Curving to fly: Synthetic adaptation unveils optimal flight performance of whirling fruits [PDF]
, 2019 Appendages of seeds, fruits and other diaspores (dispersal units) are essential for their wind dispersal, as they act as wings and enable them to fly. Whirling fruits generate an auto-gyrating motion from their sepals, a leaf like structure, which curve upwards and outwards, creating a lift force that counteracts gravitational force.
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Optimization-Based Mechanical Perception for Peduncle Localization During Robotic Fruit Harvest [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Rising global food demand and harsh working conditions make fruit harvest an important domain to automate. Peduncle localization is an important step for any automated fruit harvesting system, since fruit separation techniques are highly sensitive to peduncle location. Most work on peduncle localization has focused on computer vision, but peduncles can
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A starch edible surface coating delays banana fruit ripening [PDF]
, 2019 A rice starch edible coating blended with sucrose esters was developed for controlling the postharvest physiological activity of Cavendish banana to extend postharvest quality during ripening at 20 ± 2 °C.
Bowyer, Michael +6 more
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Bioinspired Smart Nanogels for Rapid Blue Laser‐Activated Hemostasis in Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Waxberry‐inspired branched‐silica nanogel can swiftly stop bleeding upon blue laser endoscopy for gastrointestinal hemostasis in the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum of mini‐pigs. Abstract Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is a critical condition that requires rapid and effective intervention.
Ruijue Dan +12 more
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Visual Perception and Modelling in Unstructured Orchard for Apple Harvesting Robots [PDF]
, 2019 Vision perception and modelling are the essential tasks of robotic harvesting in the unstructured orchard. This paper develops a framework of visual perception and modelling for robotic harvesting of fruits in the orchard environments. The developed framework includes visual perception, scenarios mapping, and fruit modelling.
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Assessment of the role of age and light availability in leaf mortality in mango tree.[OS 6-1] [PDF]
, 2018 The branch autonomy principle states that the branch carbohydrate economy can be largely independent of the other branches of a tree. This may influence fruit growth and affect global crop yield.
Boudon, Frédéric +6 more
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Molecular regulation of seed and fruit set [PDF]
, 2012 Seed and fruit set are established during and soon after fertilization and determine seed and fruit number, their final size and, hence, yield potential.
Bouzayen, Mondher +4 more
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Transparent, Sprayable Plastic Films for Luminescent Down‐Shifted‐Assisted Plant Growth
Advanced Materials Technologies, Volume 10, Issue 6, March 18, 2025.Spreading the light: A modular approach to down‐shifting europium‐containing polyoxotitanium luminescent cages is developed, allowing their incorporation into sprayable plastic coatings on agricultural greenhouses for accelerated plant growth. Abstract The world's steadily growing population and global heating due to climate change are a threat to food
Rosa Müller +17 more
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Transcriptome regulation of carotenoids in five flesh-colored watermelons (Citrullus lanatus)
BMC Plant Biology, 2021 Background Fruit flesh color in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is a great index for evaluating the appearance quality and a key contributor influencing consumers’ preferences.
Pingli Yuan +10 more
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Monocular Camera Based Fruit Counting and Mapping with Semantic Data Association [PDF]
, 2018 We present a cheap, lightweight, and fast fruit counting pipeline that uses a single monocular camera. Our pipeline that relies only on a monocular camera, achieves counting performance comparable to state-of-the-art fruit counting system that utilizes an expensive sensor suite including LiDAR and GPS/INS on a mango dataset.
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