Publications and communications of Benoît Mercatoris

Carlier, A., Dandrifosse, S., Dumont, B.* , & Mercatoris, B.*. (2023). To What Extent Does Yellow Rust Infestation Affect Remotely Sensed Nitrogen Status? Plant Phenomics. doi:10.34133/plantphenomics.0083
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Carlier, A., Dandrifosse, S., Dumont, B., & Mercatoris, B. (2023). Comparing CNNs and PLSr for estimating wheat organs biophysical variables using proximal sensing. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1204791. doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1204791

El-Mejjaouy, Y., Belmrhar, L., Zeroual, Y., Dumont, B., Mercatoris, B., & Oukarroum, A. (2023). PCA-based detection of phosphorous deficiency in wheat plants using prompt fluorescence and 820 nm modulated reflection signals. PLoS ONE, 18 (5), 0286046. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0286046

Dandrifosse, S., Ennadifi Elias, Carlier, A., Gosselin Bernard, Dumont, B., & Mercatoris, B. (28 June 2022). Effect of the sun on the measurement of wheat ear density by deep learning [Paper presentation]. 15th International Conference on Precision Agriculture.

Shen, Y., Mercatoris, B., Cao, Z., Kwan, P., Guo, L., Yao, H., & Cheng, Q. (June 2022). Improving Wheat Yield Prediction Accuracy Using LSTM‐RF Framework Based on UAV Thermal Infrared and Multispectral Imagery. Agriculture, 12 (6), 892. doi:10.3390/agriculture12060892

Vincke, D., Mercatoris, B., Eylenbosch, D., Baeten, V., & Vermeulen, P. (31 May 2022). Assessment of kernel presence in winter wheat ears using Near-Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging [Poster presentation]. Terra Innovation Days, Gembloux, Belgium.

Dandrifosse, S., Carlier, A., Dumont, B., & Mercatoris, B. (27 April 2022). In-Field Wheat Reflectance: How to Reach the Organ Scale? Sensors, 22 (9), 3342. doi:10.3390/s22093342

Carlier, A., Dandrifosse, S., Dumont, B., & Mercatoris, B. (2022). Wheat Ear Segmentation Based on a Multisensor System and Superpixel Classification. Plant Phenomics. doi:10.34133/2022/9841985

Carlier, A., Dandrifosse, S., Dumont, B., & Mercatoris, B. (2022). Organ scale nitrogen map: a novel approach for leaf nitrogen concentration estimation [Paper presentation]. ICPA 2022.

Dandrifosse, S., Carlier, A., Dumont, B., & Mercatoris, B. (2021). Registration and fusion of close-range multimodal wheat images in field conditions. Remote Sensing. doi:10.3390/rs13071380

David, E., Serouart, M., Smith, D., Madec, S., Velumani, K., Liu, S., Wang, X., Pinto, F., Shafiee, S., Tahir, I. S. A., Tsujimoto, H., Nasuda, S., Zheng, B., Kirchgessner, N., Aasen, H., Hund, A., Sadhegi-Tehran, P., Nagasawa, K., Ishikawa, G., ... Guo, W. (2021). Global Wheat Head Detection 2021: an improved dataset for benchmarking wheat head detection methods. Plant Phenomics, 2021. doi:10.34133/2021/9846158

Ralaizafisoloarivony, N. A., Degré, A., Léonard, A., Toye, D., Mercatoris, B., & Charlier, R. (2021). A First Insight on the Interaction between Desiccation Cracking and Water Transfer in a Luvisol of Belgium. Soil Systems, 5 (4), 64. doi:10.3390/soilsystems5040064

BAI, T.-C., WANG, T., ZHANG, N.-N., CHEN, Y.-Q., & Mercatoris, B. (March 2020). Growth simulation and yield prediction for perennial jujube fruit tree by integrating age into the WOFOST model. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 19 (3), 721 - 734. doi:10.1016/S2095-3119(19)62753-X

Vincke, D., Eylenbosch, D., Jacquemin, G., Baeten, V., Mercatoris, B., & Vermeulen, P. (2020). Estimation de l’intensité d’infection de fusariose sur épis de froment d’hiver par imagerie hyperspectrale proche infrarouge. In B. Bodson, M. De Proft, ... B. Watillon, Livre Blanc Céréales (pp. 31-34).

