Antibiotic treatment, duration of infectiousness, and disease transmission [PDF]
Humans, domestic animals, orchard crops, and ornamental plants are commonly treated with antibiotics in response to bacterial infection. By curing infectious individuals, antibiotic therapy might limit the spread of contagious disease among hosts. But an antibiotic`s suppression of within-host pathogen density might also reduce the probability that the
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Image analysis and statistical modelling for measurement and quality assessment of ornamental horticulture crops in glasshouses [PDF]
Image analysis for ornamental crops is discussed with examples from the bedding plant industry. Feed-forward artificial neural networks are used to segment top and side view images of three contrasting species of bedding plants.
Edmondson, R. N.+2 more
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IMPACT OF SOME CHITIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS ON THE FALL ARMYWORM, Spodoptera frugiperda (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) [PDF]
Maize, Zea mays L. is an economic cereal in Egypt. Numerous pests infested maize, but only a few of them caused high crop losses, such as FAW, Spodoptera frugiperda.
Gamal Hassan+2 more
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Effet de la salinité sur la fluorescence chlorophyllienne, la teneur en proline et la production florale de trois espèces ornementales [PDF]
Effect of Chloride Sodium on Chlorophyll Fluorescence, Plant Proline Content and Flowers Production of Three Ornamental Species. Three ornamental species (Zinnia elegans, Tagetes patula and Petunia hybrida) were used to test sodium chloride effect on ...
Bettaieb, T.+3 more
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Tropidosteptes forestierae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae): a new species of Plant Bug injuring ornamental Florida Swampprivet, Forestiera segregata (Oleaceae), in South Florida [PDF]
The mirine plant bug Tropidosteptes forestierae, new species (Hemiptera: Miridae) is described from Collier County, Florida, where it was found causing serious injury to an extensive ornamental hedge of Florida swampprivet, Forestiera segregata (Jacq ...
Caldwell, Doug L.+2 more
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Nutrition and Quality in Ornamental Plants
<p>The visual quality of ornamental plants is necessarily linked to an adequate balance of nutrients. Plant height, shape and coloration are qualitative aspects of ornamental species, directly influenced by mineral nutrition, among other environmental aspects.
Antonio Eduardo Furtini Neto+2 more
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A Categorical Treatment of Ornaments [PDF]
Ornaments aim at taming the multiplication of special-purpose datatype in dependently-typed theory. In its original form, the definition of ornaments is tied to a particular universe of datatypes. Being a type theoretic object, constructions on ornaments are typically explained through an operational narrative.
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Africa has the largest diversity of the genus Hypoxis, accounting for 61% of the current globally accepted taxa within the genus, including some endemic species.
Motiki M Mofokeng+7 more
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Some Ornamental plants and Their Propagation [PDF]
There is a wide diversity of the plant species over the world. As per their genetic makeup as well as adaptability to their natural habitats the group of the individual plant species showing their presence in nature. On the basis of their utility plants are categorized as for Medicinal, Flowering, Ornamental plants etc.
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Use of leaf thickness sensors in horticultural crops [PDF]
Changes in leaf thickness can be a rapid indicator of the plant’s water status and can therefore serve as an alarm signal for potential water deficits. Combining the use of continuous leaf thickness measurements with a mechanistic plant model describing ...
De Pauw, Dirk+3 more
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