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Heping Zhu

USDA-ARS

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (8)

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1.

Sasp: Segment Any Strawberry Plant, an End-to-End Strawberry Canopy Volume Estimation

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 11 Mar 2025
Zijing Huang, Won Suk Lee, Peigeng Zhang, Hongyoung Jeon and Heping Zhu
University of Florida, University of Florida, University of Florida, affiliation not provided to SSRN and USDA-ARS
Downloads 72 (867,774)

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3D Reconstruction, Computer Vision, End-to-end, Gaussian Splatting, Strawberry Canopy Volume Estimation

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Evaluation of the Potential Pesticide Reduction of Three Electrostatic Spray Charge Systems for Orchard Applications Aligned with the European Farm to Fork Strategy

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 01 Dec 2022
Ramon Salcedo, Elena Sánchez, Heping Zhu, Xavier Fàbregas and Emilio Gil
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, USDA-ARS, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 46 (1,121,190)

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fruit tree, mist blower, Electrostatic sprayer, Charged droplets, spray pattern, spray distribution.

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Evaluation of Real-Time Stereo Vision-Controlled Variable Rate Sprayer Performance in Grapevine Shoot Detections and Spray Application

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Apr 2025
Hongyoung Jeon and Heping Zhu
USDA-ARS and USDA-ARS
Downloads 42 (1,170,409)

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Variable-rate, Precision application, Computer vision, automation, Plant protection product

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Spray Deposition and Coverage on Nursery Trees from Precision Applications of a Laser-Guided Variable-Rate Spray System

Downloads 37 (1,249,711)

Spray Deposition and Coverage on Nursery Trees from Precision Applications of a Laser-Guided Variable-Rate Spray System

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 Aug 2025
Kyusuk You, Heping Zhu, Huseyin Guler and Siddhartha Mehta
affiliation not provided to SSRN, USDA-ARS, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Florida
Downloads 22 (1,486,852)

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Precision pesticide application, Air-assisted sprayer, Automation, Canopy detection, Environment, Intelligent sprayer

Spray Deposition and Coverage on Nursery Trees from Precision Applications of a Laser-Guided Variable-Rate Spray System

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 Aug 2025
Kyusuk You, Heping Zhu, Huseyin Guler and Siddhartha Mehta
affiliation not provided to SSRN, USDA-ARS, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Florida
Downloads 15 (1,570,077)

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Precision pesticide application, Air-assisted sprayer, Automation, Canopy detection, Environment, Intelligent sprayer

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Effects of soybean growth stage and canopy closure on spray penetration efficiency

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 12 May 2026
Gabriel de Souza Lemes, Erdal Ozkan, João Paulo Arantes Rodrigues da Cunha, Rone Batista Oliveira, Heping Zhu and Hongyoung Jeon
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, USDA-ARS and USDA-ARS
Downloads 19 (1,518,554)

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Soybean canopy architecture, wind tunnel, spray deposition, spray technology, row spacing.

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Intelligent Sprayer Enhances Drift Reduction: Wind Condition Correlation and Comparative Field Study in Ash Tree Applications

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 Jan 2026
Kyusuk You, Heping Zhu, Hüseyin Güler, Hongyoung Jeon, Lingying Zhao, Erdal Ozkan and Siddhartha Mehta
affiliation not provided to SSRN, USDA-ARS, affiliation not provided to SSRN, USDA-ARS, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Florida
Downloads 13 (1,526,714)

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Variable rate application, Laser-guided spray control system, Meteorological influence, Pesticide application efficiency, Sustainable application

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Optimizing Air-Assistance for an Electrostatic Sprayer Integrated with Intelligent Spray Control in a Greenhouse Environment

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 10 Mar 2026
Matthew Herkins, Heping Zhu, Hongyoung Jeon and Lingying Zhao
affiliation not provided to SSRN, USDA-ARS, USDA-ARS and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 10 (1,548,648)

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Air-blower, Electrostatic spraying, Pesticide application, Variable rate, Wind tunnel.

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Development of an Automatic Air Assistance Control Model for an Electric Air-Assisted Spraying System

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 16 Jul 2026
Matthew Herkins, Hongyoung Jeon, Heping Zhu, Lingying Zhao, Kyusuk You, Shinyi Marzano and Erdal Ozkan
affiliation not provided to SSRN, USDA-ARS, USDA-ARS, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 2

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Air-Assistance, Pesticide application, Variable-rate sprayers, Wind tunnel