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2026 Indianapolis, Indiana, July 12-15, 2026
Paper # 202601368
Image-based blueberry yield prediction by integrating object detection and vision foundation models
Citation: Paper number 202601368, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.20202601368) @2026
Authors: Puranjit Singh, Jeffrey Neyhart, John H. Price, Sushan Ru, Yin Bao
Keywords: Blueberry yield prediction, vision foundation models, deep learning, machine learning, YOLO11.
Paper # 2600009
Evaluation of Mechanized Field Operations and Work System Efficiency in German Agri-Photovoltaic Applications
Citation: Paper number 2600009, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600009) @2026
Authors: Heinz Bernhardt, Yassine Louchi, Christina Maria Sebald, Christoph Bader, Johannes Apfelböck, Simon Grebner
Keywords: Agri-PV, field strips, work organization, machine width
Paper # 2600027
Evaluation of All-Terrain Vehicle Static Stability Using Finite Element Analysis and Tilt Table Testing
Citation: Paper number 2600027, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600027) @2026
Authors: Payam Farhadi, Farzaneh Khorsandi
Keywords: All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV), Static Stability, Finite Element Modeling (FEM), Tilt Table Test, Rollover Risk
Paper # 2600028
Developing a Finite Element Model of ATV Static Stability with Liquid Tank Loads and Sloshing Effects
Citation: Paper number 2600028, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600028) @2026
Authors: Payam Farhadi, Farzaneh Khorsandi
Keywords: All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV), Static Stability, Finite Element Modeling (FEM), Liquid Sloshing
Paper # 2600038
Bioenergy Recovery from Coffee Waste via Synergistic Electro-Fermentation with Clostridium species
Citation: Paper number 2600038, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600038) @2026
Authors: Beenish Saba, Stephen A. Akinola, Thaddeus Ezeji, Katrina Cornish
Keywords: Food waste, electrofermentation, conventional fermentation, biofuel, bioenergy
Paper # 2600044
Development of an FMCW-Based Six-Band Handheld Active Optical Sensor for Reflectance-Based Spectroscopy
Citation: Paper number 2600044, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600044) @2026
Authors: Albert Ansah Benson, Paul Armstrong, Niaqian Zhang
Keywords: frequency-modulated (FMCW), Low Drop Out Regulator (LDO), Metal Oxide Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET), Silicon Photo Multiplier (SIPM), transimpedance amplifier (TIA), Analog to Digital Convertor (ADC), Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO), High pass filt
Paper # 2600046
Development of a Mobile Manipulator Robot for Autonomous In-Situ Soil Analysis in Chile Pepper Production
Citation: Paper number 2600046, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600046) @2026
Authors: Roman Langenscheidt, Mahdi Haghshenas Jaryani, Heinz Bernhardt
Keywords: Chili Pepper, soil sensor, soil moisture, small robot
Paper # 2600050
Tire and Road Wear Particle Risks, Formation, and the Need for Off-Road Analysis: A Literature Review
Citation: Paper number 2600050, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600050) @2026
Authors: Tovia G Owens, R. P. Kingsly Ambrose, Robert M. Stwalley, III
Keywords: tire road wear particles, off-road tire wear, off-road vehicle tribology
Paper # 2600052
Development and Field Evaluation of an IoT-Based Automated Alternate Wetting and Drying Irrigation System for Rice
Citation: Paper number 2600052, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600052) @2026
Authors: Debjit Roy, Md. Zakir Hossen, M. A. Rob, Priya Lal Chandra Paul, Md. Belal Hossain, Mst. Shetara Yesmin, Palash Kumar Kundu, Jinat Sharmin, Md. Rezoan Bin Hafiz Pranto, Md. Towfiqul Islam, Fazlul Hasan Siddiqui, Md. Mahbubul Alam
Keywords: Automation, AWD, IoT, smart irrigation, LoRa, precision water management, rice
Paper # 2600062
PeroHop4.0 – An AI-Based Multi-Stage Spore Detection and Forecasting Framework for Downy Mildew Management in Hop Production
Citation: Paper number 2600062, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600062) @2026
Authors: Christina Maria Sebald, Lina Liv Willruth, Johann Portner, Johann Hausladen, Florian Haselbeck, Heinz Bernhardt
Keywords: hop production, downy mildew, spore traps, artificial intelligence, decision support, integrated pest management
Citation: Paper number 2600063, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600063) @2026
Authors: Christina Maria Sebald, Maximilian Sedlmair, Linda Ring, Tobias Pachler, Heinz Bernhardt
Keywords: Lifelong Learning; Smart Farming; Technology Adoption; Social Media Learning; Extension Services; Digital Agriculture; Knowledge Transfer
Citation: Paper number 2600081, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600081) @2026
Authors: Haseeb Amjad, Yuzhen Lu, Yuyuan Tian, Naseeb Singh
Keywords: Chestnuts, Defect Detection, Deep Learning, Multispectral Imaging
Paper # 2600092
Non-Destructive Quantitative Prediction of Moisture and Oil Content in Ground Coffee Based on FT-NIR Spectroscopy and Explainable AI
Citation: Paper number 2600092, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600092) @2026
Authors: Runyu Zheng, Mohammed Kamruzzaman
Keywords: Fourier Transform near-infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy, explainable artificial intelligence (XAI), partial least squares regression (PLSR), wavelength selection, content determination.
Paper # 2600097
Real-time in-season variable rate corn fertilizer application using canopy sensors and UAVs
Citation: Paper number 2600097, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600097) @2026
Authors: Kalynn Rose Meyer, None
Keywords: Active canopy sensing, corn nitrogen management, multispectral real-time sensing, nitrogen recommendation algorithm, UAV, variable-rate fertilizer.
Citation: Paper number 2600103, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600103) @2026
Authors: Yi-Teng Wu, Qi-Yuan Zhang, Hao-Jie Chen, Zhan-Hong Ma, Ce Yang, Wen-Hao Su
Keywords: Edge computing; Instance segmentation; Large language model; Lightweight network; Severity grading; Wheat stripe rust.
Paper # 2600104
Real-Time Monitoring of Microbial Protein Production Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Machine Learning
Citation: Paper number 2600104, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600104) @2026
Authors: Yu-Hang Miao, Jin-Hua Qiao, Mohammed Kamruzzaman, Douglas F. Barbin, Wen-Hao Su
Keywords: Kluyveromyces marxianus, High-density fermentation, Near-infrared spectroscopy, Modeling, Feature wavelengths, Online monitoring system.
Paper # 2600121
Long-Sequence Strawberry Bed Reconstruction with VGGT Submaps
Citation: Paper number 2600121, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600121) @2026
Authors: Ruoyao Qin, Mr., Won Suk Lee, Dr., Zijing Huang, Mr., Henry Medeiros, Dr.
Keywords: 3D Reconstruction, feed-forward multi-view geometry, long-sequence mapping.
