Liying Cao

Prof. Dr. Liying Cao


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Academic Career Length

16Years (2011-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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2 September 2024 in Agronomy
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LCLiying Cao
Liying Cao
MSMiao Sun
Miao Sun
ZYZhicheng Yang
Zhicheng Yang
DJDonghui Jiang
Donghui Jiang
DYDongjie Yin
Dongjie Yin
YDYunpeng Duan
Yunpeng Duan
Soil, a non-renewable resource, requires continuous monitoring to prevent degradation and support sustainable agriculture. Visible-near-infrared (Vis-NIR) spectroscopy is a rapid and cost-effective method for predicting soil properties. While traditional machine learning methods are commonly used for modeling Vis-NIR spectral data, large datasets may benefit more from advanced deep learning techniques. In this study, based on the large soil spectral library LUCAS, we aimed to enhance regression model performance in soil property estimation by combining Transformer and convolutional neural network (CNN) techniques to predict 11 soil properties (clay, silt, pH in CaCl2, pH in H2O, CEC, OC, CaCO3, N, P, and K). The Transformer-CNN model accurately predicted most soil properties, outperforming other methods (partial least squares regression (PLSR), random forest regression (RFR), support vector machine regression (SVR), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), ResNet18) with a 10–24 percentage point improvement in the coefficient of determination (R2). The Transformer-CNN model excelled in predicting pH in CaCl2, pH in H2O, OC, CaCO3, and N (R2 = 0.94–0.96, RPD > 3) and performed well for clay, sand, CEC, P, and K (R2 = 0.77–0.85, 2 < RPD < 3). This study demonstrates the potential of Transformer-CNN in enhancing soil property prediction, although future work should aim to optimize computational efficiency and explore a wider range of applications to ensure its utility in different agricultural settings.

18 October 2024 in Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture
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MSMiao Sun
Miao Sun
YYYuzhu Yang
Yuzhu Yang
SLShulong Li
Shulong Li
DYDongjie Yin
Dongjie Yin
GZGeao Zhong
Geao Zhong
LCLiying Cao
Liying Cao
Rapid, accurate and non-destructive acquisition of soil total nitrogen (TN) content in the black soil zone is significant for achieving precise fertilization. In this study, the soil types of corn and soybean fields in Jilin Agricultural University, China, were selected as the study area. A total of 162 soil samples were collected using a five-point mixed sampling method. Then, spectral data were obtained and the noisy edge were initially eliminated. Subsequently, the denoised spectral data underwent smoothing by using the Savitzky–Golay (SG) method. After performing the first-order difference (FD) and second-order difference (SD) transformations on the data, it was input to the model. In this study, a hybrid deep learning model, CBiResNet-BiLSTM, was designed for precise prediction of soil TN content. This model was optimized based on ResNet34, and its capabilities were enhanced by incorporating CBAM in the residual module to facilitate additional eigenvalue extraction. Also, Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BiLSTM) was integrated to enhance model accuracy. Besides, partial least squares regression (PLSR), random forest regression (RFR), support vector machine regression (SVR), and back propagation neural network (BP), as well as ResNet(18, 34, 50, 101, 152) models were taken for comparative experiments. The results indicated that the traditional machine learning model PLSR achieved good performance, with R2 of 0.883, and the hybrid deep learning model CBiResNet-BiLSTM had the best inversion capability with R2 of 0.937, with the R2 being improved by 5.4%, compared with the PLSR model. On this basis, we present the LUCAS dataset to demonstrate the generalisability of the model. Therefore, the CBiResNet-BiLSTM model is a fast and feasible hyperspectral estimation method for soil TN content.

11 November 2011 in Mathematical and Computer Modelling
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LCLiying Cao
Liying Cao
XSXiaohui San
Xiaohui San
YZYueling Zhao
Yueling Zhao
GCGuifen Chen
Guifen Chen

26 January 2026 in Agronomy
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LCLiying Cao
Liying Cao
DJDonghui Jiang
Donghui Jiang
YWYunxi Wang
Yunxi Wang
JCJiankun Cao
Jiankun Cao
ZLZhihan Liu
Zhihan Liu
WDWen Du
Wen Du
Accurate segmentation of fruit tree leaf diseases is critical for yield protection and precision crop management, yet it is challenging due to complex field conditions, irregular leaf morphology, and diverse lesion patterns. To address these issues, Disease-Seg, a lightweight real-time segmentation framework, is proposed. It integrates CNN and Transformer with a parallel fusion architecture to capture local texture and global semantic context. The Extended Feature Module (EFM) enlarges the receptive field while retaining fine details. A Deep Multi-scale Attention mechanism (DM-Attention) allocates channel weights across scales to reduce redundancy, and a Feature-weighted Fusion Module (FWFM) optimizes integration of heterogeneous feature maps, enhancing multi-scale representation. Experiments show that Disease-Seg achieves 90.32% mIoU and 99.52% accuracy, outperforming representative CNN, Transformer, and hybrid-based methods. Compared with HRNetV2, it improves mIoU by 6.87% and FPS by 31, while using only 4.78 M parameters. It maintains 69 FPS on 512 × 512 crops and requires approximately 49 ms per image on edge devices, demonstrating strong deployment feasibility. On two grape leaf diseases from the PlantVillage dataset, it achieves 91.19% mIoU, confirming robust generalization. These results indicate that Disease-Seg provides an accurate, efficient, and practical solution for fruit leaf disease segmentation, enabling real-time monitoring and smart agriculture applications.

1 March 2014 in Sensor Letters
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HCHang Chen
Hang Chen
LCLiying Cao
Liying Cao
GCGuifen Chen
Guifen Chen
In order to find out the spatio-temporal variation law of soil fertility in black soil area and the mutual restriction relation between each factor, this article analyses and evaluates the spatio-temporal variation of soil fertility in black soil area and predicts the spatio-temporal developing trend by using the spatio-temporal sequence algorithm and the Kriging interpolation method of the neural networks. Experiments have shown that the spatio-temporal sequence algorithm has fully taken into account the multidimensionality and timeliness of spatial data and been suitable for multi-year comprehensive evaluation of soil fertility change in the same land. Based on the Kriging interpolation method of the neural networks, this article considers fully kinds of environmental factors in the prediction, combines the mechanism of factors acting on the spatial variability of soil nutrients and improves the precision and accuracy of predicting the spatial distribution of soil nutrients in complex environment areas. The result of the study can provide theory and technology support for comprehensive evaluation and forecast of the soil fertility.

1 January 2015
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HWHaiyan Wang
Haiyan Wang
LCLiying Cao
Liying Cao
Under the network environment, social networking sites and a variety of network information service providers to attract more and more users, plays an important role in the exchange of information and communication. In this paper, through the analysis of students under the network environment of the information demand and the network communication tools, the comparison of characteristics of different kinds of network communication tools, the establishment of the subject status of the proposed library under the network environment.