Published on 19 Dec 2025

Structure-aware completion of plant 3D LiDAR point clouds via a multi-resolution GAN-inversion network

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Zhiming Wei
Jianing Long
Zhihong Zhang
Xinyu Xue
Yitian Sun
Qinglong Li
Wu Liu
Jingxin Shen
Zhikai Zhang
Xiaoju Li

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1698843

1,473 views

Correction

Published on 18 Dec 2025

Correction: Enhancing buckwheat maturity classification with generative adversarial networks for spectroscopy data augmentation

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Huihui Wang
Xiaoxue Che
Jiaxuan Nan
Yuyuan Miao
Yaqi Wang
Wuping Zhang
Fuzhong Li
Jiwan Han

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1757122

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Detection of Taiqiu sweet persimmons during the color-transition period with an improved YOLO11-FC2T model and causal analysis

Improved YOLOv11n-seg for Impurity Detection in Mechanically Harvested Sugarcane

A hyperspectral imaging and machine learning approach for rapid and non-invasive diagnosis of cassava bacterial blight

Machine vision-based detection method for key phenotypic information of shiitake mushroom stipes

Providing maceration protocols for xylem and phloem research

An improved YOLOv8n model for in-field detection of pests and diseases in pakchoi

Lightweight Plant Phenotypic Feature Extraction via Transferable Attention Head Pruning in Vision Transformers

Design and experiment of tea winnowing parameter control system based on YOLO-AE

Editorial: Optimizing fertilizer and irrigation for specialty crops using precision agriculture technologies

Rethinking genomic selection under environmental uncertainty: toward learnable and dynamic environmental representations

Vertical farming of hardy nursery stock: LED-driven propagation strategies compared with industry practice

Leveraging sensor technologies for seed phenotyping by genebanks

Strategic valorization of invasive alien plants: A bioeconomic review for sustainable product development

A precise berry counting method for in-cluster grapes to guide berry thinning

Lightweight MSW-YOLOv8n-Seg: the instance segmentation of maturity on cherry tomato with improved YOLOv8n-Seg

YOLO-RSTS: a precise segmentation model for detecting preservative and stimulant spraying regions on rubber trees

PtBGL: a cost-effective alternative to GUS reporter with applications in plant imprint dyeing

Efficient recovery and DNA extraction for algae-associated microbial communities

Advances in doubled haploid technology for rice breeding: mechanisms, applications, and future perspectives

Advances in rice seedling cultivation techniques in China: a comprehensive review

Crop GraphRAG: pest and disease knowledge base Q&A system for sustainable crop protection

AI-Powered Detection of Fungal Diseases Using Machine Learning and Computer Vision Techniques

Structure-aware completion of plant 3D LiDAR point clouds via a multi-resolution GAN-inversion network

Correction: Enhancing buckwheat maturity classification with generative adversarial networks for spectroscopy data augmentation