Citation: Paper number 2600122, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600122) @2026
Authors: Jasanmol Singh, Ali Bulent Koc, Matias Jose Aguerre, John P. Chastain
Keywords: IMU sensor, Alfalfa, Biomass, IMU-Ski-Pro, Pasture, Forage yield, Orientation, Adaptive, Self-calibrating
Paper # 2600132
Tracking of Japanese Ayu fish in a school using fine-tuned SORT and OC-SORT algorithms
Citation: Paper number 2600132, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600132) @2026
Authors: Alin Khaliduzzaman, Takato Shibayama, Hitoshi Habe, Takayuki Niizato, Hiroaki Kawashima
Keywords: Fish school, computer vision, object detection, multiple object tracking, collective behavior analysis.
Paper # 2600140
Operational efficiency of fertilizer application systems in bean crops (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
Citation: Paper number 2600140, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600140) @2026
Authors: Aldir Carpes Marques Filho, Carlos Eduardo Silva Volpato, Ronald Leite Barbosa
Keywords: soil tillage, soil conservation, regenerative agriculture, agriculture mechanization.
Citation: Paper number 2600142, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600142) @2026
Authors: Sadjad Mahnan, Mr., Lawrence Arthur, Mr., Long He, Dr., Shirin Ghatrehsamani, Dr., Paul Heinemann, Dr., David Beyer, Dr.
Keywords: Decision-making, noise removal, point cloud data extraction, principal curvature, spatial configuration.
Paper # 2600144
Analysis of the oxidative stability of a diesel-biodiesel fuel mixture when different antioxidants are added.
Citation: Paper number 2600144, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600144) @2026
Authors: Carolina Silva Ribeiro, Ronald Leite Barbosa, Carlos Eduardo Silva Volpato
Keywords: B15 diesel; oxidative stability; biodiesel; antioxidants; induction period.
Paper # 2600157
Vision Transformer-Based Fusion of Hyperspectral Reflectance and Fluorescence Imaging for Citrus Leaf Disease Classification
Citation: Paper number 2600157, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600157) @2026
Authors: Zafar Iqbal, Thomas F. Burks, Sriram Thota, Satya A.C. Obellaneni, Quentin Frederick, Jianwei Qin, Moon Kim, Megan Dewdney
Keywords: Citrus, HLB, leaf disease, Hyperspectral Imaging, Fluorescence imaging, Vision Transformer, HybridSN
Citation: Paper number 2600173, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600173) @2026
Authors: Samuel Azubuine, Magni Hussain
Keywords: Branch Segmentation, Cacao, Cocoa, Decision Support Systems, Instance and Semantic Segmentation, Photogrammetry, Pruning, RealityKit, Three-Dimensional(3D) Reconstruction, YOLO models.
Paper # 2600178
LeafVision: On-Device Powdery Mildew Detection in Watermelon Using a Reconfigurable Edge Platform
Citation: Paper number 2600178, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600178) @2026
Authors: Shekhar Suman Borah, Rahul Kumar, Prajwal Mahesha Sethurani, Samvada Jain Manel, Chandrasekar Kousik, Prabha Sundaravadivel
Keywords: Watermelon powdery mildew, edge AI, greenhouse disease detection, deep learning, transfer learning, thermal imaging, embedded systems, precision agriculture, plant disease monitoring, TensorFlow Lite, Android application.
Paper # 2600196
Internal Measurement of Tire Deflection
Citation: Paper number 2600196, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600196) @2026
Authors: Christopher M. Mauldin, John K. Schueller, Carl D. Crane, III, Henry Medeiros, Daniel Hofstetter
Keywords: Tire, Inflation, Sensor, Test, Tractor, Wheel
Paper # 2600197
Exploiting Phytic Acid-Protein Interactions for Purification of a Rice-Derived Recombinant Protein
Citation: Paper number 2600197, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600197) @2026
Authors: Lisa R. Wilken, Reagan E. Gomez, Dr.
Keywords: Recombinant human serum albumin (rHSA), phytic acid, rice protein, purification
Paper # 2600200
One Basin One Water: Integrating Basin-Scale and Onsite Water Systems Across Hemispheres
Citation: Paper number 2600200, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600200) @2026
Authors: Marti Beeston, Anish Jantrania
Keywords: One Water, One Basin, Hydroinformatics, Climate Change, Water Demand, Onsite Water
Paper # 2600207
Mobile Agrivoltaic Systems for California Agriculture: A Techno-Economic Analysis of Excess Power Utilization
Citation: Paper number 2600207, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600207) @2026
Authors: Amir Kouravand, Mohammadmehdi Maharlooei, Reza Ehsani
Keywords: Agrivoltaics, Cost of energy, Electric vehicle charging, Energy modeling, Excess energy, Sustainable agriculture.
Citation: Paper number 2600239, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600239) @2026
Authors: Aaron C Ault, Yaguang Zhang, James V. Krogmeier, Dennis R. Buckmaster
Keywords: Interoperability, Agricultural Data, Spreadsheet Schemas.
Paper # 2600247
Seasonal and Spatial Assessment of Solar Irrigation Pump Energy Generation, Utilization, and Surplus Potential in Bangladesh
Citation: Paper number 2600247, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600247) @2026
Authors: Chayan Kumer Saha, Sabyasachi Niloy, Md. Harun Rashid, A. K. M. Abdullah Al-Amin, Anisur Rahman, Md. Sanaul Huda, Cham Athwal, Lynsey Melville
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Paper # 2600264
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Agricultural Conservation for Water Quality Improvement in Headwater Watersheds
Citation: Paper number 2600264, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600264) @2026
Authors: Evelyn Chen, Chloe Chen, Ashley Crowl, Zhulu Lin
Keywords: Conservation expenditure, cost-effectiveness analysis, nutrients, sediment, water quality trend.
Paper # 2600290
Development of a Laboratory Scale Seeding Test Platform for Evaluating the Performance of a Vacuum Type Precision Planting Mechanism
Citation: Paper number 2600290, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600290) @2026
Authors: Juhee Lee, Jinho Son, Wonyeol Choi, Bumseok Park, Hyunggyu Park, Yushin Ha
Keywords: Precision planting, Vacuum seeder, Seeding performance, Single seed rate, Laboratory test platform, Soybean, Plastic mulch cultivation
Paper # 2600293
A Fundamental Study on Automatic Garlic Cultivar Identification and Mass Prediction Based on Image Processing and Machine Learning
Citation: Paper number 2600293, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600293) @2026
Authors: Wonyeol Choi, Jinho Son, Juhee Lee, Bumseok Park, Hyunggyu Park, Yushin Ha
Keywords: Computer vision, Cultivar identification, Garlic, Machine learning, Mass prediction, Postharvest sorting.
Paper # 2600298
FD-DETR: Fruit Stem and Calyx Detection Utilizing Cost-Effective 3D Information from Monocular Depth Estimation
Citation: Paper number 2600298, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600298) @2026
Authors: Kai Guo, Ruokai Guo, Xiuqin Rao
Keywords: Automated sorting, CLAHE, Fruit stem and calyx detection, Monocular depth estimation, RT-DETR, Space-to-depth convolution.
