Addressing the low recognition rate of small strawberry targets in complex backgrounds,this study proposed an improved YOLOv8n model to enhance the accuracy of strawberry target recognition.In the experimental process,the SPD-Conv module was incorporated into the model structure to improve the model's ability to handle small objects and low-resolution images,thereby increasing robustness in complex scenes.The PSA attention mechanism proposed by YOLOv10 was then integrated to embed global representation learning capability at a low computational cost,further enhancing model performance.Lastly,the WIoU loss function replaced the CIoU loss function to address its limitations.Compared to the original model,the improved YOLOv8n model achieved 0.9%increase in precision and 4.3%increase in recall.Additionally,mAP50 and mAP50-95 was improved by 3%and 3.5%,respectively.The improved YOLOv8n model significantly enhanced the accuracy of strawberry target detection and demonstrated superior detection performance for small strawberry targets in complex backgrounds.