Publications and communications of Marie-France Destain

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.

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.

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.

Fronzek, S., Pirttioja, N., Carter, T. R., Bindi, M., Hoffmann, H., Palosuo, T., Ruiz-Ramos, M., Tao, F., Trnka, M., Acutis, M., Asseng, S., Baranowski, P., Basso, B., Bodin, P., Buis, S., Cammarano, D., Deligios, P., Destain, M.-F., Dumont, B., ... Rötter, R. P. (March 2016). Classifying simulated wheat yield responses to changes in temperature and precipitation across a european transect [Paper presentation]. International Crop Modelling Symposium iCROPm2016, Berlin, Germany.

Dumont, B., Basso, B., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (08 February 2016). Assessing and modeling economic and environmental impact of wheat nitrogen management in Belgium. Environmental Modelling and Software, 79, 184-196. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.02.015

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.

Dumont, B., Basso, B., Leemans, V., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (August 2015). Systematic analysis of site-specific yield distributions resulting from nitrogen management and climatic variability interactions. Precision Agriculture, 16 (4), 361-384. doi:10.1007/s11119-014-9380-7

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.

Dumont, B., Basso, B., Leemans, V., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (May 2015). A comparison of within-season yield prediction algorithms based on crop model behaviour analysis. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 204, 10-21. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.01.014

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.

Dumont, B., Basso, B., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (April 2015). Climatic risk assessment to improve nitrogen fertilisation recommendations : A strategic crop model-based approach. European Journal of Agronomy, 65 (10-17). doi:10.1016/j.eja.2015.01.003

Dumont, B., Basso, B., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (2015). Optimisation of the Nitrogen fertilisation in the context of climate change. In J.-F. Soussana (Ed.), Proceedings of the Climate Smart Agriculture 2015 conference.

Mansouri, M., & Destain, M.-F. (2015). Predicting biomass and grain protein content using Bayesian methods. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. doi:10.1007/s00477-015-1038-0

Pirttioja, N., Carter, T., Fronzek, S., Bindi, M., Hoffmann, H., Palosuo, T., RuizRamos, M., Trnka, M., Acutis, M., Asseng, S., Baranowski, P., Basso, B., Bodin, P., Buis, S., Cammarano, D., Deligios, P., Destain, M.-F., Doro, L., Dumont, B., ... Jacquemin, I. (2015). A crop model ensemble analysis of temperature and precipitation effects on wheat yield across a European transect using impact response surfaces". Climate Research, 65, 87-105. doi:10.3354/cr01322

D'Or, D., & Destain, M.-F. (December 2014). Toward a tool aimed to quantify soil compaction risks at a regional scale: application to Wallonia (Belgium). Soil and Tillage Research, 144, 53-71. doi:10.1016/j.still.2014.06.008

D'Or, D., & Destain, M.-F. (2014). Risk assessment of soil compaction in Walloon Region. In Proceedings of geoENV2014.

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

Dumont, B., Meza Morales, W., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (2014). 10. Perspectives - 3. Gestion des intrants azotés & agriculture de précision: le pari relevé par GxABT et le CRA-W de développer un outil d'aide à décision pour les agriculteurs wallons. In B. Bodson & J.-P. Destain (Eds.), Livre blanc céréales (Edition février 2014, pp. 10/12 - 10/16).

Dumont, B., Basso, B., Destain, J.-P., Bodson, B., & Destain, M.-F. (February 2014). A Comparison of Optimal Nitrogen Fertilisation Strategies Using Current and Future Stochastically Generated Climatic Conditions [Poster presentation]. MACSUR 1st CropM International Symposium and Workshop : Modelling climate change impacts on crop production for food security, Oslo, Norway.

Dumont, B., Leemans, V., Mansouri, M., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (February 2014). Parameter identification of the STICS crop model, using an accelerated formal MCMC approach. Environmental Modelling and Software, 52, 121-135. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.10.022

Mansouri, M., Dumont, B., & Destain, M.-F. (February 2014). Bayesian methods for predicting and modelling winter wheat biomass [Poster presentation]. Modelling climate change impacts on crop production for food security, Oslo, Norway.

