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Durability of Soft Pneumatic Actuators: A Review and Benchmarking Protocol

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Lack of durability is a key challenge hindering the broad scale adoption of soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) in automation industries. This review provides a comprehensive overview of existing research on SPA durability, introduces a standardized durability benchmarking protocol to consolidate the testing of SPAs, and outlines promising directions for ...
Dickson Chiu Yu Wong, Yucheng Luo, Rob Bernardus Nicolaas Scharff   +2 more
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Behaviour of some Bulgarian plum cultivars in the pedo-climatic conditions of Pitesti – Romania area

Romanian Journal of Horticulture
In Romania and Bulgaria, plum is one of the most widespread species, both countries carrying out a large breeding program. ‘Stanley’ is the most widespread cultivar in the plum orchards from both countries.
M. Butac, M.Nesheva, M. Chivu, A. Stan, E. Mareși, S. Nicolae   +5 more
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Comprehensive study of volatile compounds and transcriptome data providing genes for grape aroma

BMC Plant Biology, 2023
Background Fruit aroma is an important quality with respect to consumer preference, but the most important aroma compounds and their genetic regulatory mechanisms remain elusive.
Yongzhou Li, Liangliang He, Yinhua Song, Peng Zhang, Doudou Chen, Liping Guan, Sanjun Liu   +6 more
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Modular, Textile‐Based Soft Robotic Grippers for Agricultural Produce Handling

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article introduces textile‐based pneumatic grippers that transform simple textiles into robust bending actuators. Detailed experiments uncover how cut geometry and fabric selection shape performance. Successful handling of fragile agricultural items showcases the potential of textile robotics for safe, scalable automation in food processing and ...
Zeyu Hou, Eran Beeri Bamani, Joao Buzzatto, Bryan Busby, Lucas Ferrari Gerez   +4 more
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Overexpression of MaTPD1A impairs fruit and pollen development by modulating some regulators in Musa itinerans

BMC Plant Biology, 2020
Background Pollen formation and development is important for crop fertility and is a key factor for hybrid development. Previous reports have indicated that Arabidopsis thaliana TAPETUM DETERMINANT1 (AtTPD1) and its rice (Oryza sativa) homolog, OsTPD1 ...
Chunhua Hu, Ou Sheng, Tao Dong, Qiaosong Yang, Tongxin Dou, Chunyu Li, Weidi He, Huijun Gao, Ganjun Yi, Guiming Deng, Fangcheng Bi   +10 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid and easy construction of a simplified amplicon sequencing (simplified AmpSeq) library for marker-assisted selection

Scientific Reports, 2023
Marker-assisted selection (MAS) is fundamental for plant breeding programs, as it can identify desirable seedlings at a young stage and reduce the cost, time and space needed for plant maintenance, especially for perennial crops.
Sogo Nishio, Shigeki Moriya, Miyuki Kunihisa, Yukie Takeuchi, Atsushi Imai, Norio Takada   +5 more
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Marburg Virus Glycoprotein Is a Remarkable Virulent Factor Linked to Hemorrhagic Pathology: Evidence from Multimodal Experimental Systems

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
By integrating data from in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo models, our research identifies the MARV glycoprotein as a remarkable hemorrhagic factor, filling a major gap in this important field. It also provides practical experimental tools for the basic research on viral pathogenesis and applied research aimed at antiviral intervention for hemorrhagic ...
Ting Yao, Hang Liu, Yanfeng Yao, Wei Deng, Jiawen Sun, Zhenyu Kang, Ashaq Ali, Chao Shan, Zhiming Yuan, Fei Deng, Hualin Wang, Yun‐Jia Ning   +11 more
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3D Chromatin Architecture Provides Insights Into Leaf Trait Variation Among Pear Species

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Three‐dimensional (3D) chromatin architecture plays a fundamental role in eukaryotic gene regulations, its functional significance in perennial fruit trees remains poorly characterized despite extensive applications in crop genomics. Here, we developed high‐resolution (∼5 kb) Hi‐C maps of Pyrus and compared 3D genomic architecture of three ...
Yueyuan Liu, Chenhui Han, Cheng Xue, Manyi Sun, Bobo Song, Yongsong Xue, Guangyan Yang, Shaozhuo Xu, Wei Wei, Jiaming Li, Runze Wang, Jun Wu   +11 more
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eQTL Meta‐Analysis Reveals Conserved and Population‐Specific Regulatory Variation Underlying Nutritional Trait Evolution and Domestication in Tomato

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A comprehensive meta‐analysis of expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) across five diverse tomato populations reveals a high‐resolution atlas of transcriptional regulation and uncovers conserved and population‐specific regulatory architectures underlying fruit nutritional quality traits, including flavonoids, sugars, organic acids, carotenoids ...
Jiantao Zhao, Xin Wang, Jing Zhang, Ryan McQuinn, Je Min Lee, Itay Gonda, Ari Feder, Yimin Xu, Baike Wang, Qinghui Yu, Denise M. Tieman, Sanwen Huang, Harry Klee, James J. Giovannoni, Zhangjun Fei   +14 more
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