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Jianqiang Lu is a leading researcher in agricultural artificial intelligence, specializing in deep learning-based object detection for precision agriculture and robotic harvesting. His work focuses on developing lightweight, high-accuracy computer vision models that enable automated detection of crops in complex natural environments—a critical challenge for smart farming. Lu's most impactful contribution is the YOLOv5-litchi model, which achieved 36 citations for its innovative approach to detecting litchi fruits amidst dense foliage and variable lighting, providing essential support for yield estimation and picking robots. He further advanced the field with the Tea bud DG model (17 citations), introducing a dynamic detection head and adaptive loss function for efficient tea bud identification. His research consistently addresses the difficulties of detecting small, morphologically complex targets like tea buds, which are easily obscured by leaves and lighting conditions. With over 50 total citations, Lu's work bridges the gap between state-of-the-art object detection algorithms and practical agricultural applications, making him a key figure in the development of intelligent harvesting systems and smart farming technologies.