Paper # 2600316
Design and Performance Evaluation of Lightweight Rollover Protective Structure for Self-Propelled Agricultural Machinery
Citation: Paper number 2600316, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600316) @2026
Authors: Eyerusalem Tesfay Gereziher, -, Davide Gattamelata, Dr, Pierluigi Rossi, Dr, Massimo Cecchini, Dr, Mario Fargnoli, Prof., Domenico Pessina, Prof., Giovanni Carabin, Prof., Elisa Cioccolo, Dr., Daniele Puri, Dr.
Keywords: ROPS, lightweight structures, agricultural machinery, safety, finite element analysis.
Paper # 2600318
Beyond the PTO: From a Low-Profile Battery-Electric Tractor to a Modular Field Energy-Extender Trailer for Ergonomics and Safety
Citation: Paper number 2600318, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600318) @2026
Authors: Elisa Cioccolo, Dr, Massimo Cecchini, Dr, Mario Fargnoli, Dr, Davide Gattamelata, Dr, Eyerusalem Tesfay Gereziher, Pierluigi Rossi, Dr
Keywords: CAN bus data; implement electrification; narrow-track tractor; rollover protective structure (ROPS); energy management; operator protection; tractor safety; vineyard mechanization.
Paper # 2600338
VGG16-Based Vision Framework for Plant Identification and Precision Irrigation in Robotic Horticulture.
Citation: Paper number 2600338, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600338) @2026
Authors: Jannatul Ferdows Nipa, 1
Keywords: Precision irrigation, Automatic plant identification, Convolutional neural network (CNN), VGG16, Image classification
Paper # 2600366
Estimating Heat-Stress Mitigation Under Agrivoltaic Shade
Citation: Paper number 2600366, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600366) @2026
Authors: Minyoung Hong, Farzaneh Khorsandi
Keywords: Agricultural safety, Agrivoltaics, Heat stress, Microclimate, Occupational heat exposure, Solar radiation, Wet-bulb globe temperature.
Paper # 2600368
Multi-species weed detection using supervised (CNN and transformer-based) and semi-supervised learning approaches in corn field
Citation: Paper number 2600368, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600368) @2026
Authors: Utsav Bhandari, Saroj Burlakoti, Rhonda Miller, Ph.D., Sierra Young, Ph.D., Eric Westra, Ph.D., Aaron Etienne, Ph.D.
Keywords: Multi-species weed detection, Precision agriculture, Pseudo-labeling, Semi-supervised object-detection, UAV, YOLO
Paper # 2600379
UAV-Based Multispectral Imaging for Discriminating Cover Crops and Weeds at the Species Level
Citation: Paper number 2600379, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600379) @2026
Authors: Shekhar Suman Borah, Prabha Sundaravadivel, Vijay Varanasi, Krishna Reddy, Reginald Fletcher, Prasanna Gowda
Keywords: Cover Crop Classification, Curly Dock, Italian Ryegrass, Multispectral Imaging, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Precision Agriculture, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).
Paper # 2600399
Robot-Enabled Field Phenotyping of Grape Berry Cluster Color Using Multimodal Vision Foundation Models for Genetic Mapping
Citation: Paper number 2600399, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600399) @2026
Authors: Yiyuan Lin, Madan Pandey, Lance Cadle-Davidson, Matthew Clark, Soon Li Teh, Yu Jiang
Keywords: field phenotyping, grape berry cluster color, quantitative phenotypes, QTL, precision viticulture
Paper # 2600401
Privacy-Preserving Communication-Efficient Federated Transfer Learning with Vision-Language Model for Smart Agricultural Image Classification
Citation: Paper number 2600401, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600401) @2026
Authors: Long Li, Yanbo Huang, Jiajia Li, Dong Chen, Lina Pu, Haibo Yao
Keywords: Federated learning, Vision language model, Privacy-preserving, Smart agriculture, Transfer learning
Paper # 2600403
Soil and Wastewater Characteristics in Oil-polluted Environment of Egbema, Southeast Nigeria.
Citation: Paper number 2600403, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600403) @2026
Authors: Gregory Chukwudi Obiechefu, Evans Chukwudi Ohaji, Suffix (Jr., III, etc.), Emerson Dimgba Kodak
Keywords: Egbema, heavy metal, hydrocarbon, pollution, wastewater
Paper # 2600409
An Integrated System Dynamics and TPB Framework for Adaptive Agricultural Reservoir Operation
Citation: Paper number 2600409, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600409) @2026
Authors: Won-Ho Nam, Dong-Hyun Yoon, Jingyu Lyu
Keywords: Agricultural reservoir operation, system dynamics, adaptive management, human decision-making, socio-hydrology, water allocation, hydroclimatic uncertainty.
Paper # 2600412
WeedExpert-R1: Incentivizing Domain-Specific Reasoning in MLLMs with Reinforcement Learning for Precision Weed Grounding
Citation: Paper number 2600412, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600412) @2026
Authors: Zonglin Yang, Wei-Zhen Liang, Nevin Lawrence, Xin Qiao, Chi-En Chiang, Fuchen Li
Keywords: Precision agriculture, Weed grounding, Multimodal large language models, Reinforcement learning.
Paper # 2600420
Locator Tool for Selective Robotic Harvesting
Citation: Paper number 2600420, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600420) @2026
Authors: Robert A. Conde, John K. Schueller, Jeremiah J. Blanchard, Joshua I. Arroyo, Alejandro S. Fluitt Martinez, Alessandro Giusti, Matthew J. Miles, Christian S. Veltchey
Keywords: harvesting, robot, fruit, vegetable, locator, RTK, tool, watermelon.
Citation: Paper number 2600460, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600460) @2026
Authors: Isaias A Teran, N/A, Sourov Kumar Mondal, N/A, Giya Kuriakose, N/A, Ikenna Emechete, N/A, Gerardo Diaz, N/A
Keywords: Biomass Gasification, Co-Gasification, Fuel Flexibility, Flammability, Syngas Composition
Paper # 2600467
Methodology for Measuring GHG Emissions and Emission Quantities in Japanese Beef Cattle Barns
Citation: Paper number 2600467, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600467) @2026
Authors: Atsuo Ikeguchi, Masakazu Yajima, Masaaki Hoshino
Keywords: GHG emissions, Japanese Beef cattle, Natural ventilation, Ventilation rate, measurement-based MRV(Measurement, Reporting, Verification).
Paper # 2600469
Game Engine Meets VLM: A synthetic-driven open-vocabulary diagnosis framework for tomato disease monitoring
Citation: Paper number 2600469, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600469) @2026
Authors: Pengyao Xie, Xingjian Li, Weilong He, Inga Meadows, Lirong Xiang
Keywords: Contrastive learning, domain adaptation, fine-grained classification, plant disease diagnosis, sim-to-real transfer, vision-language model, zero-shot inference.
