Qinghui Lai, Zhanwei Yang, Wei Su, Chuang Yan, Qinghui Zhao, Yu Tan, Yu Que, Jing Zheng
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Abstract
Introduction: The openness grading of fresh-cut roses relies heavily on manual work, which can be inefficient and inconsistent.
Methods: In this study, an improved YOLOv8s model is proposed for openness grading in conjunction with a newly developed automatic grading machine for fresh-cut roses. The model identifies unopened inner petals and classifies openness into five levels: degree 1, degree 2, degree 3, degree 4, and deformity. To enhance detection accuracy while reducing the model complexity and computation, the backbone network of YOLOv8s is replaced by MobileNetV3. Additionally, an Efficient Multi-scale Attention (EMA) module is introduced to enhance focus on critical features, and a Wise-IoU loss function is incorporated to accelerate convergence.
Results: Field experiments revealed that the openness predictions made by the automatic fresh-cut roses grader had errors of 6.9%, 9.1%, 10.0%, 6.5%, and 12.6%, respectively, compared to manual predictions.
Discussion: Therefore, the improved YOLOv8s-F model effectively meets the requirements of fresh-cut rose openness grading.
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In an ever changing world, plant science is of the utmost importance for securing the future well-being of humankind. Plants provide oxygen, food, feed, fibers, and building materials. In addition, they are a diverse source of industrial and pharmaceutical chemicals. Plants are centrally important to the health of ecosystems, and their understanding is critical for learning how to manage and maintain a sustainable biosphere. Plant science is extremely interdisciplinary, reaching from agricultural science to paleobotany, and molecular physiology to ecology. It uses the latest developments in computer science, optics, molecular biology and genomics to address challenges in model systems, agricultural crops, and ecosystems. Plant science research inquires into the form, function, development, diversity, reproduction, evolution and uses of both higher and lower plants and their interactions with other organisms throughout the biosphere. Frontiers in Plant Science welcomes outstanding contributions in any field of plant science from basic to applied research, from organismal to molecular studies, from single plant analysis to studies of populations and whole ecosystems, and from molecular to biophysical to computational approaches.
Frontiers in Plant Science publishes articles on the most outstanding discoveries across a wide research spectrum of Plant Science. The mission of Frontiers in Plant Science is to bring all relevant Plant Science areas together on a single platform.