Destain, M.-F. (2014). La compaction des sols forestiers en Wallonie. SPW.

Destain, M.-F. (2014). La compaction des sols agricoles en Wallonie. SPW.

Dumont, B., Basso, B., Meza Morales, W., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (2014). Nitrogen fertilisation recommendations : could they be improved using stochastically generated climates in conjunction with crop models ? Proceedings of the 12th ICPA.

Dumont, B., Leemans, V., Ferrandis, S., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (2014). Assessing the potential of an algorithm based on mean climatic data to predict wheat yield. Precision Agriculture, 15(3), 255-272. doi:10.1007/s11119-014-9346-9

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.

Mansouri, M., Dumont, B., Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2014). Bayesian methods for predicting LAI and soil water content. Precision Agriculture, 15 (2), 184-201. doi:10.1007/s11119-013-9332-7

Leemans, V., Dumont, B., & Destain, M.-F. (2013). ASSESSMENT OF PLANT LEAF AREA MEASUREMENT BY USING STEREO- VISION. In 2013 International Conference on 3D Imaging (IC3D) - Proceedings. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Signal Processing Society. doi:10.1109/IC3D.2013.6732085

Dumont, B., Basso, B., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (November 2013). A comparison of within-season yield prediction methodologies [Paper presentation]. The ASA, CSSA & SSSA International Annual Meetings "Water, Food, Energy & Innovation for a Sustainable World", Tampa, Florida, United States.

Leemans, V., Dumont, B., & Destain, M.-F. (03 September 2013). Leaf area and leaf orientation measurement by using stereo-vision [Paper presentation]. International Workshop on Image Analysis Methods for the Plant Sciences, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Dumont, B., Basso, B., Leemans, V., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (2013). Yield variability linked to climate uncertainty and nitrogen fertilisation. In J. V. Stafford (Ed.), Precision agriculture '13 (The Wageningen Academic Publishers, pp. 427-434). Springer.

Dumont, B., Basso, B., Leemans, V., Destain, J.-P., Bodson, B., & Destain, M.-F. (2013). A Site-Specific Grain Yield Response Surface : Computing the Identity Card of a Crop Under Different Nitrogen Management Scenarios. In R. Berruto (Other coll.), The acts of the EFITA2013 congress (pp. 806-813).

Lebeau, F., Massinon, M., & Destain, M.-F. (2013). Zoom sur la rétention par les plantes [Paper presentation]. Plant Day 2013, Liège, Belgium.

Dumont, B., Basso, B., Leemans, V., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (2013). Yield variability linked to climate uncertainty and nitrogen fertilisation. In J. V. Stafford (Ed.), Precision agriculture '13 (pp. 427-434). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. doi:10.3920/978-90-8686-778-3_52

Mansouri, M., Dumont, B., & Destain, M.-F. (2013). Prediction of non-linear time-variant dynamic crop model using bayesian methods. In J. V. Stafford (Ed.), Precision agriculture '13 (pp. 507-513). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. doi:10.3920/978-90-8686-778-3_62

Mansouri, M., Dumont, B., & Destain, M.-F. (2013). Modeling and Prediction of Time-Varying Environmental Data Using Advanced Bayesian Methods. In A. Masegosa, P. Villacorta, C. Cruz-Corona, S. Garcia-Cascales, M. Lamata, ... J. Verdegay (Eds.), Exploring Innovative and Successful Applications of Soft Computing (pp. 112-137). Hershey PA, United States: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-4785-5.ch007

Mansouri, M., Dumont, B., & Destain, M.-F. (2013). Modeling and Prediction of Nonlinear Environmental System Using Bayesian Methods. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 92, 16-31. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2012.12.013

Lemtiri, A., Alabi, T., Bodson, B., Brostaux, Y., Destain, M.-F., Aubinet, M., Colinet, G., Vandenbol, M., Portetelle, D., Haubruge, E., & Francis, F. (26 July 2012). Identification of bacteria community associated with earthworm gut [Poster presentation]. The 7th Congress of the International Symbiosis Society, Krakow, Poland.

