Zhipeng Zhou

Dr. Zhipeng Zhou


Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

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

Representative Publications

View All Publications
20 July 2026 in Agriculture
Verified
Journal Article
Open access
PDF file
ZZZhipeng Zhou
Zhipeng Zhou
DCDaohan Cui
Daohan Cui
JFJinbo Fu
Jinbo Fu
MLMingxuan Li
Mingxuan Li
SZShenao Zhu
Shenao Zhu
MYMingliang Yang
Mingliang Yang
Accurate and efficient soybean yield prediction is essential for ensuring food security and optimizing agricultural management. Remote-sensing approaches based on a single phenological stage or sensor may not fully capture the physiological and structural dynamics associated with soybean yield formation, thereby constraining prediction accuracy under field-level spatial heterogeneity. This study therefore developed and evaluated an integrated multi-source and multi-temporal UAV-based framework for plot-scale soybean yield prediction under production-field conditions. A UAV platform equipped with multispectral, RGB, and LiDAR sensors was used to extract multidimensional remote-sensing features at four key growth stages: beginning pod, full seed, beginning maturity, and full maturity. By integrating spectral indices, texture metrics, and three-dimensional canopy structural parameters, seven machine-learning algorithms—Ridge, LASSO, Random Forest, MLP, LightGBM, XGBoost, and CatBoost—were evaluated under single-temporal and multi-temporal scenarios. Nonlinear tree-based ensemble models generally achieved higher predictive accuracy than the linear models. On the independent test set, CatBoost performed best under the full multi-temporal, three-sensor fusion scenario, with an R2 of 0.816 and an RMSE of 245 kg ha−1. Among individual growth stages, the full seed stage (R6) produced the highest single-stage prediction accuracy. Three-sensor fusion improved prediction relative to the single-source multispectral scheme, and integrating features across phenological stages further improved performance by representing cumulative crop-growth dynamics. The proposed framework provides methodological support for UAV-based precision management and data-driven decision-making in soybean production.