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The lodging of crops by tornadoes [PDF]

Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2020
It is well known that tornadoes passing over fields can cause significant damage to crops, and tornado tracks of fallen, or lodged, crops can extend for many hundreds of metres. An examination of photographic evidence of such events suggests that, at least for low speed EF0/EF1 events, lodging occurs beneath tornadoes primarily due to a strong radial ...
Chris, Baker, Mark, Sterling, Mike, Jesson   +2 more
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A novel wheat lodging resistance evaluation method and device based on the thrust force of the stalks.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Wind speed is the most essential factor causing wheat lodging. Accurate understanding of the wind speed characteristics at near-surface layer of wheat fields and its effect on lodging is the basis of objective evaluation of wheat lodging resistance.
Suwei Feng, Dechuan Kong, Weihua Ding, Zhengang Ru, Gan Li, Liyuan Niu   +5 more
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Semantic Segmentation Using Deep Learning with Vegetation Indices for Rice Lodging Identification in Multi-date UAV Visible Images

Remote Sensing, 2020
A rapid and precise large-scale agricultural disaster survey is a basis for agricultural disaster relief and insurance but is labor-intensive and time-consuming.
Ming-Der Yang, Hsin-Hung Tseng, Yu-Chun Hsu, H. Tsai   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Tourism: the untapped goldmine in the Gold Coast

Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2016
Purpose – This study examines the economic impact of international tourism and currency valuation in the West African country of Ghana. Previously known as the Gold Coast due to its vast gold reserves, Ghana is a developing economy with a sharply ...
Pat Obi, Robert L. Martin, Greg Chidi Obi   +2 more
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Influences of Green Human Resources Management on Environmental Performance in Small Lodging Enterprises: The Role of Green Innovation

Sustainability, 2020
Small lodging enterprises encompass a major proportion of the lodging industry worldwide. Nonetheless, limited research has addressed the HRM-innovation-performance link on these enterprises.
A. Sobaih, A. Hasanein, I. Elshaer
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Detection and Analysis of Degree of Maize Lodging Using UAV-RGB Image Multi-Feature Factors and Various Classification Methods

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2021
Maize (Zea mays L.), one of the most important agricultural crops in the world, which can be devastated by lodging, which can strike maize during its growing season. Maize lodging affects not only the yield but also the quality of its kernels.
Zixu Wang, Chenwei Nie, Hongwu Wang, Yong Ao, Xiuliang Jin, Xun Yu, Yi Bai, Yadong Liu, Mingchao Shao, Minghan Cheng, Shuaibing Liu, Siyu Wang, Nuremanguli Tuohuti   +12 more
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The resilience of the lodging industry during the pandemic: Hotels vs. Airbnb

International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2022
The adverse impact of the recent pandemic on the lodging industry has largely been based on anecdotal evidence. The extent to which different parts of this broad industry were individually affected by the COVID-19 pandemic also remains unclear.
T. Dogru, Lydia Hanks, Courtney Suess, Nathaniel D. Line, M. Mody   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Influence of Speed and Rainfall on Large-Scale Wheat Lodging from 2007 to 2014 in China.

PLoS ONE, 2016
Strong wind and heavy rain remain the two most important causes of large acreage wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) lodging in China. For research the influence of wind speed and rainfall-separately as well as together-on the extent and degree of lodging, five
Liyuan Niu, Suwei Feng, Weihua Ding, Gan Li   +3 more
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Changes in seed yield and quality resulting from lodging in Italian ryegrass crop [PDF]

Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2020
Rainfall accompanied with winds favour lodging of Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.). Thus, the main objective was to determine the changes in seed yield and quality resulting from lodging of Italian ryegrass crop grown under various nitrogen (N)
Zlatko Svečnjak, Dario Jareš, Martina Kovačević, Klara Barić, Tomislav Ivanušić, Dubravko Maćešić, Dubravka Dujmović Purgar   +6 more
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Effects of nitrogen fertilizer and chemical regulation on spring maize lodging characteristics, grain filling and yield formation under high planting density in Heilongjiang Province, China

, 2021
Now, lodging is a major constraint factor contributing to yield loss of maize (Zea mays L.) under high planting density. Chemical regulation and nitrogen fertilizer could effectively coordinate the relationship between stem lodging and maize yield, which
Xiao-ming Liu, W. Gu, Cong-feng Li, L. Jing, Shi Wei   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source