Massinon, M., Denis, T., Perriot, B., Destain, M.-F., & Lebeau, F. (08 July 2012). Assessment of pesticide application method efficiency by high-speed image analysis [Paper presentation]. International conference of agricultural engineers, Valencia, Spain.

Lemtiri, A., Alabi, T., Zirbes, L., Bodson, B., Brostaux, Y., Colinet, G., Destain, M.-F., Aubinet, M., Vandenbol, M., Portetelle, D., Haubruge, E., & Francis, F. (02 July 2012). Impact of soil management on earthworm diversity according to differential plowing and plant residue incorporation [Poster presentation]. EUROSOIL 2012 “SOIL SCIENCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF MANKIND AND ENVIRONMENT".

Dumont, B., Leemans, V., Ferrandis Vallterra, S., Vancutsem, F., Seutin, B., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (2012). Assessing the potential of an algorithm based on mean climatic data to predict wheat yield. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Precision Agriculture.

Cointault, F., Journaux, L., Rabatel, G., Germain, C., Ooms, D., Destain, M.-F., Gorretta, N., Grenier, G., Lavialle, O., & Marin, A. (2012). Texture, Color and Frequential Proxy-Detection Image Processing for Crop Characterization in a Context of Precision Agriculture. In G. Aflakpui (Ed.), Agricultural Science (pp. 49-70). INTECH.

Dumont, B., Leemans, V., Ferrandis Vallterra, S., Vancutsem, F., Seutin, B., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (2012). A first step towards a real-time predictive yield support system. In Agriculture & Engineering for a Healthier Life.

Dumont, B., Vancutsem, F., Seutin, B., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (2012). Simulation de la croissance du blé à l’aide de modèles écophysiologiques : Synthèse bibliographique des méthodes, potentialités et limitations. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 16 (3), 376-386.

Mansouri, M., Dumont, B., & Destain, M.-F. (2012). Bayesian methods for predicting LAI and soil moisture. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Precision Agriculture.

Lebeau, F., Massinon, M., Verstraete, A., & Destain, M.-F. (17 October 2011). RTDrift, modèle permettant d’évaluer en temps réel les risques environnementaux liés à la dérive des produits phytosanitaires [Paper presentation]. Ecotechs'2011 Capteurs et Systèmes de Mesures pour les applications environnementales, Montoldre, France.

El Aissaoui, A., Lebeau, F., El Bahir, L., Destain, M.-F., & Houmy, K. (2011). A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF DEVELOPING DIRECT INJECTION SPRAYING TECHNOLOGY FOR SMALL SCALE FARMS. In L. MAGÓ, Z. KURJÁK, ... I. SZABÓ (Eds.), II. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE CIGR HUNGARIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, THE FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF THE SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY, AND THE AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING BOARD OF THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. Gödöllő, Hungary: Szent István University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

Lebeau, F., Verstraete, A., Stainier, C., & Destain, M.-F. (July 2011). RTDrift: a real time model for estimating spray drift from ground applications. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 77 (2), 161-174. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2011.04.009

Dumont, B., Vancutsem, F., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (2011). 11. Perspectives - L'agriculture de précision, ou outil en aide à la gestion des apports en engrais azotés. In Livre Blanc: Céréales - Gembloux (Edition février 2011, pp. 4).

Aissaoui, A., Lebeau, F., El Bahir, L., Destain, M.-F., & Houmi, K. (2011). Development of process control system for potential use of direct injection spraying technology. Progress in Agricultural Engineering Sciences, 7 (1), 33-45. doi:10.1556/Progress.7.2011.3

Journaux, L., Simon, J.-C., Destain, M.-F., Cointault, F., Miteran, J., & Piron, A. (2011). Plant leaf roughness analysis by texture classification with generalized Fourier descriptors in a dimensionality reduction context. Precision Agriculture, 12 (3), 345-360. doi:10.1007/s11119-010-9208-z

Ooms, D., & Destain, M.-F. (2011). Evaluation of chicory seeds maturity by chlorophyll fluorescence imaging. Biosystems Engineering, 110, 168-177. doi:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.07.012

Piron, A., Dumont, B., & Destain, M.-F. (2011). La vision artificielle: une méthode d'avenir pour la reconnaissance automatisée des plantes adventices? Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 15 (4), 597-610.

