Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications and Conference Contributions

Arnaut Stefanović, M., Radišić, M., Radišić, M., & Racić, G. (2026). Dissemination, exploitation and communication in Horizon Europe projects: Examples of good practice. 3rd Annual Conference on Plant Microbiomes, Belgrade, Serbia. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Abstract_Template_Arnaut-Stefanovic_WG51.docx

Boubennec, A., Quero-Garcia, J., Alletru, D., Bouchouat, E. M., Alchanatis, V., & Sadka, A. (2025). High-throughput real-time monitoring and prediction of fruit cracking by utilising and upscaling sensing and digital data technologies. 10th International Cherry Symposium, Richland, WA, United States. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Poster-CrackSense-90x120cm.pdf

Dubinin, M. (., Morozov, M., Keisar, O., Lidor, G., Alchanatis, V., Sadka, A., & Paz-Kagan, T. (2026). Linking plant water status dynamics to yield and fruit cracking in citrus orchards using UAV multi-sensor data and machine learning. Agricultural Water Management, 333, 110634. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1-s2.0-S0378377426005159-main.pdf

Dubinin, M., Morozov M., Sadka, A., & Paz-Kagan, T. (2025). “Linking Citrus Fruit Cracking Intensity to Plant Water Status: Insights from UAV-Derived Metrics Validated by Ground-Based Data”. Vienna Austria, EGU summit 2025 (April 27 – May 2, 2025), doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-2520

Fotouo Makouate, H.; Tapia Zapata, N.; Zude-Sasse, M. (2025). Advances in growing degree days models for flowering to harvest: optimizing crop management with methods of precision horticulture—A Review. Horticulturae 11(12): 1415. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/horticulturae-11-01415.pdf

Fotouo, H.M.; Tapia Zapata, N.; Zude-Sasse, M. (2025). Comparative Analysis of Temperature Monitoring Methods and Their Impact on Growing Degree Day Accumulation in Apple Orchard Management: A Multi-Sensor Approach. IEEE Workshop METROAGRIFOR, October 2025, Bologna. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Comparative-Analysis-of-Temperature-Monitoring-Methods-and-Their-Impact-on-Growing-Degree-Day-Accumulation-in-Apple-Orchard-Management_-A-Multi-Sensor-Approach.docx.pdf

Giantsenko, A., Nikolakopoulou, G., Ntakos, G., Bitsika, S., Psiroukis, V., Kriezi, O., Alchanatis, V., Sadka, A., Ginzberg, I., & Fountas, S. (2026). Ποσοτική και ποιοτική εκτίμηση της παραγωγής ροδιών με χρήση τρισδιάστατων μοντέλων. In Book of Abstracts, 6th Conference on Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis in Agriculture and Environment, p. 37. Athens, Greece, 2026. https://giscongress.aua.gr/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Book_of_Abstracts_6o_GIS_Congress_2026_final_ISBN.pdf

Ginzberg, I., Kaplan, Y., Manasherova, E., Faigenboim, A., Morozov, M., Yoktan, Y., Alon, N., Cohen, H., Sadka, A., & Alchanati, V. (2025). Pomegranate skin development and fruit cracking incidence – omics and sensing approaches. VI International Symposium on Pomegranate and Minor Mediterranean Fruits (POMSYM 2025), Bari, Italy. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Pomegranate-conference-paper-Idit.docx.pdf

Ilić, M., Kolarski, M., Tomčić, A., Penjivrag, S., & Tošić, M. (2026). Edge-driven orchard analytics: Automated treetop detection using YOLOv11 [Paper accepted for publication at the 49th MIPRO Convention]. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mipro_final.pdf

Jörissen, S.; Regen, C.; Zude-Sasse, M. (2024). Code for data fusion of LiDAR 3D point clouds and thermal images. https://gitlab-extern.atb-potsdam.de/cracksense/3d_thermal_annotation

Nikolakopoulou, G., Fountas, S., Kantari, A.K., Ntakos, G., Alchanatis, V., Sadka, A., Ginzberg, I., Laor, M., Paz-Kagan, T. (2025). Estimating pomegranate fruit cracking through proximal and aerial remote sensing. ECPA 2025, Barcelona, Spain, June 29 – July 4. Edited by John Stafford, pp. 17-18. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Estimating-pomegranate-fruit-cracking-through-proximal-and-aerial-remote-sensing.docx.pdf

Nikolakopoulou, G., Fountas, S., Kantari, A.K., Ntakos, G., Alchanatis, V., Sadka, A., Ginzberg, I., Laor, M., Paz-Kagan, T. (2025). Estimating pomegranate fruit cracking through proximal and aerial remote sensing. ECPA 2025, Barcelona, Spain, June 29 – July 4. Edited by John Stafford, pp. 17-18. (poster)

