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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2025

CADFFNet: a dual-branch neural network for non-destructive detection of cigar leaf moisture content during air-curing stage.

Zhuoran Xing, Yaqi Shi, Yihao Pan, Kai Zhang, Zhenhua Wang, Bingyang Liu, Xiangdong Shi, Songshuang Ding

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  1. Microbial community assembly in the fermentation of cigar tobacco leaves.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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Zhuoran Xing *College of Tobacco Science, National Tobacco Cultivation and Physiology and Biochemistry Research Center, Key Laboratory for Tobacco Cultivation of Tobacco Industry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China.
Yaqi Shi *Anhui Fermented Food Engineering Research Center, School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei Anhui, China.
Yihao PanCollege of Tobacco Science, National Tobacco Cultivation and Physiology and Biochemistry Research Center, Key Laboratory for Tobacco Cultivation of Tobacco Industry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China.
Kai ZhangCollege of Tobacco Science, National Tobacco Cultivation and Physiology and Biochemistry Research Center, Key Laboratory for Tobacco Cultivation of Tobacco Industry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China.
Zhenhua WangTobacco Leaf Production Department, Zhangjiajie City Branch of Hunan Tobacco Company, Zhangjiajie Hunan, China.
Bingyang LiuCollege of Tobacco Science, National Tobacco Cultivation and Physiology and Biochemistry Research Center, Key Laboratory for Tobacco Cultivation of Tobacco Industry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China.
Xiangdong ShiCollege of Tobacco Science, National Tobacco Cultivation and Physiology and Biochemistry Research Center, Key Laboratory for Tobacco Cultivation of Tobacco Industry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China.
Songshuang DingCollege of Tobacco Science, National Tobacco Cultivation and Physiology and Biochemistry Research Center, Key Laboratory for Tobacco Cultivation of Tobacco Industry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China.

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Abstract

Introduction: The cigar leaves moisture content (CLMC) is a critical parameter for controlling curing barn conditions. Along with the continuous advancement of deep learning (DL) technologies, convolutional neural networks (CNN) have provided a way of thinking for the non-destructive estimation of CLMC during the air-curing process. Nevertheless, relying merely on single-perspective imaging makes it difficult to comprehensively capture the complementary morphological features of the front and back sides of cigar leaves during the air-curing process. Methods: This study constructed a dual-view image dataset covering the air-curing process, and proposes a regression framework named CADFFNet (channel attention weight-based dual-branch feature fusion network) for the non-destructive estimation of CLMC during the curing process based on dual-view RGB images. Firstly, the model utilizes two independent and parallel ResNet as its backbone structure to capture the heterogeneous features of dual-view images. Secondly, the Dual Efficient Channel Attention (DECA) module is introduced to dynamically adjust the channel attention weights of the features, thereby facilitating interaction between the two branches. Lastly, a Multi-scale convolutional feature fusion (MSCFF) module is designed for the deep fusion of features from the front and back images to aggregate multi-scale features for robust regression. Results: On five-fold cross-validation, CADFFNet attains R2 of 0.974±0.007 and mean absolute error (MAE) of 3.80±0.37%. On an independent cross-region, cross-variety testing set, it maintains strong generalization (R2=0.899, MAE=5.82%), compared with the classic CNN models ResNet18, GoogLeNet, VGG19Net, DenseNet121, and MobileNetV2, its R2 value has increased by 0.047, 0.041, 0.055, 0.098, and 0.090 respectively. Discussion: Generally, the proposed CADFFNet offers an efficient and convenient method for non-destructive detection of CLMC, providing a theoretical basis for automating the air-curing process. It also provides a new perspective for moisture content prediction during the drying process of other crops, such as tea, asparagus, and mushrooms.

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cigar leavesconvolution neural networksdual-view imagesfeature fusionmoisture content prediction

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