Piron, A., Van Der Heijden, F., & Destain, M.-F. (2011). Weed detection in 3D images. Precision Agriculture, 12 (5), 607-622. doi:10.1007/s11119-010-9205-2

Unay, D., Gosselin, B., Kleynen, O., Leemans, V., Destain, M.-F., & Debeir, O. (2011). Automatic grading of Bi-colored apples by multispectral machine vision. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2010.11.006

Rosiere, C., Verbrugge, J.-C., & Destain, M.-F. (24 November 2010). Evaluation des risques de compaction des sols en Région wallonne [Poster presentation]. 3ème journée d'étude du PCNSW intitulée "L'information pédologique... comment mieux la valoriser: Vers un Système d'Information sur les Sols?", Gembloux, Belgium.

Ooms, D., Palm, R., Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (July 2010). A sorting optimization curve with quality and yield requirements. Pattern Recognition Letters, 31 (9), 983-990. doi:10.1016/j.patrec.2009.12.015

Rosiere, C., Delvoie, S., Charlier, R., Legrain, X., Demarcin, P., Destain, M.-F., & Verbrugge, J.-C. (07 May 2010). Risk assessment of soil compaction in Walloon Region (Belgium) [Poster presentation]. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienne, Austria.

Eyletters, M., Ooms, D., & Destain, M.-F. (2010). La fluorescence chlorophyllienne au service des productions végétales. Biofutur, (308), 46-48.

El Aissaoui, A., Lebeau, F., Destain, M.-F., El Bahir, L., & Houmy, K. (13 January 2010). TEST AND EVALUATION OF TWO PROCESS CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR ADAPTING DIRECT INJECTION PESTICIDE APPLICATION TO SMALL SCALE FARMS [Paper presentation]. XVIIth World Congress of the International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Québec, Canada.

Ooms, D., & Destain, M.-F. (2010). Etude des potentialités de la vision artificielle pour la reconnaissance optique des semences immatures de chicorée industrielle (Cichorium intybus L.). Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 14 (1), 253-263.

Piron, A., & Destain, M.-F. (23 December 2009). Weed detection and/or destruction.

Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (07 December 2009). Surveillance en ligne d'une machine tournante par thermographie infrarouge [Paper presentation]. PENTOM’09 - PErformances et Nouvelles TechnolOgies en Maintenance, Autrans (Grenoble), France.

El Aissaoui, A., Lebeau, F., Destain, M.-F., & Houmy, K. (23 June 2009). Applying control volume finite element for modelling direct injection boom spraying flow [Paper presentation]. WCCA 2009– World Congress on Computers in Agriculture, Reno, United States - Nevada.

Lebeau, F., Verstraete, A., Schiffers, B., & Destain, M.-F. (2009). Evaluation of realtime spray drift using RTDrift Gaussian advection-diffusion model. In P. Spanoghe (Ed.), COMMUNICATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES.

Piron, A., & Destain, M.-F. (03 April 2009). Detecting weeds by artificial vision in carrots: towards optimization of herbicide use [Paper presentation]. Climate change: challenges, risks and impacts on cropping systems, Gembloux, Belgium.

Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2009). Ultrasonic internal defect detection in cheese. Journal of Food Engineering, 90 (3), 333-340. doi:10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2008.06.042

Piron, A., Leemans, V., Lebeau, F., & Destain, M.-F. (2009). Improving in-row weed detection in multispectral stereoscopic images. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 69, 73-79. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2009.07.001

Destain, M.-F., & Piron, A. (October 2008). Coded structural light imaging system for weed detection in outdoor conditions [Paper presentation]. Manufuture, Working Group on Agricultural Engineering Technology, Brussels, Belgium.

Journaux, L., Destain, M.-F., Miteran, J., Piron, A., & Cointault, F. (04 July 2008). Texture Classification with Generalized Fourier Descriptors in Dimensionality Reduction Context: an Overview Exploration. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5064, 280-291. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-69939-2_27

Cointault, F., Journaux, L., Miteran, J., & Destain, M.-F. (2008). Improvements of image processing for wheat ear counting. In Agricultural and biosystems engineering for a sustainable world.