Nikolakopoulou, G., Yantsenko, A., Dakos, G., Kriezi, O., Psiroukis, V., Papadopoulos, G., Alchanatis, V., Sadka, A., Ginzberg, I., & Foundas, S. (2026). Εκτίμηση της σχάσης καρπών ροδιάς μέσω εγγύς παρακολούθησης και εναέριας τηλεπισκόπησης. In Τεύχος Περιλήψεων, 6ο Συνέδριο Γεωγραφικών Πληροφοριακών Συστημάτων και Χωρικής Ανάλυσης στη Γεωργία και στο Περιβάλλον, p. 35. Athens, Greece, 19–21 May 2026. https://giscongress.aua.gr/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Book_of_Abstracts_6o_GIS_Congress_2026_final_ISBN.pdf

Radišić, M., Radišić, M., Arnaut Stefanović, M., Tolmačev, A., & Kolarić, S. (2025). CrackSense: Digital solutions for fruit cracking prevention. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Abstrakt-CrackSense_Soil.pdf

Sadka, A., Alchanatis, V., Morozov, M., Saville, Y., Kamera, I., & Paz-Kagan, T. (2024). CrackSense: High throughput real-time monitoring and prediction of fruit cracking by utilizing and upscaling sensing and digital data technologies. 15th International Citrus Congress (ICC 2024), Jeju, Korea, p. 169. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CrackSense-Letterhead-02122022.docx-1.pdf

Shpitaler, S., Ginzberg, I., Edan, Y., & Alchanatis, V. (2025). Estimating the cracking risk in pomegranate fruits using RGB and thermal sensing. Annual Conference of the Israeli Society of Agricultural Engineering, Tel Aviv, Israel. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Estimating-the-cracking-risk-in-pomegranate-fruits.docx.pdf

Tapia Zapata, N.; Regen, C.; Quero-Garcia, J.; Fountas, S.; Alchanatis, V.; Zude-Sasse, M. (2025). Temperature Annotated 3D Point Clouds Measured in Various Climate Conditions, Providing the Fruit Surface Temperature and Local Weather Data. Data repository ATB, Germany. https://technologygarden.atb-potsdam.de/cracksense/

Tapia-Zapata, N.; Winkler, A.; & Zude-Sasse, M. (2024). Occurrence of wetness on the fruit surface modeled using spatio-temporal temperature data from sweet cherry tree canopies. Horticulturae, 10(7), 757. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10070757

Tapia-Zapata, N.; Winkler, A.; & Zude-Sasse, M. (2024). Temperature annotated 3D Point Cloud of sweet cherry trees in climate chamber [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10687819

Tapia-Zapata, N.; Zude-Sasse, M. (2024). Modelling fruit surface temperature by means of LiDAR 4D point clouds. II International Symposium on Precision Management of Orchards and Vineyards, Tatura, Australia. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20240130194227_1057677_729_80_3688756.pdf

Tapia-Zapata, N.; Winkler, A.; & Zude-Sasse, M. (2024). Temperature kinetics of whole canopy and sweet cherry clusters by means of 4D point clouds. IX International Postharvest Symposium, Rotorua, New Zealand. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Abstract-Letterhead.docx.pdf

Tapia Zapata, N.; Zude-Sasse, M. (2025). Geometric and radiometric analysis of dual wavelength NIR-LiDAR scanning for estimating physiological and free water of leaves in apple tree canopies. Scientia Horticulturae. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1-s2.0-S0304423825006119-main.pdf

Tapia Zapata, N.; Zude-Sasse, M. (2025). Technology Garden: Apple monitoring during heat waves. Science Symposium 7.2.2025, Fruit Logistica 2025, Berlin, Germany. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Technology-Garden_-Apple-monitoring-during-heat-waves.docx.pdf

Tenenboim Y., Edan Y., Ginzberg, I., Paz Kagan, T. “Comparative evaluation of combined and task specific detectors for pomegranate yield and fruit loss detection”. 17th International Conference on Precision Agriculture and 11th Brazilian Congress on Precision Agriculture, Porto Alegre, Brazil (July 13-16, 2026) https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Comparative_Evaluation_of_Combined_and_Task_Specific_Detectors_for_Pomegranate_Yield_and_Fruit_Loss_Detection.pdf

Zude-Sasse, M. (2024). Invited Keynote: Recent advancements for sensors and technologies in horticultural crops. IEEE METROAGRIFOR Workshop, 29-31 October 2024, Padua, Italy. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Recent-advancements-for-sensors-and-technologies-in-horticultural-crops.docx.pdf

Zude-Sasse, M. (2025). Invited Keynote: Close-range remote sensing data for optimising horticultural production processes. Asian Conference on Precision Agriculture (ACPA), Taiwan, 12–18 October 2025. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Close-range-remote-sensing-data-for-optimising-horticultural-production-processes.docx.pdf

Zude-Sasse, M. (2025). Keynote: Close-range remote sensing for characterizing the tree water status of apple trees. FruitCREWS Workshop, June 2025, Naoussa, Greece. https://cracksense.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Close-range-remote-sensing-for-characterizing-the-tree-water-status-of-apple-trees.docx.pdf

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