Paper # 2600497
IoT-Enabled Monitoring and Control of Onion Storage Parameters for Reducing Post-Harvest Losses
Citation: Paper number 2600497, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600497) @2026
Authors: Md. Rostom Ali, Nafis Sadique Sayem, M. Rahat Miah, Umar Maruf Sheju, Sagor Chowdhury
Keywords: Onion Storage, IoT, Smart storage, Real-time monitoring, Post-Harvest loss
Paper # 2600507
Analysis of Transplanting and Early Growth Statistics for Spring Cabbage Under Greenhouse Conditions Using AI-based Image Processing
Citation: Paper number 2600507, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600507) @2026
Authors: Md Nasim Reza, Kyu-Ho Lee, Sun-Ok Chung
Keywords: Precision agriculture, cabbage, Edge AI, seedling counting, convolutional neural network
Paper # 2600512
RGB-D Perception for Selective Harvesting of Field-Grown Asparagus with Dual-Path Detection and Point-Cloud-Free Measurement
Citation: Paper number 2600512, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600512) @2026
Authors: Dongyu Liu, Yuzhen Lu
Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Depth image; Diameter estimation; Green asparagus; RGB-D perception; Selective harvesting.
Paper # 2600519
Alternative Uses of a Hybrid Solar Dryer: Effects of Pre-treatments on Drying Efficiency and Quality of Dried Fish
Citation: Paper number 2600519, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600519) @2026
Authors: Chayan Kumer Saha, Md. Rayhanul Karim, Taslimun Nahar, Arnab Majumder, Poly Karmoker
Keywords: Fish drying, hybrid solar drying, pretreatment, salting, Setipinna phasa
Citation: Paper number 2600527, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600527) @2026
Authors: Mk Bashar, Anil Bhujel, Daniel Morris
Keywords: Animal welfare, CoTracker, Frequency analysis, Livestock monitoring, Non-contact sensing, Point tracking, Respiratory rate, Video-based monitoring
Paper # 2600545
Mapping Tomato Cropping Systems in California Using AlphaEarth Geospatial Embeddings and Deep Learning Analysis
Citation: Paper number 2600545, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600545) @2026
Authors: Mohammadreza Narimani, Mr., Alireza Pourreza, Dr., Parastoo Farajpoor, Mrs.
Keywords: AlphaEarth, California, crop mapping, deep learning, processing tomatoes, segmentation, uncertainty quantification.
Paper # 2600546
Ergonomic Evaluation of Three Electric Walk-Behind Tillers: Physiological Load, Vibration Exposure, and Soil Performance
Citation: Paper number 2600546, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600546) @2026
Authors: Felix Michael Oguche, Jianfeng Zhou, Dr., Karen Funkenbusch, Marcia Shannon, Dr., Noel Aloysius, Dr., Teng Teeh Lim, Dr., Aaron Yoder, Dr., Timothy Reinbott
Keywords: agricultural ergonomics; tillage; vibration exposure; soil performance; physiological workload; electric tiller.
Paper # 2600550
Design and Fabrication of an Ergonomically Optimized Electric Auger Walk-Behind Tiller
Citation: Paper number 2600550, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600550) @2026
Authors: Felix Michael Oguche, Jianfeng Zhou, Dr., Karen Funkenbusch, Marcia Shannon, Dr., Noel Aloysius, Dr., Teng Teeh Lim, Dr., Aaron Yoder, Dr., Timothy Reinbott
Keywords: agricultural ergonomics, electric tiller, auger tiller, vibration reduction, walk-behind machinery, smallholder mechanization
Citation: Paper number 2600552, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600552) @2026
Authors: Kevin Lee, Keith Cherkauer
Keywords: DSM, UAV, Remote Sensing, CHM, Gaussian Filter
Paper # 2600555
HerdSafe CowBot: Autonomous Navigation and Localization Performance in Constrained Dairy Barn Environments
Citation: Paper number 2600555, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600555) @2026
Authors: Felix Michael Oguche, Jianfeng Zhou, Dr., Karen Funkenbusch, Scott Poock, Tianqi Yao, Fengkai Tian, Aaron Yoder, Dr., Hamza Farah, Supreet Aradhya, Guojie Ruan
Keywords: Autonomous navigation; precision livestock farming; dairy barn robotics; RTK localization; Pure Pursuit controller; wheel odometry; IMU-based navigation; agricultural robotics.
Paper # 2600566
Benchmarking High-Speed and Low-Power AI Models on Low-Cost Edge Devices for Agriculture Applications
Citation: Paper number 2600566, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600566) @2026
Authors: Mohamed Abdallah Salem, Ahmed Harb Rabia
Keywords: Edge Computing, Deep leaning, Machine Learning, Crop Monitoring, Raspberry Pi, Inference Acceleration, AI Accelerator.
Paper # 2600583
Assessment of the performance of a self-developed thermal camera system in sugarbeet field
Citation: Paper number 2600583, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600583) @2026
Authors: PoNien Su, Shuhua Xie, Joseph Oboamah, XayVian Gonzales, Owen Osmera, Hugo Nunes, Wei-Zhen Liang, Xin Qiao
Keywords: Canopy Temperature, Edge Computing, Infrared radiometer, Thermal Camera
Paper # 2600608
Improving Ecosystem Phenology Monitoring in Salt Marsh Using Vision Foundation Models
Citation: Paper number 2600608, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600608) @2026
Authors: Puranjit Singh, Himal Acharya, Rodrigo Vargas, Yin Bao
Keywords: Carbon Phenology, Climate Modeling, DepthAnythingV2, DINOv2, DINOv3, Machine Learning, Salt Marsh Ecosystem, Vision Foundation models.
Citation: Paper number 2600611, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600611) @2026
Authors: Han-Sheng Chang, Yu-Shan Wang, Wei-Ling Chen, Hsing-Ying Chung, Shih-Fang Chen
Keywords: Precision agriculture, Rose growth monitoring, Rail-mounted imaging system, 3D reconstruction, Canopy structure analysis
Paper # 2600626
A Vision-Guided Digital Twin for Robotic Harvesting of Greenhouse Lettuce Using SAM3D and Isaac Lab
Citation: Paper number 2600626, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600626) @2026
Authors: Al Bashir, Partho Ghose, Yibin Wang, Prem Raj, Azlan Zahid
Keywords: 3D reconstruction, Real-to-Sim, Robotic harvesting, Simulation, Lettuce
Paper # 2600632
Unsupervised Discovery of Biologically Interpretable Fecal Pathology Phenotypes for Objective Coccidiosis Severity Assessment in Broilers
Citation: Paper number 2600632, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600632) @2026
Authors: Oluwadamilola Moyin Oso, Hosna Mohammadilalabadi, Guoming Li, Lorraine A Fuller, Samuel E Aggrey
Keywords: Broilers; Coccidiosis, Fecal phenotyping, Precision livestock farming, Unsupervised clustering.
Citation: Paper number 2600633, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600633) @2026
Authors: Ashish Reddy Mulaka, Emmalea Garver Ernest, Yin Bao
Keywords: 3D Gaussian Splatting, 3D-PodTracker, heat-resilient, instance matching.