Destain, M.-F., Sirjacobs, D., Hanquet, B., Leemans, V., & Verbrugge, J.-C. (2008). On-the-go georeferenced measurements of soil mechanical strength and differenciation of soil structure. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2008-A-07400.

Piron, A., Leemans, V., Kleynen, O., & Destain, M.-F. (2008). Determination of plant height for weed detection in stereoscopic images. In AGENG 2008 Conference - Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering for a Sustainable World.

Piron, A., Leemans, V., Kleynen, O., Lebeau, F., & Destain, M.-F. (2008). Selection of the most efficient wavelength bands for discriminating weeds from crop. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 62 (2), 141-148. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2007.12.007

El Aissaoui, A., Lebeau, F., & Destain, M.-F. (2007). Development of an Optical Sensor to Measure Direct Injection Spraying System Performance. VDI-Berichte, 2001.

Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2007). A Computer-Vision Based Precision Seed Drill Guidance Assistance. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 59 (1-2), 1-12. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2007.04.003

Stainier, C., Destain, M.-F., Schiffers, B., & Lebeau, F. (2007). Modelling spray drift using a modified air pollution Gaussian tilting plume model [Poster presentation]. Inauguration event and first Ph. D. student day, Louvain la neuve, Belgium.

Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2006). Agricultural tools guidance assistance by using machine vision. In Proceedings of the NCTAM 2006 7th National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

stainier, C., Lebeau, F., Destain, M.-F., & Schiffers, B. (11 April 2006). Wind tunnel protocol for spray drift assessment [Paper presentation]. BeSCroP - Journée d'Etudes - Studiedag, Leuven, Belgium.

Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2006). Line Cluster Detection Using A Variant Of The Hough Transform For Culture Row Localisation. Image and Vision Computing, 24 (5), 541-550. doi:10.1016/j.imavis.2006.02.004

Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2006). Application Of The Hough Transform For Seed Row Localisation Using Machine Vision. Biosystems Engineering, 94 (3), 325-336. doi:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2006.03.014

Stainier, C., Destain, M.-F., Schiffers, B., & Lebeau, F. (2006). Effect of the entrained air and initial droplet velocity on the release height parameter of a Gaussian spray drift model. Communications in Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, 71 (2 Pt A), 197-200.

Stainier, C., Destain, M.-F., Schiffers, B., & Lebeau, F. (2006). Droplet Size Spectra And Drift Effect Of Two Phenmedipham Formulations And Four Adjuvants Mixtures. Crop Protection, 25 (12), 1238-1243. doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2006.03.006

Stainier, C., Robaye, V., Destain, M.-F., Schiffers, B., & Lebeau, F. (2006). Experimental evaluation of a spray drift Gaussian tilting plume model. Aspects of Applied Biology, 77 (2), 365-370.

Kleynen, O., Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2005). Development of a multi-spectral vision system for the detection of defects on apples. Journal of Food Engineering, 69 (1), 41-49. doi:10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2004.07.008

Stainier, C., Destain, M.-F., Schiffers, B., & Lebeau, F. (2005). Effect of tank mixed adjuvants on the drift potential of phenmedipham formulations. Communications in Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, 70 (4), 979-87.

Kleynen, O., & Destain, M.-F. (2004). Detection of defects on fruits by machine vision and unsupervised segmentation. In AgEng 2004 Conference (pp. 1006-1007). Belgium: Technological Institute.

Kleynen, O., & Destain, M.-F. (2004). Detection of defects on fruits by machine vision and unsupervised segmentation. In AgEng 2004 Conference - Engineering the future. Belgium: Technologisch Instituut.

Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2004). A guidance assistance method for precision sugar beet sowing using machine vision. In Pr. Josse De Baerdemaeker (Ed.), AgEng 2004 Conference - Engineering the future - Book of abstracts (pp. 360-361). Leuven, Belgium: Technologish Instituut vzw.

