Honey bee hives decrease wild bee abundance, species richness, and fruit count on farms regardless of wildflower strips [PDF]
Pollinator refuges such as wildflower strips are planted on farms with the goals of mitigating wild pollinator declines and promoting crop pollination services.
G. M. Angelella +2 more
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Machine vision from ground vehicles is being used for estimation of fruit load on trees, but a correction is required for occlusion by foliage or other fruits. This requires a manually estimated factor (the reference method).
Anand Koirala +2 more
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Developing Machine Vision in Tree-Fruit Applications—Fruit Count, Fruit Size and Branch Avoidance in Automated Harvesting [PDF]
Recent developments in affordable depth imaging hardware and the use of 2D Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) in object detection and segmentation have accelerated the adoption of machine vision in a range of applications, with mainstream models often ...
Chiranjivi Neupane +3 more
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Short Notes: Application of Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhiza: Increasing the Yield of Okra
A commercially available arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi was applied to investigate the response of okra plants, particularly the yield components. Okra plants were separately treated with inorganic fertilizer, organic fertilizer, and mycorrhiza.
Maricar O. Dahilig +1 more
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Evaluation of methods to estimate understory fruit biomass. [PDF]
Fleshy fruit is consumed by many wildlife species and is a critical component of forest ecosystems. Because fruit production may change quickly during forest succession, frequent monitoring of fruit biomass may be needed to better understand shifts in ...
Marcus A Lashley +4 more
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Effect of Carica papaya Linn. Unripe and Ripe Fruit Pulp Juice in Augmenting Platelet Count in Rats: An Experimental Study [PDF]
Introduction: Thrombocytopenia is often associated with diseases like dengue, Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), malignancy, aplastic anaemia, drug induced thrombocytopenic purpura and haemolytic uremic syndrome. There are no effective methods to
Maria Jose, Sasmi MB, Elsy MI
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The cultivation of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) in Nepal faces significant challenges, resulting in diminished yields compared with other regions. The pivotal issue is optimizing fertilizer management practices to enhance bitter gourd growth and
Sudip Ghimire +2 more
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Evaluation of Genotypes and Association of Traits in Watermelon Across Two Southern Texas Locations
Watermelon is the most important horticultural crop in Texas and is grown across the state under diverse environments. Our study was conducted in the southern region of Texas to understand genotype-by-environment interactions and the contribution of ...
Edgar Correa +3 more
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Genetic control of flowering time and fruit yield in citron watermelon
Flowering time and fruit yield are important traits in watermelon crop improvement. There is limited information on the inheritance and genomic loci underlying flowering time and yield performance, especially in citron watermelon.
Dennis N. Katuuramu +2 more
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Quality assessment of yoghurt produced for foreign markets [PDF]
One hundred and forty random samples, 20 samples of plain yoghurt produced for foreign markets(F), 60 samples of plain yoghurt produced for local markets20 of each brand plain yoghurt (A, B, C) 60 samples of fruit yoghurt produced for local markets 20 ...
marwa Saad +2 more
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