Citation: Paper number 2600635, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600635) @2026
Authors: Yung-Chi Hu, Shu-Jen Lee, Jui-Hsiang Shao, Yan-Fu Kuo
Keywords: Phalaenopsis, Computer Vision, Plant Phenotyping, You Only Look Once (YOLO)
Paper # 2600638
Lessons from Implementing AI in Flipped Engineering Education for a Fundamentals of Electricity Course
Citation: Paper number 2600638, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600638) @2026
Authors: Bo Liu
Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI literacy, flipped classroom, engineering education, self-regulated learning, cognitive apprenticeship, MASTER Framework
Citation: Paper number 2600651, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600651) @2026
Authors: Saroj Burlakoti, Utsav Bhandari, Aaron Etienne, Bruce Bugbee, Youping Sun, Wei Zhang, Alessandro Ossola, Shital Poudyal
Keywords: Canopy cover, deep learning, instance segmentation, ornamental vines, precision horticulture, RGB imaging, YOLO
Paper # 2600653
Auto-Harvest: An End-to-End Automated Cyberinfrastructure for Precision Agriculture Workflows
Citation: Paper number 2600653, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600653) @2026
Authors: Harikesh Byrandurga Gopinath, Parth Gupta, Vedant Patil, Christopher Dean, Anirudh Potlapally, Hari Subramoni, Scott Shearer, Ramarao Venkatesh, John Fulton, Christopher Stewart
Keywords: Precision agriculture, Spot spraying, UAV weed detection, High-performance computing, Workflow automation.
Citation: Paper number 2600658, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600658) @2026
Authors: Anuonyam Awuku Jackson, Paxwell Damptey Adjei, Anita Odoom Essel, Joseph Oppong Akowuah
Keywords: Biomass dryer, chemical properties, cocoa beans, open-sun drying, physical qualities.
Paper # 2600662
From Barn Roof to Village Grid: A Conceptual Design of a Farm-Led Energy Sharing Community
Citation: Paper number 2600662, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600662) @2026
Authors: Fredrik Johann Regler, Niklas Thomalsky, Thomas A. J. G. Ametsbichler, Heinz Bernhardt
Keywords: Battery energy storage systems (BESS), Biogas and sector coupling, Energy sharing communities (ESCs), Farmbased renewable energy, Rural energy autonomy;
Paper # 2600666
Gaussian Splatting Based 3D Tomato Fruit Counting and Multi-Stage Classification from Monocular Video
Citation: Paper number 2600666, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600666) @2026
Authors: Yan-An Chen, Guan-Hua Chen, Ya-Ping Lin, Shih-Fang Chen
Keywords: Fruit counting, 3D reconstruction, 3D Gaussian Splatting, deep learning, precision agriculture.
Paper # 2600693
The thresholds for when increased heat load begins to have negative consequences for dairy cows
Citation: Paper number 2600693, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600693) @2026
Authors: Bjarne Bjerg, Li Rong, Peter Kai
Keywords: Cattle, heat stress, milk yield, rectal temperature, respiration rate, Temperature Humidity index, THI.
Paper # 2600694
Effect of different roof design on dairy cattle heat load in warm periods using simplified steady-state heat balance
Citation: Paper number 2600694, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600694) @2026
Authors: Bjarne Bjerg, Li Rong, Peter Kai
Keywords: Dairy cow, heat balance, heat load, high reflective, roof materials.
Citation: Paper number 2600696, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600696) @2026
Authors: Bjarne Bjerg, Li Rong, Peter Kai
Keywords: Albedo, cattle, ceiling, construction, cows, design, material, roof, solar radiation.
Citation: Paper number 2600735, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600735) @2026
Authors: Jun Han Bae, Jeffery Lancia, Simen Mathison, Richard M. Gozalez, Gilchan Park
Keywords: Agricultural robotics, autonomous soil sampling, onboard core handling, precision agriculture, robotic soil coring.
Citation: Paper number 2600737, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600737) @2026
Authors: Christoph Bader, Margarethe Stadlbauer, Jörn Stumpenhausen, Christina Maria Sebald, Heinz Bernhardt
Keywords: Potential analysis, agricultural disaster control, rural areas, energy management, blackout prevention, food safety, emergency animal care
Paper # 2600738
HyperBird: A Hyperspectral Microscopic Imaging Robot for High Throughput Plant Phenotyping
Citation: Paper number 2600738, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600738) @2026
Authors: Jinhong Yu, Aliyah Brewer, Lorenzo Pippi, Saeed Hosseinzadeh, Javier Moreno, Dani Martinez, Chang Chen, Kaitlin Gold, Lance Cadle-Davidson, Yu Jiang
Keywords: Hyperspectral imaging; Microscopic imaging; High-throughput phenotyping; Plant disease detection; Grapevine downy mildew
Paper # 2600750
GrowBot: System Design and Architecture for an AI-Optimized Controlled-Environment Plant Growth Enclosure
Citation: Paper number 2600750, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600750) @2026
Authors: Roland Kincaid, Shekhar Suman Borah, Chandrasekar Kousik, Prabha Sundaravadivel
Keywords: Controlled-environment agriculture (CEA), edge AI, embedded vision, Hailo-8L, Raspberry Pi 5, ESP32, YOLOv8, plant monitoring, smart agriculture, automated environmental control.
Paper # 2600758
Battery Electric versus Diesel Trucks in Agricultural Logistics: Insights from Real-World Milk Collection Data
Citation: Paper number 2600758, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600758) @2026
Authors: Simon Grebner, Christoph André Brinkmann, Heinz Bernhardt
Keywords: Battery electric truck, diesel truck, agricultural logistics, milk collection, real-world data, CAN bus, energy consumption, CO2e emissions.
Paper # 2600766
Preliminary Evaluation of 3D Machine Vision for Online Inspection and Grading of Green Asparagus
Citation: Paper number 2600766, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600766) @2026
Authors: Zhikun Kong, Yuzhen Lu
Keywords: Green asparagus, Post-harvest online grading, RGB-D machine vision, Multi-modal feature fusion.
Citation: Paper number 2600776, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600776) @2026
Authors: Efi Safikou, Yunjun Xu
Keywords: Fault detection, symbolic regression, inferential sensing, physical AI, estimation theory, robotics
Citation: Paper number 2600796, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600796) @2026
Authors: Elham Jamshidi, Arash Toudeshki, Reza Ehsani
Keywords: Drought detection, Hydrology, Irrigation management, Leaf water content, Plant physiology, Precision agriculture, Sensor clip, Strawberry plants.
Citation: Paper number 2600808, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600808) @2026
Authors: Teng Teeh Lim, Corinne Bromfield, Tamara Gull, Solomon Wole Odemuyiwa
Keywords: Biosecurity; disinfectant spraying; Canine distemper virus; Feline calicivirus; Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus; electrolyzed water; human-associated contaminated surfaces
Paper # 2600821
AI-Driven IoT Architecture for Sustainable Solar Irrigation Pump Systems: Toward Energy-Aware and Water-Efficient Smart Agriculture
Citation: Paper number 2600821, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600821) @2026
Authors: Muhammad Ashik-E-Rabbani, Md. Rasel Al Mamun, Md. Samiul Basir, Mofakkharul Islam Tonoy, Mohammad Al Fayed Sama Opi, Md. Bashirul Islam, Md. Mashurul Haque
Keywords: AIoT, Precision agriculture, Random Forest, Smart irrigation, Solar energy.