Stainier, C., Lebeau, F., Straet, S., Phaleg, V., Destain, M.-F., & Schiffers, B. (11 March 2004). ETUDE PAR IMAGERIE NUMERIQUE ET GRANULOMETRIE LASER DE L'INFLUENCE DE HUIT ADJUVANTS SUR LA FORMATION DU JET DE PULVERISATION POUR TROIS TYPES DE BUSES [Paper presentation]. COLLOQUE MIEUX TRAITER, ORLEANS, France.

Hanquet, B., Ndao, T., Verbrugge, J.-C., & Destain, M.-F. (2004). Soil variability measured by a soil strenght sensor: within-field variability and similarity between fields. In Book of Abstracts (pp. 38-39). Leuven, Belgium: Technologisch Instituut.

Lebeau, F., El Bahir, L., Destain, M.-F., Kinnaert, M., & Hanus, R. (2004). Improvement Of Spray Deposit Homogeneity Using A Pwm Spray Controller To Compensate Horizontal Boom Speed Variations. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 43 (2), 149-161. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2004.01.001

Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2004). A Real-Time Grading Method Of Apples Based On Features Extracted From Defects. Journal of Food Engineering, 61 (1), 83-89. doi:10.1016/S0260-8774(03)00189-4

Kleynen, O., de la Cierva, S., & Destain, M.-F. (2003). Evolution of pressure distribution during apple compression tests measured with tactile sensors. Acta Horticulturae, (604), 591-596. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.604.71

Kleynen, O., Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2003). Selection of the most efficient wavelength bands for 'Jonagold' apple sorting. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 30 (3), 221-232. doi:10.1016/S0925-5214(03)00112-1

Ooms, D., Ruter, R., Lebeau, F., & Destain, M.-F. (2003). Impact Of The Horizontal Movements Of A Sprayer Boom On The Longitudinal Spray Distribution In Field Conditions. Crop Protection, 22 (6), 813-820. doi:10.1016/S0261-2194(03)00045-0

Vrindts, E., Reyniers, M., Darius, P., De Baerdemaeker, J., Gilot, M., Sadaoui, Y., Frankinet, M., Hanquet, B., & Destain, M.-F. (2003). Analysis of soil and crop properties for precision agriculture for winter wheat. Biosystems Engineering, 85 (2), 141-152. doi:10.1016/S1537-5110(03)00040-0

El Bahir, L., Lebeau, F., Destain, M.-F., Kinnaert, & Hanus, R. (2002). Spray controller for horizontal boom movements compensation. In Proceedings of AgEng2002 (pp. 02-PM-020). Budapest, Hungary: Scientific Society of Mechanical Engineering.

Hanquet, B., Frankinet, M., Parez, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2002). Mapping within-field soil variability for precision agriculture using electromagnetic induction. In Proceedings of AgEng (pp. 02-PA-004). Budapest, Hungary: Scientific Society of Mechanical Engineering.

Lebeau, F., Bouchat, X., Ruter, R., & Destain, M.-F. (2002). Spray pattern simulation model for standardisation of boom behaviour tests. Aspects of Applied Biology, (66), 427-434.

Leemans, V., Magein, H., & Destain, M.-F. (2002). On-line fruit grading according to their external quality using machine vision. Biosystems Engineering, 83 (4), 397-404. doi:10.1006/bioe.2002.0131

Ooms, D., Lebeau, F., Maton, N., & Destain, M.-F. (2002). Development of a multibody model of a sprayer. In Proceedings of AgEng. Budapest, Hungary: Scientific Society of Mechanical Engineering.

Ooms, D., Lebeau, F., Ruter, R., & Destain, M.-F. (2002). Measurements Of The Horizontal Sprayer Boom Movements By Sensor Data Fusion. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 33 (2), 139-162. doi:10.1016/S0168-1699(02)00006-6

Rasse, C., Leemans, V., Destain, M.-F., & Verbrugge, J.-C. (2002). Application of image analysis to the identification and rating of road surface distress. In Correia & Branco (Eds.), Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields (pp. 61-68).