Dandrifosse, S., Bouvry, A., Leemans, V., Dumont, B., & Mercatoris, B. (2020). Imaging Wheat Canopy Through Stereo Vision: Overcoming the Challenges of the Laboratory to Field Transition for Morphological Features Extraction. Frontiers in Plant Science. doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00096

Ralaizafisoloarivony, N. A., Tran, D. K., Degré, A., Mercatoris, B., Léonard, A., Toye, D., & Charlier, R. (2020). Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Drying of an Agricultural Soil. E3S Web of Conferences. doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202019501034

Ralaizafisoloarivony, N. A., Degré, A., Mercatoris, B., Léonard, A., Toye, D., & Charlier, R. (02 September 2019). Assessing soil crack dynamics during dryings from reduced tillage and conventional tillage fields [Poster presentation]. TERRAenVISION 2019, Barcelone, Spain.

Dandrifosse, S., Bouvry, A., Leemans, V., Dumont, B., & Mercatoris, B. (10 July 2019). Cereal morphology through proximal stereovision [Paper presentation]. 12th European Conference on Precision Agriculture (ECPA2019).

Tran, D. K., Ralaizafisoloarivony, N. A., Degré, A., Léonard, A., Mercatoris, B., Toye, D., & Charlier, R. (10 July 2019). DRYING BEHAVIOUR AND WATER TRANSPORT MECHANISMS DURING EVAPORATION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SOIL [Paper presentation]. EuroDrying'2019 - 7th European Drying Conference, Torino, Italy.

Bouvry, A., Dandrifosse, S., Dumont, B., Leemans, V., & Mercatoris, B. (July 2019). Estimation of ear density in winter wheat crop by stereoscopic imaging for crop yield prediction [Poster presentation]. The 12th Europeane Conference on Precision Agriculture, Montpellier, France.

Bai, T., Zhang, N., Mercatoris, B., & Chen, Y. (May 2019). Improving jujube fruit tree yield estimation at the field scale by assimilating a single Landsat remotely-sensed LAI into the WOFOST model. Remote Sensing, 11 (9), 1119. doi:10.3390/rs11091119

Tran, D. K., Ralaizafisoloarivony, N. A., Charlier, R., Mercatoris, B., Léonard, A., Toye, D., & Degré, A. (2019). Studying the effect of desiccation cracking on the evaporation process of a Luvisol – From a small-scale experimental and numerical approach. Soil and Tillage Research, 193, 142-152. doi:10.1016/j.still.2019.05.018

Naiken, A., & Mercatoris, B. (October 2018). Développement d’un système de vision multispectrale pour le phénotypage de culture [Poster presentation]. Journée de la Mesure et de la Métrologie (J2M), France.

Tran, D. K., Ralaizafisoloarivony, N., Charlier, R., Mercatoris, B., Léonard, A., Toye, D., & Degré, A. (October 2018). Effect of desiccation cracking on the fluid transfer process in agricultural soil [Poster presentation]. Alert Geomaterials Workshop, Aussois, France.

Tran, D. K., Ralaizafisoloarivony, N. A., Charlier, R., Mercatoris, B., Léonard, A., Toye, D., & Degré, A. (September 2018). Studying the effect of desiccation cracking on the hydraulic behavior of a Luvisol-From an experimental and numerical approach [Paper presentation]. 21st International Soil Tillage Research Organization (ISTRO), Paris, France.

Bouvry, A., Dandrifosse, S., Glésener, M., Dumont, B., Leemans, V., & Mercatoris, B. (20 March 2018). Characterization of cereal crop growth dynamics by stereoscopic vision [Poster presentation]. COSTFA1306 Meeting - "Plant phenotyping for future climate challenges", Leuven, Belgium.

Leemans, V., Glésener, M., Dumont, B., & Mercatoris, B. (22 November 2017). Evaluation of leaf area index of winter wheat canopy by means of ground-based stereoscopic vision [Poster presentation]. Plant Phenotyping Forum - integrating European plant phenotyping community, Tartu, Estonia.

Michez, A., Bauwens, S., Heinesch, B., Manise, T., Glesener, M., Mercatoris, B., Dumont, B., & Lejeune, P. (20 October 2017). Upscaling winter wheat above-ground biomass measurements using multispectral imagery and 3D data from unmanned aerial vehicle [Poster presentation]. ICOS BELGIUM Science Conference 2017, Gembloux, Belgium.

Favre, J., Beckers, Y., Bindelle, J., Dumont, B., Mercatoris, B., & Soyeurt, H. (2017). La terre ferme. 24h01, la revue belge de grands reportages.

Leemans, V., Marlier, G., Destain, M.-F., Dumont, B., & Mercatoris, B. (2017). Estimation of leaf nitrogen concentration on winter wheat by multispectral imaging. In Hyperspectral Imaging Sensors: Innovative Applications and Sensor Standards 2017. doi:10.1117/12.2268398

Marlier, G., Gritten, F., Leemans, V., Dumont, B., Destain, M.-F., Bodson, B., Goffart, J.-P., & Mercatoris, B. (01 August 2016). Detection of nitrogen stress on winter wheat by multispectral machine vision [Paper presentation]. 13th International Conference On Precision Agriculture, St. Louis, United States.

