Detection and infected area segmentation of apple fire blight using image processing and deep transfer learning for site-specific management

MS Mahmud, L He, A Zahid, P Heinemann… - … and Electronics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Advanced sensing technologies and deep learning models are needed for automatic
recognition of pathogens to protect trees in orchards. This study developed a fire blight …

A possible resolution of Malaysian sunset industry by green fertilizer technology: Factors affecting the adoption among paddy farmers

N Adnan, SM Nordin, AM Rasli - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
One of the innovations introduced toward tackling the heightening of environmental impact
is green technology. In the agricultural industry, the implementation of green fertilizer …

Genetics, breeding, and genomics of apple rootstocks

G Fazio - The apple genome, 2021 - Springer
The ability to graft genetically diverse apple cultivars onto diverse root systems (rootstocks)
has increased the breeding efficiency of the whole apple system by dividing the …

Evaluation of biopesticides for the control of Erwinia amylovora in apple and pear

ST DuPont, K Cox, K Johnson, K Peter, T Smith… - Journal of Plant …, 2023 - Springer
With increasing organic acreage and scrutiny of antibiotics use, alternatives to antibiotics for
the control of Erwinia amylovora are of interest to stakeholders. At the same time failures of …

Evaluation of pruning therapies in apple trees with fire blight

ST DuPont, M Munir, K Cox, K Johnson, K Peter… - Journal of Plant …, 2023 - Springer
Ten experiments were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of methods to therapeutically
remove fire blight cankers from apple trees with different age, vigor, training system and …

Candidate gene mapping identifies genomic variations in the fire blight susceptibility genes HIPM and DIPM across the Malus germplasm

R Tegtmeier, V Pompili, J Singh, D Micheletti… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Development of apple (Malus domestica) cultivars resistant to fire blight, a
devastating bacterial disease caused by Erwinia amylovora, is a priority for apple breeding …

Research and innovation in higher education: empirical evidence from research and patenting in Brazil

JR Faria, PF Wanke, JJ Ferreira, FG Mixon - Scientometrics, 2018 - Springer
This study presents a hierarchical differential game between universities and scholars in
order to examine innovation and research in higher education. In this stylized setup …

Competitiveness and sustainable development of Chinableapple industry

Y Sun, Y Deng, Y Lu, M Li - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Agriculture faces a contradiction between sustainable resource utilization and maintaining
market competitiveness. As a major agricultural product, the sustainability and …

Identifying motivations for acceptance of cisgenic food: results from a randomized controlled choice experiment

E De Marchi, A Cavaliere… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2021 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
European consumers have generally been reluctant to accept genetically modified food.
Novel breeding technologies that avoid transgenic manipulations seem to be more …

Good agricultural practices (GAP) adoption intensity and production constraints in apple orchards of western Nepal

D Bajgain, I Tiwari, H Joshi, KK Shah, J Shrestha - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Abstract The declaration of 'Fruits Decade 2016/17–2026/27'and the enaction of the
'NepalGAP Scheme'by the Government of Nepal has redirected increased public …