Petit, C., Leemans, V., Kleynen, O., & Destain, M.-F. (2001). Evaluation of tactile sensors in apple firmness measurement. In Proceedings of the Conference 'Physical Methods in Agriculture, Appoach to precision and quality'.

Lebeau, F., & Destain, M.-F. (14 September 2000). Sensor Data Fusion for the Measurement of Horizontal Sprayer Boom Displacement [Paper presentation]. ISMA conference The International Workshop on Noise and Vibration in Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Leuven, Belgium.

Sirjacobs, D., & Destain, M.-F. (2000). A Soil Mechanical Resistance Sensor For On-Line Application In Precision Agriculture: Soil Strength Mapping And Correlation With Soil Physical Properties. In Proceedings of the 15th Conference of the International Soil Research Organization (I.S.T.R.O.).

Sirjacobs, D., & Destain, M.-F. (2000). La résistance mécanique du sol: mesure en continu et cartographie pour l’agriculture de précision. In P. Zwaenepoel (Ed.), Agriculture de Précision - Avancées de la recherche technologique et industrielle (pp. 117-127; 432). France: Educagri.

Lebeau, F., Hamza, E., & Destain, M.-F. (2000). Automatisation d'un banc de répartition pour buses de pulvérisation. Cahiers Agricultures.

Leemans, V., Destain, M.-F., & Magein, H. (2000). Quality fruit grading by colour machine vision: defect recognition. Acta Horticulturae, (517), 405-412. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.517.51

Sirjacobs, D., Hamza, E., & Destain, M.-F. (July 1999). A soil mechanical resistance sensor for on-line application in presicion agriculture [Poster presentation]. 2nd European Conference on Precision Agriculture, Odense, Denmark.

Leemans, V., Magein, H., & Destain, M.-F. (1999). Defect segmentation on 'Jonagold' apples using colour vision and a Bayesian classification method. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 23 (1), 43-53. doi:10.1016/S0168-1699(99)00006-X

Leemans, V., Magein, H., & Destain, M.-F. (1998). Defects segmentation on 'Golden Delicious' apples by using colour machine vision. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 20 (2), 117-130. doi:10.1016/S0168-1699(98)00012-X

Leemans, V., Magein, H., & Destain, M.-F. (1998). Contrôle de la qualité des pommes par vision artificielle. Fruit Belge, 66 (471), 30-34.

Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (15 May 1997). L'automatisation dans l'agriculture et dans l'industrie agro-alimentaire. Un exemple : le tri des fruits en fonction de leurs caractéristiques externes [Paper presentation]. Automatisation et société - Journée IBRA - SRBII, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Leemans, V., Magein, H., & Destain, M.-F. (1997). Apple Shape Inspection with Computer Vision. In Sensors for Nondestructive Testing - Measuring the Quality of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables.

Leemans, V., Magein, H., & Destain, M.-F. (1997). Vision artificielle et quantification de la forme de pommes. Cahiers Agricultures, 6, 597-603.

Leemans, V., Magein, H., & Destain, M.-F. (1997). The quality of 'Golden delicious' apples by colour computer vision. In A. Munack & H.-J. Tantau (Eds.), Mathematical and control application in agriculture and horticulture. Hannover, Germany: Pergamon - Elsevier.

Destain, M.-F. (1994). Useful measurement techniques for comparing soil structure resulting from conventional cultivation and no-tillage. In F. Tebrügge, Experience with the applicability of no-tillage crop production in the West-European countries. Giessen, Germany: Wissenschaftlicher Fachverlag.

Ravonison, N., & Destain, M.-F. (1994). Parametric Cubic Equations For Modeling Moldboard Plow Surfaces. Soil and Tillage Research, 31 (4), 363-373. doi:10.1016/0167-1987(94)90042-6

Destain, M.-F., & Houmy, K. (1990). Effects of design and kinematic parameters of rotary cultivators on soil structure. Soil and Tillage Research, 17 (3-4), 291-301. doi:10.1016/0167-1987(90)90042-C

Deltenre, A., Destain, M.-F., & Hanton, J. (1988). Simulation dynamique du relevage hydraulique d'un tracteur agricole. Bulletin des Recherches Agronomiques de Gembloux, 23 (4), 323-343.