De Cock, N., Massinon, M., Ouled Taleb Salah, S., Mercatoris, B., Vetrano, M. R., & Lebeau, F. (July 2016). Dynamics of a thin radial liquid flow. Fire Safety Journal, 83, 1-6. doi:10.1016/j.firesaf.2016.04.005

Marlier, G., Gritten, F., Fraipont, G., Leemans, V., Dumont, B., Destain, M.-F., & Mercatoris, B. (27 June 2016). Quantification of nitrogen stress on winter wheat by multispectral vision based on reflectance measurements and textural descriptors [Paper presentation]. Exploiting novel sensors for detecting abiotic and biotic stress in crops, Sutton Bonington Campus, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

Andriamandroso, A.* , Bindelle, J.* , Mercatoris, B., & Lebeau, F. (June 2016). A review on the use of sensors to monitor cattle jaw movements and behavior when grazing. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 20.
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Pochet, B., Colaux, C., & Mercatoris, B. (13 May 2016). Le programme expérimental multidisciplinaire à Gembloux, retour d'expérience [Paper presentation]. 9ème journée annuelle de l'ifres. De solitaire à solidaire, vivre la pédagogie universitaire en équipe, Liège, Belgium.

Marlier, G., Leemans, V., Destain, M.-F., & Mercatoris, B. (18 April 2016). Selection of wavelengths for the quantification of nitrogen concentration in winter wheat by multispectral vision [Poster presentation]. 2nd Annual Meeting of COST Action PhenomenAll, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Oualmakran, M., Mercatoris, B., & François, B. (2016). Pore-size distribution of a compacted silty soil after compaction, saturation, and loading. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 53 (12), 1902 - 1909. doi:10.1139/cgj-2016-0184

Saur, M.-L., Destain, M.-F., Roisin, C., & Mercatoris, B. (2016). Impacts of wheel traffic on the physical properties of a Luvisol under reduced and conventional tillage [Poster presentation]. Day of the Young Soil Scientist, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Krishna Moorthy Parvathi, S. M., Boigelot, B., & Mercatoris, B. (15 July 2015). Effective segmentation of green vegetation for resource-constrained real-time applications [Paper presentation]. 10th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, Beit-Dagan, Israel.

Destain, M.-F., Roisin, C., Marmi, A., & Mercatoris, B. (July 2015). Comparison of soil porosity structure under conventional and reduced tillage [Paper presentation]. 2015 ASABE Annual International Meeting, New Orleans, United States.

Luong, J., Mercatoris, B., & Destain, M.-F. (13 April 2015). Measurement of the open porosity of agricultural soils with acoustic waves [Poster presentation]. EGU, Vienne, Austria.

Deraedt, D., Bernard, J., Biettlot, L., Clerbois, L., Rosiere, C., Starren, A., Colinet, G., Mercatoris, B., & Degré, A. (2015). Impact of stone content on soil moisture measurement with capacitive sensors 10HS (Decagon). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 17.

De Cock, N., Massinon, M., Mercatoris, B., & Lebeau, F. (15 July 2014). Numerical modelling of mirror nozzle flow [Paper presentation]. Asabe meeting 2014, Montreal, Canada.

Destain, M.-F., Roisin, C., & Mercatoris, B. (2014). Soil compaction resulting from different soil tillage systems. In ASABE - CSBE/ASABE Joint Meeting Presentation.

Krishna Moorthy Parvathi, S. M., Detry, R., Boigelot, B., & Mercatoris, B. (05 March 2014). A vision-based autonomous inter-row weeder [Paper presentation]. ENVITAM PhD Student Day, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Krishna Moorthy Parvathi, S. M., Mercatoris, B., & Boigelot, B. (07 February 2014). Robot weed killers - no pain more gain [Poster presentation]. 19th National Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (Liège University), Faculty of Bioscience Engineering., Belgium.

Luong, J., Mercatoris, B., & Destain, M.-F. (Other coll.). (2014). ULTRASONIC WAVES THROUGH AGRICULTURAL SOILS TO DETERMINE THEIR COMPACTION AND POROSITY LEVEL  [Poster presentation]. Young Soil Scientist Day.

Mercatoris, B., Sluys, L. J., & Massart, T. J. (2014). A two-scale computational framework for hydro-mechanical couplings in quasi-brittle heterogeneous porous media including transient and damaging effects [Paper presentation]. 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XI).

Mercatoris, B. (2010). Multi-scale modelling of shell failure for periodic quasi-brittle materials [Doctoral thesis, ULB - Université Libre de Bruxelles]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/160997