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Optimizing Fruit-Thinning Strategies in Peach (Prunus persica) Production

open access: yes, 2020
Fruit size is a highly valued commercial trait in peach. Competition among fruit and among other sinks on a tree reduces potential growth rate of the fruit.
Mary Sutton   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Modular, Textile‐Based Soft Robotic Grippers for Agricultural Produce Handling

open access: yesAdvanced 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   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A new Romanian Prunus domestica L. cultivar exhibiting high tolerance to natural infections to plum pox virus

open access: yesRomanian Journal of Horticulture
This study evaluates the long-term behaviour of plum pox virus (PPV) infections within a genetically diverse plum orchard established in 1998 at the Fruit Research & Development Station Bistrița, Romania.
Luminita Zagrai, Ioan Zagrai
doaj   +1 more source

Morphological variation of bael fruits (Aegle marmelos (L.) Corrêa) among five accessions in three different agro-ecological regions of Sri Lanka

open access: yesTropical Agricultural Research, 2019
Bael fruit pulp possesses delicious taste with pleasing aroma and exhibit important pharmacological attributes such as hepato-protective and anti-cancerous properties.
C. K. Pathirana   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

open access: yesAdvanced 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

Comparative Evaluation of Eurytoma schreineri Schr. Attack Frequency on Transgenic and Two Conventional Plum Varieties

open access: yesBulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca: Horticulture, 2020
The plum seed wasp (Eurytoma schreineri Schr.) is a polyphagous pest that can cause significant damages to the plum crop. A transgenic plum variety, resistant to Plum pox virus, was evaluated to the attack frequency of E.
Luminita Antonela ZAGRAI, Ioan ZAGRAI
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in Fruit Mineral Element Content of Top-Grafting Pear During Fruit Development

open access: yes, 2014
本試驗調查高接梨果實發育期間礦物元素含量之變化。結果顯示,'新世紀'梨果實發育期間果皮之磷、鉀、鐵、鋅含量及果肉之磷,鈣、鎂、鐵及鋅含量均呈下降之趨勢。'新興'梨果實發育期間果皮之氮、磷、鉀、鋅、銅含量及果皮之氮、鋅及銅含量呈下降之趨勢。'新興'梨果實發育初期其果皮及果肉之鐵含量呈上升之趨勢與'新世紀'梨不同。另外,'新興'梨果皮及果肉之鈣含量變化與錳元素相似。'新世紀'及'新興'梨果實發育期間,果肉磷含量皆比果皮高,自花後8週後,鉀含量也較果皮高。Changes in fruit mineral ...
許松田   +5 more
core  

Financing the Future with the IDB Group [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Mobilizing resources is critical to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and multilateral development banks in particular have been called upon to crowd-in additional financing for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Inter-American Development Bank
core   +1 more source

Technical Feasibility Study of Autonomous Field Robot‐Based on‐the‐go Assessment of Soil Nutrients Using Ion‐Sensitive Field‐Effect Transistors

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Autonomous field robots equipped with ISFET‐based sensors enable rapid, spatially resolved soil nutrient analysis directly in the field. An automated system based on the BoniRob platform is presented for standardized on‐site extraction and measurement of key macronutrients and soil pH.
Vadim Riedel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peru: Agricultural Health and Agrifood Safety Development Program. Phase III

open access: yes
This infographic presents the impact evaluation of the long-term sustainability of the fruit fly eradication program in Peru\u27s coastal regions through the measurement of vegetation indices. This project aims to increase agricultural productivity, agro-
Inter-American Development Bank
core   +1 more source

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