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Spatio temporal association between sterile and wild males in a Ceratitis capitata SIT programme

Scientific Reports
The Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis capitata, is a key pest for fruit production in the Mediterranean and other areas of the world. With the aim of contributing to knowledge on the management of this pest, the present study analyses the ...
Marco Colacci, Maria Rosaria Tabilio, Daniele Lolletti, Patrizia Ferrante, Claudio Ceccaroli, Guido Bernabei, Andrea Sciarretta   +6 more
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The Impact of Sustainability Labelling on Consumers' Evaluation and Choice of Food Products: A Systematic Literature Review

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The last five years of research on sustainability labelling, reported in 175 journal articles, documents its effectiveness in increasing consumer choices of more sustainable food products. Some sustainability labels come out as stronger than others and their impact varies across products, countries, and individual consumers, depending on label
John Thøgersen, Lucía Romero‐Verdú, Anne O. Peschel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rootstocks Influence Yield Precocity, Productivity, and Pre-Harvest Fruit Drop of Mandared Pigmented Mandarin

Agronomy, 2020
Citrus fruit quality and scion productivity are influenced by the choice of rootstock. We aimed to evaluate the effect of rootstocks on yield and fruit quality of Mandared, a triploid pigmented mandarin.
Marco Caruso, Alberto Continella, Giulia Modica, Claudia Pannitteri, Riccardo Russo, Fabrizio Salonia, Carmen Arlotta, Alessandra Gentile, Giuseppe Russo   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Olive Fruits Recognition Using Neural Networks

Procedia Computer Science, 2013
AbstractA new method for olive fruit recognition is presented. Olive fruits size and weight are used for estimating the best harvesting moment of olive trees. Olive fruit recognition is performed by analyzing RGB images taken from olive trees. The harvesting decision comprehends two stages, the first stage focused on deciding whether or not the ...
C. Gabriel Gatica, S. Stanley Best, José Ceroni, Gastón Lefranc   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

CSR Disclosure and Operating Performance in the Agri‐Food Manufacturing Industry: Evidence From Southern Europe

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and operating profitability in the agri‐food manufacturing industry of Southern Europe, focusing on Extremadura (Spain). From an initial pool of 284 firms, the final sample comprised 185 companies after excluding inactive or non‐reporting cases.
Ángel Sabino Mirón Sanguino, Maria Pache Durán, Triana Arias Abelaira, María Beatriz Corchuelo Mártinez Azua   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Olive Pink Collection. Photograph of Olive Pink with her guide Jim and two camels, Central Australia, 1934

, 1934
Black and white photograph of Olive Muriel Pink standing next to two camels, 'Quart-Pot'and 'Mangy', with her aboriginal guide Jim at a Central Australian waterhole, 1934, with inscription on the back by Olive Pink, 'To dear Mrs Walker - with love from ...
Pink, Olive
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OLIVE FRUIT LOOSENING WITH PHOSPHORUS

HortScience, 1993
Under laboratory conditions foliar sprays of NaH 2 PO 4 to olive explants induce fruit loosening with low percent leaf loss. In the field, NaH 2 PO 4 foliar sprays are less ...
George C. Martin, Chic Nishijima
openaire   +1 more source

Adapting to Water Scarcity in Mediterranean Greenhouse Agriculture: Insights From Digital Irrigation and Regulated Water Governance in Southeastern Spain

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate‐driven water scarcity is compounding adaptation pressures on Mediterranean greenhouse farming, particularly for small and micro agricultural firms governed by regulated water‐governance systems. This paper analyses differentiated adaptation profiles in Almería (Spain) based on an analysis of farm structure, digital irrigation adoption,
Luis J. Belmonte‐Ureña, Francisco Camacho‐Ferre, Francisco José Castillo‐Díaz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Olive Pink Collection. Photograph of Olive Pink with camel called 'Quart-Pot', Central Australia, 1934

, 1934
Black and white photograph of Olive Muriel Pink standing next to a camel, 'Quart-Pot', in Central Australia, 1934, with inscription on the back by Olive Pink, '"Quart-pot" and Olivia - (ready for anything!)' Photographs sent with a letter to her friend ...
Pink, Olive
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Exploring the Role of Competitiveness in Sustainability Standards: Insights From an Animal Welfare Scheme Adopted by Supermarkets

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on supermarket‐related voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) is divided on whether competition helps or hinders efforts to reduce negative social and environmental impacts. This paper examines how the standardization process shapes these outcomes.
Frits Kremer, Frank de Bakker, Christine Moser, Hens Runhaar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source