Paper # 2600823
AIoT-Driven Edge Computing System for Real-Time Optimization and Environmental Control in Poultry Farm Management
Citation: Paper number 2600823, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600823) @2026
Authors: Md. Rasel Al Mamun, Muhammad Ashik-E-Rabbani, Md. Samiul Basir , Md. Bashirul Islam
Keywords: AIoT, edge computing, environmental control, E-GRU, Random Forest, precision livestock farming.
Paper # 2600843
Autonomous Field Phenotyping for Rapid Disease Screening Using AI and Multi-View Imaging
Citation: Paper number 2600843, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600843) @2026
Authors: Karishma Kumari, Ali Mirzakhani Nafchi
Keywords: FHB, Deep Learning, 360-PICS system, Plant morphology, Disease management, Deep learning and Artificial Intelligence
Paper # 2600848
Computer Vision-Based Early Red Rice Detection System Development for Mechanized Row Rice Farming
Citation: Paper number 2600848, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600848) @2026
Authors: Md Nurul Azmir, Cengiz Koparan, Nilda Roma Roma, Benjamin Runkle, Dongyi Wang
Keywords: Agricultural Automation, Computer vision, Multispectral imaging, Rice, Weed Management
Paper # 2600851
Parameter estimation of an improved van Genuchten soil water retention curve model using Gray Wolf Optimizer
Citation: Paper number 2600851, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600851) @2026
Authors: Yessica Alejandra Gómez-Pérez, Agustín Ruíz-García, Irineo L. López-Cruz, Miguel Servin-Palestina
Keywords: Bio-inspired algorithms, improved gray wolf optimizer, model calibration, optimization techniques.
Citation: Paper number 2600855, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600855) @2026
Authors: Mike Tran, Haibo Yao, Chengkai Li, Yanbo Huang, Ebrahiem Babiker, John Brooks, Dong Chen
Keywords: corn ear phenotyping, hyperspectral imaging, machine learning, kernel numbers
Paper # 2600884
Automated 3D Phenotyping of Strawberry Plants: A Fast and Memory-Efficient Deep Learning Approach
Citation: Paper number 2600884, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600884) @2026
Authors: Partho Ghose, Al Bashir, Yibin Wang, Azlan Zahid
Keywords: 3D reconstruction, Deep Learning, PointNet, Plant Phenotyping, Strawberry
Paper # 2600898
Aleks 2.0: Enhanced Single Agent MCP System for Autonomous Research in Plant Science
Citation: Paper number 2600898, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600898) @2026
Authors: Daoyuan Jin, Ruiming Du, Shivranjani Baruah, Adam Bogdanove, Kaitlin M. Gold, Yu Jiang
Keywords: LLM; AI agent; Scientific discovery; Knowledge graph; Model Context Protocol
Paper # 2600910
Market potential of electric farm tractors in Germany
Citation: Paper number 2600910, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600910) @2026
Authors: Julius Ignatz Wendling, Christoph André Brinkman, Heinz Bernhardt
Keywords: Electric farm tractors; photovoltaic; on-farm renewable energy; diesel price volatility; German energy market
Paper # 2600921
A VISUAL-PROPRIOCEPTIVE CONTROL FRAMEWORK FOR SOFT ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS IN ORCHARD OPERATIONS
Citation: Paper number 2600921, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600921) @2026
Authors: Syed Usama Bin Sabir, Divyanth Loganathan Girija, Ryan Dorosh, Manoj Karkee, Ming Luo
Keywords: Agricultural robotics, automation in specialty crops, multi-sensor fusion, soft robotic manipulator, visual servoing, soft robotics.
Paper # 2600932
A Diffusion Model-Based Restoration Framework for Robust Visual Perception in Agricultural Systems
Citation: Paper number 2600932, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600932) @2026
Authors: Linyuan Wang, Haibo Yao, Yanbo Huang, Te-Ming Tseng, Xin Sun, Dong Chen
Keywords: Image restoration, diffusion models, generative models, precision agriculture, super-resolution, weed detection
Paper # 2600941
Beyond Seasonality: A High-Fidelity Apple Orchard Digital Twin
Citation: Paper number 2600941, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600941) @2026
Authors: Ruiming Du, Yiyuan Lin, Daoyuan Jin, Nicholas Gunner, Yu Jiang
Keywords: Digital twin; Sim-to-real; Synthetic data generation; Robotics; Perception
Citation: Paper number 2600959, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600959) @2026
Authors: Md. Samiul Basir , , Fabio A. Castiblanco, Yaguang Zhang , , Dennis R. Buckmaster , , James V. Krogmeier ,
Keywords: Abstraction, data integration, data plenitude, data completeness, forecast, IoT
Paper # 2600965
Concept Development of an Active Hose Management System for Autonomous Irrigation Machines
Citation: Paper number 2600965 , 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600965) @2026
Authors: Christoph André Brinkmann, Heinz Bernhardt, Hubert August Korte
Keywords: Water, Irrigation, Autonoumous irrigation, active Hoseguidance
Paper # 2600968
Heat–Water Differential Indices: A Curve-Based Weather Representation in Agricultural Systems
Citation: Paper number 2600968, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600968) @2026
Authors: Md. Samiul Basir, Yaguang Zhang, Dennis R. Buckmaster, Ignacio A. Ciampitti, James V. Krogmeier
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Paper # 2600990
Beyond Vision: mmWave MIMO Radar for Pest Detection in Challenging Agricultural Environments
Citation: Paper number 2600990, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600990) @2026
Authors: Prem Raj, Mike Ojo, Partho Ghose, Al Bashir, Bijaya Sapkota, Katerina Graham, Arash Kheirodin, Azlan Zahid
Keywords: mmWave Radar, Pest Detection, Precision Agriculture, Machine Learning
Paper # 2600991
Hyperspectral Imaging–Based Breath Analysis for Detection of Bovine Coronavirus Infection in Beef Cattle
Citation: Paper number 2600991, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202600991) @2026
Authors: Safal Kshetri, Steve Wakham, Hao Gan, Yanqiu Yang
Keywords: Bovine coronavirus (BCoV); Disease detection; Exhaled breath analysis; Hyperspectral imaging; Machine learning; Precision livestock farming; Volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
Paper # 2601005
AI-Driven Nitrogen Management Using Crop as Biosensor
Citation: Paper number 2601005, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601005) @2026
Authors: Ahmed Abdalla, Salman Mirzaee, Ali Mirzakhani Nafchi
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Biosensors, N-Rich Spots, Variability
Paper # 2601006
Sensor-Driven Prescription Maps to Enhance NUE and Farm Profit
Citation: Paper number 2601006, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601006) @2026
Authors: Salman Mirzaee, Ali Ali Mirzakhani Nafchi
Keywords: Flat Rate, Nitrogen Management, Prescription Map, Variable Rate.
