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Yan Zhu

Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU)

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

19

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848

TOTAL CITATIONS

2

Scholarly Papers (19)

1.

A Comprehensive Review of Spectral Sensing Devices and Diagnostic Equipment for Field Crop Growth Monitoring

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 17 Nov 2023
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Downloads 86 (771,553)

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Smart agriculture, agricultural information, Spectral sensors, Application review

2.

Improving Phenology Prediction of Wheat Breeding Populations by Integrating Deep Learning and Process-Based Crop Models

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 02 Jun 2025
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), affiliation not provided to SSRN and Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU)
Downloads 79 (844,901)

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Heading date, Crop models, Long Short-Term Memory, Climatic indices, Phenology prediction

3.

Assessment of the Influence of Uav-Borne Lidar Scan Angle and Flight Altitude on Crop Canopy Structural Metric and its Vertical Characterization

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Nov 2022
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), University of Hawaii and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 69 (916,100)

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Effective plant area index, vertical ePAI profile, UAV-borne LiDAR, flight altitude, scan angle

4.

Climate-Smart Optimization of Double Cropping Rice Sowing Date by Combining Crop Models and Machine Learning

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Jun 2025
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Wageningen University & Research, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) and Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU)
Downloads 63 (980,173)

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Sowing date optimization, rice, Crop model, Machine learning, Extreme climate indices

5.

Effects of Nitrogen Management Optimization Practices on Rice Productivity and Nitrogen Loss: A Meta-Analysis

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 26 Mar 2024
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 63 (961,006)

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Rice, Nitrogen fertilizer management optimization, yield, Active nitrogen emissions, Meta-analysis

6.

Key Growth Stage Estimation of Rice Based on Two-Layer Parameter Optimization of Remote Sensing and Growth Model

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Feb 2025
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Downloads 62 (961,006)

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remote sensing, RiceGrow, Two-layer data assimilation, Parameter optimization strategy, Rice growth stage

7.

Plant Nitrogen Nutriention Status at Phenological Stages Can Well Estimate Wheat  Yield and its Components

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Sep 2022
Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), University of Tokyo, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) and Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU)
Downloads 58 (989,921)

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Grain yield, nitrogen dilution curve, yield components, integrated nitrogen nutrition index, wheat

8.

Design and Testing of a Wheeled Crop Growth Monitoring Robot

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Oct 2022
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), Huzhou University and Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU)
Downloads 52 (1,063,489)

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Wheeled robot, High clearance, Adjustable wheel track, Growth monitoring

9.

Estimation of Rice Leaf Area Index Utilizing a Kalman Filter Fusion Methodology Based on Multi-Spectral Data Obtained from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(Uav)

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 29 Feb 2024
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 47 (1,109,210)
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Unmanned aerial vehicle, multi-spectral remote sensing, rice, leaf area index, kalman filter, Data Fusion

10.

Development of Critical Potassium Dilution Curves and Estimation of In-Season Accumulated Potassium Deficit in Winter Wheat

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 31 Oct 2024
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 46 (1,121,190)

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critical K dilution curve, KNI, accumulated K deficit, hierarchical Bayesian model

11.

Predicting and Explaining for Rice Phenology Across China by Integrating Crop Model and Interpretable Machine Learning

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 11 Jun 2024
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Kansas State University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) and Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU)
Downloads 42 (1,170,409)

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Rice phenology, Crop models, Data-driven, Interpretable machine learning

12.

Design and Testing of Vehicle-Mounted Crop Growth Monitoring System

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 02 Sep 2022
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU)
Downloads 41 (1,183,237)

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Vehicle-mounted monitoring system, Signal conditioning, Sensor bracket, Self-vibration damping, Simulation analysis

13.

Quantitative Assessment of the Effects of Rising Temperature on the Grain Protein of Winter Wheat in China and its Adaptive Strategies

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 19 Dec 2023
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Global warming, Spatial variation, crop model, Grain protein, Adaptive strategy, Wheat

14.

Accurate Estimation of Grain Number Per Panicle in Winter Wheat by Synergistic Use of Uav Imagery and Meteorological Data

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Apr 2024
Henan Agricultural University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 31 (1,318,317)
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grain number per panicle, absorbed photosynthetically active radiation, canopy height, UAV imagery

15.

Optimized Design of a High-Stability Soil Moisture Sensor Based on Interlocked Interdigitated Electrode

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Aug 2025
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) and Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU)
Downloads 29 (1,359,097)

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Soil moisture sensor, Electric field uniformity, Response surface optimization, Smart Agriculture

16.

IPCISS: An RGB Image and Point Cloud Integrated Scanning System for Crop Phenotyping

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 04 May 2026
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 13 (1,555,090)

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Crop phenotyping, Sensor fusion, Spatio‑temporal sensor registration, Low-cost 3D scanning, Wheat

17.

MPRT-DETR: Multi-Platform Real-Time Rice Panicle Detection and Counting Based on the Transformer Method and Complex Field Imagery

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 Jun 2026
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Crop Phenotyping, yield estimation, Vision Transformer, Real-time object detection, UAV imagery

18.

ChlMamba: A Visual State Space Model with Focused Linear Attention for Instance Segmentation of Rice Chloroplasts Across All Growth Stages

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 Jun 2026
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Plant phenotyping, Rice chloroplasts, deep learning, Instance segmentation, Mamba

19.

Optimizing regional nitrogen management for intensive rice systems: A machine learning-based framework for reconciling yield-environment trade-offs

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 Feb 2026
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 9 (1,561,096)

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Sustainable intensification, Nitrogen Management, Trade-off analysis, Graph Convolutional Networks, Nitrogen threshold, Rice systems