The main characteristics of Narrow Orchard Systems (NOS) are (i) narrow canopies, with (ii)
multiple closely-spaced upright leaders and (iii) narrow inter-rows, regardless of tree …

Robotic technologies are affording opportunities to revolutionize the production of specialty
crops (fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and horticulture). They offer the potential to automate …

The present work aims to study the possibilities of developing silver nanoparticles using
natural extracts of grape pomace wastes originating from the native variety of Fetească …

Automating pruning tasks entails overcoming several challenges, encompassing not only
robotic manipulation but also environment perception and detection. To achieve efficient …

The identification of branches and bud points is the key to intelligent pruning of dormant
grapevine branches and precise positioning of the pruning point on the branch is an …

This paper presents the design and evaluation of the Barracuda, a novel pruning tool for
robotic automation to cut grapevine canes tightly wrapped around wires. The Barracuda's …

Apple fruitlet thinning is critical in cultivating high-quality apples, requiring an expert
workforce to manage the orchard. The thinning process requires precise mapping of fruitlet …

Fruit tree image segmentation is an essential problem in automating a variety of agricultural
tasks such as phenotyping, harvesting, spraying, and pruning. Many research papers have …

Amidst growing food production demands, early plant disease detection is essential to
safeguard crops; this study proposes a visual machine learning approach for plant disease …

Cane pruning grapevines is a complex manual task requiring expert vine assessment to
determine which canes to prune. This paper presents Archie Jnr, which was developed to …