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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Soil Moisture Inversion in Alfalfa via UAV with Feature Fusion and Ensemble Learning.

Jinxi Chen, Jianxin Yin, Yuanbo Jiang, Yanxia Kang, Yanlin Ma, Guangping Qi, Chungang Jin, Bojie Xie, Wenjing Yu, Yanbiao Wang and 3 more

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Jinxi ChenCollege of Water Conservancy and Hydrpower Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Jianxin YinZhejiang Institute of Quality Sciences, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Yuanbo JiangCollege of Water Conservancy and Hydrpower Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Yanxia KangCollege of Water Conservancy and Hydrpower Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Yanlin MaCollege of Water Conservancy and Hydrpower Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Guangping QiCollege of Water Conservancy and Hydrpower Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Chungang JinQingyang Hydrological and Water Resources Survey Center, Qingyang 745000, China.
Bojie XieCollege of Water Conservancy and Hydrpower Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Wenjing YuCollege of Water Conservancy and Hydrpower Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Yanbiao WangCollege of Water Conservancy and Hydrpower Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Junxian ChenCollege of Water Conservancy and Hydrpower Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Jiapeng ZhuCollege of Water Conservancy and Hydrpower Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Boda LiCollege of Water Conservancy and Hydrpower Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.

Funding

Gansu Agricultural University "Efficient Utilization of Soil and Water Resources for Characteristic Crops in the Northwest Arid Region" Discipline Team Construction Special Project GAU-XKTD-2022-09Gansu Agricultural University Fifth Batch "Fuxi Young Talent" Project Gaufx-05Y11Gansu Province Key R&D Program Project 23YFFA0020Gansu Province Water Conservancy Scientific Experiment Research and Technology Promotion Project 25GSLK038National Natural Science Foundation Projects 52269009; 52469007
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Abstract

Timely access to soil moisture conditions in farmland crops is the foundation and key to achieving precise irrigation. Due to their high spatiotemporal resolution, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing has become an important method for monitoring soil moisture. This study addresses soil moisture retrieval in alfalfa fields across different growth stages. Based on UAV multispectral images, a multi-source feature set was constructed by integrating spectral and texture features. The performance of three machine learning models-random forest regression (RFR), K-nearest neighbors regression (KNN), and XG-Boost-as well as two ensemble learning models, Voting and Stacking, was systematically compared. The results indicate the following: (1) The integrated learning models generally outperform individual machine learning models, with the Voting model performing best across all growth stages, achieving a maximum R

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alfalfa grasslandensemble learning modelmachine learningmulti-source feature fusionsoil moisture

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PMCPMC12899865

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