All of the leafroll viruses selected for this study belong to the Closteroviridae family and all but one belong to the Ampelovirus genus; GLRaV-2 belongs to the genus Closterovirus. All of the GLRaVs used in this study contain a conserved replication gene block but are diverse outside of the RGB . In addition to host genotype and environment, …
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Cooling is by far the best technology for increasing the shelf-life of horticultural produce
Grafting can increase overall plant vigor and yield in the absence of disease or other stress, but studies in California focusing on grafting for increasing yield have found both increases and occasional decreases in yield when grafted to fresh market tomatoes . Therefore, absent developments that reduce the costs of these inputs, grafting is currently …
The primocane stage is critical for healthy establishment of the raspberry crop
Karp et al. estimated 4–12 birds/ha of species that are confirmed or suspected CBB predators. Flocks of migratory birds on coffee farms are estimated at 19/ha and 24/ha , but these values are also short of our estimates of necessary densities for suppressing larger CBB outbreaks. One caveat to our conclusions is that our calculations were based …
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We observed A. sericeasur utilizing vegetation connections on every vegetation treatment plant
The power system of our current device, i.e., outlet, is not ideal for most standard incubators, because it requires cords coming out of the incubator and causes a concern on maintaining the environmental parameters inside an incubator. To address these issues, the loading device could have its own built-in source of power such as a …
Phenolics were extracted from fresh and dried flowers that were either whole or homogenized
Cyanidin-3,5-diglucoside was the next most concentrated anthocyanin, averaging 20.11 ± 5.63 mg per 100 g FW in 2018 and 19.80 ± 6.92 mg per 100 g FW in 2019. This is unlike European elderberries, in which cyanidin-3-glucoside is typically the second most prominent anthocyanin, except for the Ljubostinja cultivar which has more cyanidin-3,5-diglucoside than cyanidin-glucoside42. …
The food-grade gum possesses tactile and odorant cues resulting in reduced egg infestation
These results agreed with previous studies on the relationships between grapevine water status and yield components . However, leaf area and crown porosity were not affected by applied water amount treatments in 2020. This might havebeen resulted from the remarkably high air temperature at the experimental site, diminishing the grapevine vegetative growth despite the water …
Rather than hiring workers directly, many farmers are turning to crop support service firms
Although the TCM use of goji berry also includes the leaves and bark of the plant, this review will discuss the potential benefits of the fruit on eye health. In addition to a robust amount of Z, goji berries contain modest amounts of β-cryptoxanthin, β- carotene, neoxanthin and L. The Z and L content among different varieties …
A typical application for analog signals is battery voltage monitoring
Once a complete set of sensors were developed and tested, we implemented a basic remote control application to verify the functionality of the Max32 as well as the AGV platform. Details on the AGV are presented in Chapter 7. We designed the OSAVC with a few goals in mind. The most important of which being …
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The non-exposed side of a sunburned cluster often develops normally
In almost all viral diseases occurring in the vineyard, the virus is distributed systemically throughout the grapevine. Once introduced in the host, viral particles move rapidly within the vascular tissue towards sink tissues and establish infections . Although we detected the presence of GRBaV in vegetative and berry tissues during growing and harvest seasons, symptoms …
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