Citation: Paper number 2601011, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601011) @2026
Authors: Shafi Md. Istiak, James Y. Kim, Cristhian Perdigon, Sulaymon Eshkabilov
Keywords: Site-specific mechanical weeding, Kalman filter, individually controlled sweep, sensor fusion, weeding robot. Introduction
Citation: Paper number 2601014, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601014) @2026
Authors: Akwasi Tagoe, Cengiz Koparan, PhD., Margaret Worthington, PhD., Donald Johnson, PhD., Dongyi Wang, PhD.
Keywords: Blackberry (Rubus spp.), Computer vision, High-throughput phenotyping, Precision horticulture; Statistical and machine learning models; UAV remote sensing; Yield prediction.
Paper # 2601051
Automated Crop Nutrient Deficiency Detection Using Computer Vision and Multi-Sensor Data Analytics
Citation: Paper number 2601051, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601051) @2026
Authors: Karishma Kumari, Ali Mirzakhani Nafchi
Keywords: Crop nutrition status, Resource optimization, Nutrient deficiencies, Plant morphology, Fertilizer application, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Paper # 2601055
THE IMPACT OF FOUNDER IDENTITY AND INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS ON VERTICAL FARM PERFORMANCE
Citation: Paper number 2601055, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601055) @2026
Authors: Ronald J. Smith, Robert M. Stwalley, III
Keywords: Controlled environment agriculture, vertical farms, success, social identity theory, agricultural systems, stakeholders, founder identity
Paper # 2601079
VF-FruitRecon: A Vision Foundation Model-based Pipeline for Occlusion-Robust Fruit 3D Reconstruction and Size Estimation
Citation: Paper number 2601079, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601079) @2026
Authors: Xingjian Li, Mr., Pengyao Xie, Dr., Weilong He, Mr., Nicholas Kaczmer, Mr., Neil Mattson, Dr., Lirong Xiang, Dr.
Keywords: fruit size estimation, foundation models, 3D reconstruction, dense canopy
Citation: Paper number 2601083, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601083) @2026
Authors: Karishma Kumari, Ali Mirzakhani Nafchi
Keywords: FHB; DL; Attention U-Net; YOLOv11; Disease Detection and Severity Estimation; Precision Agriculture
Citation: Paper number 2601104, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601104) @2026
Authors: Daniel J Petti, Changying Li
Keywords: Multi-object tracking, robotics, high-throughput phenotyping, active learning, weakly-supervised learning, graph neural network
Paper # 2601108
AgriDINO-seg: A DINOv3-Based Foundation Model for Multi-Crop Semantic Segmentation: A Case Study on Blueberry and Peanut
Citation: Paper number 2601108, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601108) @2026
Authors: Rui-Feng Wang, Daniel J. Petti, Changying Li
Keywords: Blueberry, DINOv3, Peanut, Self-Supervised Learning, Visual Foundation Models.
Paper # 2601132
Spatial and Temporal Effects of Yield Prediction
Citation: Paper number 2601132, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601132) @2026
Authors: Xiaoyu Zhang, Sunoj Shajahan
Keywords: Yield prediction, Satellite imagery, Machine learning, Vegetation indices
Paper # 2601134
Yield Prediction from a Messy Yield Monitor Data
Citation: Paper number 2601134, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601134) @2026
Authors: Xiaoyu Zhang, Sunoj Shajahan
Keywords: Yield prediction, Satellite imagery, Machine learning, Vegetation indices
Paper # 2601144
Reinforcement Learning-Based Forward Prediction of Greenhouse Lettuce Growth with Multimodal Sensing
Citation: Paper number 2601144, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601144) @2026
Authors: Yibin Wang, Bashir Al, Partho Ghose, Mike Ojo, Azlan Zahid
Keywords: Controlled Environment Agriculture; Forward Growth Forecasting; Reinforcement Learning; Multimodal Data Fusion.
Paper # 2601148
Tree-Specific Optimization of Shaking Parameters for Mechanical Harvesting Using a YOLO-Based Data-Driven Model
Citation: Paper number 2601148, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601148) @2026
Authors: Mohsen Farajijalal, Samira Malek, Mohammadmehdi Maharlooei, Joshua H. Viers, Reza Ehsani
Keywords: mechanical harvesting, nut tree, sensor system, trunk shaker, vibration acceleration, wavelets.
Paper # 2601206
Deployment-Oriented Baseline Evaluation of YOLO26n, YOLOX-S, and RT-DETRv4-S for Broccoli Crown Detection
Citation: Paper number 2601206, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601206) @2026
Authors: Joon Ho Chang, Bo Liu
Keywords: Agricultural robotics, broccoli detection, computer vision, delayed actuation, edge inference, information technology, precision agriculture, RTDETR, selective harvesting, sensors and control systems, vision transformers, YOLO
Paper # 2601228
Data-Driven Irrigation Scheduling Framework Integrating IoT Sensors and Deep Learning-Based Soil Water Tension Prediction
Citation: Paper number 2601228, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601228) @2026
Authors: Deus Francis Kandamali, Denis Olgen Kiobia, Peter Cosmas Ngimbwa, Hasan Mirzakhaninafchi, Ali P. Tavandashti, Shekhar Thapa, Canicius Mwitta, Glen Rains
Keywords: Crop-specific modeling; decision support system; IoT-based irrigation; precision irrigation; root-zone soil moisture; soil moisture forecasting; soil water tension; temporal convolutional networks.
Paper # 2601229
Spot-drop Biosensor-based Spatial Nitrogen Management
Citation: Paper number 2601229, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601229) @2026
Authors: Ahmed Abdalla, Ali Mirzakhani Nafchi
Keywords: Precision agriculture, Spot-drop Biosensor, Variable rate technology, Remote sensing, Biosensor.
Paper # 2601245
Economics study of variable rate technology adoption and outreach to improve farm profit
Citation: Paper number 2601245, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601245) @2026
Authors: Ahmed Abdalla, Ali Mirzakhani Nafchi
Keywords: Precision agriculture, management zones, variable rate application, outreach, farm economic
Paper # 2601278
Cotton architecture trait extraction via 3D reconstruction and instance segmentation
Citation: Paper number 2601278, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601278) @2026
Authors: Chenjiao Tan, Lizhi Jiang, Edward Scott MacGregor, Matthew Bauer, Peng Chee, Changying Li
Keywords: 3D reconstruction, instance segmentation, architecture traits, 3DGS, phenotyping.
Paper # 2601285
Modeling the Combined Effects of Climate Change and Land Use Dynamics on River Discharge in a Semi-Arid Watershed of Southwestern Iran
Citation: Paper number 2601285, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601285) @2026
Authors: Zohreh Khorsandi Kouhanestani, Farhad Mokhtari, Farzaneh Khorsandi
Keywords: Land Use Changes, Landuse changes, Discharge, Iran.
