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Probírky plodů hrušní a jejich ekonomický potenciál [Thinning of pear fruits and its economical potential] [PDF]
Vědecké Práce Ovocnářské, 2021 Regulation of fruit set ensures optimal crop load to attain maximal ratio of fruit sizes with high price. Chemical fruit thinning is currently the most available and safe method for orchards with high flower set.
Luděk Laňar +2 more
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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 +2 more
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Optimizing Fruit-Thinning Strategies in Peach (Prunus persica) Production
Horticulturae, 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
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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 +4 more
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Essais d’éclaircissage chimique des pommiers (Malus domestica L. Borkh) « Gala » et « Red Top Spur » dans la région de Meknès au Maroc [PDF]
Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2007 Chemical thinning of apple (Malus domestica L. Borkh) cultivars « Gala » and « Red Top Spur » in Meknès area of Morocco. Several factors can contribute to excessive fruit set in apple which usually leads to small fruit of poor quality and could increase ...
Kamal Achachi, Ahmed Mahhou
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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
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EFFECT OF DEFOLIATION ON THE YIELD AND QUALITY OF ‘PRATA COMUM’ BANANA FRUITS
Revista Brasileira de FruticulturaWith the advent of black sigatoka in commercial banana crops in the “Vale do Ribeira” region, state of São Paulo, the monitoring the severity and chemical control of the disease in susceptible varieties have become more frequent in order to avoid leaf ...
JULIANA DOMINGUES LIMA +5 more
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Profitability of Artificial Pollination in ‘Manzanillo’ Olive Orchards
Agronomy, 2020 The fruit set in monovarietal ‘Manzanillo’ olive orchards is significantly increased under cross-pollination. This response lead to pollination designs including pollinizer selection, the number of pollinizer trees per hectare and their distribution in ...
Alberto Sánchez-Estrada, Julián Cuevas
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Advanced 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
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Fruit production from Opuntia ficus-indica ecotypes in comparison to commercial Italian clones
Horticultural Science, 2018 Fruit production, as an elementary chemical characteristic of the fruit, was evaluated in 16 Opuntia ficus-indica Portuguese ecotypes cultivated in a marginal soil without tillage, in the second and third years after plantation. The O.
Carlos Manuel Gaspar Reis +2 more
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