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Liquid Metal‐Based Stretchable Strain Sensor for Fruit Growth Monitoring

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Schematic overview of the fruit growth sensor development workflow, including sensor fabrication by injection molding, electromechanical and environmental characterization, mechanical stability testing, electronic readout integration, and outdoor field validation for monitoring of fruit growth under practical orchard conditions.
Asad Ullah   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of canopy management and fruit thinning on seed quality of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) variety Thilina

open access: yesTropical Agricultural Research, 2015
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is a commonly grown vegetable crop in Sri Lanka. As in many other vegetables, lack of good quality seeds is a major constraint in tomato cultivation as there is a deficiency in technologies to obtain high quality seeds ...
C. K. Pathirana   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

STUDIES ON THINNING, BAGGING AND ALUMINUM SILICATE SPRAYING ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF WANDERFULL POMEGRANATE [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Plant Production, 2013
This investigation was carried out to study the effect of hand thinning, bagging and spraying with aluminum silicate on yield and fruit quality of Wanderfull pomegranate cv.
A. Shalan, B. Samra
doaj   +1 more source

Crop Load, Fruit Thinning and their Effects on Fruit Quality of Apple (Malus domestica Borkh.)

open access: yes, 2006
Crop load, a quantitative parameter used by industry, is generally defined as the number of fruit per tree. It is often expressed in terms of number of fruit per trunk cross-sectional area (fruit/TCSA). Crop load is the most important of all factors that
Racskó, József
core   +1 more source

Durability of Soft Pneumatic Actuators: A Review and Benchmarking Protocol

open access: yesAdvanced 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
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Thinning Bunches and Spraying Calcium Nitrate and Gibberellic Acid on Set, Drop, Yield and Quality of Fruits in Hayany Date Palm [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Plant Production, 2019
This research was conducted during 2015 and 2016 growing seasons on Hayany Cv. date palms growing on sandy soil in a private orchard in the governorate of Damietta, Egypt, to assess the effect of thinning bunch and spraying with calcium nitrate and ...
A. EL-Attar, A. Abul-soad, E. El-Dengawy
doaj   +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

Probírky plodů hrušní a jejich ekonomický potenciál [Thinning of pear fruits and its economical potential] [PDF]

open access: yesVědecké 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
doaj  

Integration of Spatiotemporal Multi‐Omics in Peach Fruit Unravels a Metabolic Niche and the Genetic Basis of Trichome‐Mediated Stress Adaptation

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study constructed the first spatiotemporal multi‐omics map of peach fruit and discovered a key candidate gene that synergistically regulates trichome development and drought tolerance through the jasmonic acid signaling pathway, providing insights into the coupling mechanism between development and stress resistance.
Zhixin Liu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fruit thinning and quality: Exploring new chemical solutions

open access: yes, 2020
Apple fruit thinning is still an essential technique despite the fact that the apple fruit industry is continuously evolving in terms of new cultivars, new high-density planting orchards and training system.
Botton A., Costa G.
core   +1 more source

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