Paper # 2601312
Precision Clusters and Peduncle Cutting Points Detection for Automated Table Grape Harvesting Using Deep Learning
Citation: Paper number 2601312, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601312) @2026
Authors: Auster Zhang, Bo Liu
Keywords: Deep Learning, Computer Vision, YOLOv8, YOLO26, Table Grapes, Automation
Paper # 2601336
Airborne LiDAR-Based Mortality Monitoring of Citrus Tree Decline under Huanglongbing
Citation: Paper number 2601336, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601336) @2026
Authors: Wenhao Liu, Yiannis Ampatzidis, Benjamin Wilkinson
Keywords: airborne laser scanning; canopy degradation; canopy structure; citrus greening; dead tree detection; tree-level classification; precision orchard; UAV.
Paper # 2601349
Phenologically Contextualized Deep Learning for Multi-Nutrient Prediction in Grapevine Leaves from In-field Hyperspectral Imaging
Citation: Paper number 2601349, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601349) @2026
Authors: Atif Bilal Asad, Dawood Ahmed, Nataliya Shcherbatyuk, Pierre Davadant, Manoj Karkee, Markus Keller
Keywords: Ablation Study, Artificial Intelligence, Convolutional-Transformer, Deep Learning, Grapevine leaves, Hyperspectral Imaging, Multi-nutrient modeling, Precision Viticulture, Spectral modeling.
Citation: Paper number 2601373, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601373) @2026
Authors: Yuan Zhang, James Y. Kim
Keywords: autonomous navigation, EV robot, waypoint generation, RTK-GPS, orthomosaic.
Citation: Paper number 2601385, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601385) @2026
Authors: Genaro Demuner Molina, Rodolfo Souza, Madhusudan Venugopal, Robert Glen Hardin, Santosh Palmate
Keywords: Agricultural machinery, Data acquisition, Electric weed control, Emission inventory, Fuel consumption, Texas agriculture
Citation: Paper number 2601424, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601424) @2026
Authors: Salman Mirzaee, Ahmed Abdalla, Ali Mirzakhani Nafchi
Keywords: Nitrogen Management, Precision Agriculture, Sensor, Variations
Paper # 2601443
Non-destructive classification of organic and conventional market eggs using FT-NIR spectroscopy and explainable AI
Citation: Paper number 2601443, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601443) @2026
Authors: Alin Khaliduzzaman, Mohammed Kamruzzaman, Isabella C.F.S. Condotta
Keywords: Market eggs, organic eggs, optical sensing, fraud detection, egg industry.
Paper # 2601444
Fluorescence imaging and deep learning for detection of low-contrast surface contamination on eggshell
Citation: Paper number 2601444, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601444) @2026
Authors: Alin Khaliduzzaman, Tanea Gray, Mamunur Rahman, Naoshi Kondo, Isabella C.F.S. Condotta
Keywords: Eggshell, surface quality, computer vision, object detection, egg industry 4.0.
Paper # 2601493
Test-Time Adaptive Latent Feature Restoration for UAV Crop–Weed Segmentation under Altitude-Induced Resolution Shifts
Citation: Paper number 2601493, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601493) @2026
Authors: Yu Tian, Xintong Jiang, Nazia Hossain, Asahi Suzuki, Jan Franklin Adamowski, Shangpeng Sun
Keywords: integrated weed management; crop–weed segmentation; test-time adaptation; domain shift; precision agriculture
Paper # 2601509
Evaluation of Mask2Former with ConvNeXt V2 Backbones for On-Edge Instance Segmentation in Poultry Images
Citation: Paper number 2601509, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601509) @2026
Authors: Aashish Poudel, Sudhendu R. Sharma, Jeremiah D. Davis, Joseph L. Purswell, Tami M. Brown-Brandl
Keywords: edge AI, instance segmentation, Jetson Orin Nano, Mask2Former, poultry monitoring, TensorRT.
Paper # 2601556
A Fixed Low-Cost NIR-Modified RGB Camera for Spatio-Temporal Relative Monitoring under Simulated Agrivoltaic Shading
Citation: Paper number 2601556, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601556) @2026
Authors: Pierluigi Rossi, Dr., Giorgia Di Domenico, Dr., Massimo Cecchini, Prof., Andrea Colantoni, Prof.
Keywords: agrivoltaics, fixed proximal sensing, qualitative monitoring, low-cost imaging, NIR-modified RGB camera, relative NDVI, shading heterogeneity.
Paper # 2601561
Predicting stillbirth rates in commercial pig herds using machine learning: Random Forest, SVR, and XGBoost.
Citation: Paper number 2601561, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601561) @2026
Authors: Serena Cosendey Toledo Mello Peixoto, Júlia Diehl Marcio, Mamunur Rahman, Isabella Cardoso Ferreira Silva Condotta, Marcos Augusto Alves Alves, Késia Oliveira Miranda
Keywords: Machine learning; Prediction; Pigs; Stillbirth.
Citation: Paper number 2601563, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601563) @2026
Authors: Pierluigi Rossi, Dr., Giorgia Di Domenico, Dr., Massimo Cecchini, Prof., Elisa Cioccolo, Dr., Eyerusalem Tesfay Gereziher
Keywords: farm energy demand, agricultural machinery, load profiling, CAN bus data, early-phase sizing, hybrid energy systems
Paper # 2601564
Sensor-based tractor rollover risk reduction: a review of stability indices and smart prevention systems
Citation: Paper number 2601564, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601564) @2026
Authors: Danilo Monarca, Prof., Maurizio Cutini, Dr., Domenico Pessina, Prof., Lavinia Eleonora Galli, Dr., Fabrizio Marra, Riccardo Colella, Elisa Cioccolo, Giorgia Di Domenico, Pierluigi Rossi, Eyerusalem Tesfay Gereziher, Leonardo Vita
Keywords: Agricultural tractors; Rollover prevention; Stability index; Sensor-based safety; Warning systems; Safety.
Paper # 2601618
Dual-Camera Vision Control and Manipulator Integration for Precision Apple Bud Thinning
Citation: Paper number 2601618, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601618) @2026
Authors: Kittiphum Pawikhum, Long He, Paul Heinemann
Keywords: Apple bud detection, machine vision, deep learning, robotic thinning, crop load management
Paper # 2601674
Ground Autonomous Agricultural Vehicles: A Review of Technology Trends, Safety Standards, and Australian Codes of Practice
Citation: Paper number 2601674, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601674) @2026
Authors: Asif Al Razi Nabil, Justine Baillie, Michael Scobie, Derek Long, Guangnan Chen
Keywords: Autonomous agriculture; Ground autonomous vehicles; Machinery safety; Work health safety; Cybersecurity
Paper # 2601685
Resource Optimization of Autonomous EV Robot for Thermal Weeding
Citation: Paper number 2601685, 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting. (doi: 10.13031/aim.202601685) @2026
Authors: Seungyun Baek, Yuan Zhang, Sulaymon Eshkabilov, Yongjoo Kim, James Y. Kim
Keywords: Autonomous EV robot, operation resource, optimization, thermal weeding