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The effect of osmotic stress, lighting spectrum and temperature on growth and gene expression related to anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway in wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.) in vitro

Folia Horticulturae, 2023
The goal of this research was to evaluate the effect of light, temperature, sucrose and PEG on the growth of Fragaria vesca in vitro and the expression of regulatory Myb10, WD40 and enzyme-coding genes CHI, CHS, DFR, EGL, F3H and UFGT, which are ...
Vinskienė Jurgita, Bendokas Vidmantas, Stanys Vidmantas, Sasnauskas Audrius, Rugienius Rytis   +4 more
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Model construction and validation of airflow velocity attenuation through pear tree canopies

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
To investigate the airflow velocity attenuation inside pear tree canopies and the factors that influence its effect on air-assisted spraying, the relationship between the resistance of the canopies to airflow and airflow velocity inside the canopies was ...
Fubin Zhang, Hao Sun, Wei Qiu, Xiaolan Lv, Yunfu Chen, Guozhu Zhao   +5 more
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Kinetic Parameters of Soil Enzymes and Temperature Sensitivity Under Different Mulching Practices in Apple Orchards

Agronomy
Soil mulching practices in apple orchards offer an effective solution to combat declining soil quality, restore land productivity, and boost apple yield.
Yaokun Jiang, Huike Li, Meng Liang, Yang Wu, Ziwen Zhao, Yuanze Li, Guobin Liu, Sha Xue   +7 more
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Construction of Orchard Agricultural Machinery Dispatching Model Based on Improved Beetle Optimization Algorithm

Agronomy
In order to enhance orchard agricultural efficiency and lower fruit production expenses, we propose a BL-DBO (Beetle Optimization Algorithm introducing Bernoulli mapping and Lévy flights) to solve the agricultural machinery dispatching model within the ...
Lixing Liu, Hongjie Liu, Jianping Li, Pengfei Wang, Xin Yang   +4 more
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Autonomous Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance for Orchard Spraying Robots: A Sensor-Fusion Approach with ArduPilot, ROS, and EKF

Agronomy
To address the challenges of low pesticide utilization, insufficient automation, and health risks in orchard plant protection, we developed an autonomous spraying vehicle using ArduPilot firmware and a robot operating system (ROS).
Xinjie Zhu, Xiaoshun Zhao, Jingyan Liu, Weijun Feng, Xiaofei Fan   +4 more
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A new product for the control of arthropod pests in industrial apple orchards in the Forest-Steppe of Ukraine

Карантин і захист рослин
Goal. To investigate the effectiveness of the insecticide Jalentra, CS (chlorantraniliprole, 106 g/l + bifenthrin, 159 g/l) in reducing the population and harmfulness of phytophagous arthropods and its impact on the productivity indicators of apple trees
Yu. Yanovskyi, S. Sukhanov, I. Krykunov, Ye. Chepernaty   +3 more
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Hyperspectral data in water stress detection

International Journal of Horticultural Science, 2014
Remote sensing methods are applied widespread to investigate large land fields. Within these methods the status of certain vegetation can be determined based on the reflectance spectra of the chlorophyll, in order to support agriculture, forestry and the
P. Riczu, A. Nagy, J. Tamás
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Green manure incorporation enhanced soil labile phosphorus and fruit tree growth

Frontiers in Plant Science
IntroductionThe incorporation of green manures substantially enhances the conversion of external phosphorus (P) fertilizers and soil-reserved P into forms readily available to plants.
Yuanyu Yang, Jianwei Zhang, Xia Chang, Lunlun Chen, Yongmin Liu, Qingwei Xu, Mengjuan Wang, Haiyan Yu, Renmei Huang, Jie Zhang, Yingxiao Hu, Qijuan Hu, Xiaojun Shi, Xiaojun Shi, Yuting Zhang, Yuting Zhang   +15 more
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Patterns and Factors of Soil Structure Recovery as Revealed From a Tillage and Cover-Crop Experiment in a Compacted Orchard

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2018
Degraded soil structure recovery is much less documented than structure degradation and in particular compaction. In this field experiment, the effects of rotary spade tillage followed by Sorghum cover crop (cover-crop treatment) on the degraded ...
Victor Fell, Victor Fell, Adrien Matter, Thomas Keller, Thomas Keller, Pascal Boivin   +5 more
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Growth control of herbaceous ground cover and egg quality from an integrated poultry-hazelnut orchard system

Italian Journal of Agronomy, 2020
The present study was designed to assess the impact of hen grazing on plant biodiversity in the ground cover of hazelnut orchards, as well as the quality of eggs from hens grazing in the orchards.
Carlo Cosentino, Pierangelo Freschi, Simonetta Fascetti, Rosanna Paolino, Mauro Musto   +4 more
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