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Plasma sanitization of cherry belle radish seeds for Space agricultural applications

Jun 10, 2022 | Agriculture, Application, Optical Emission Spectroscopy

Ryan P Gott, K. W Engeling, Christina M Johnson, Haley O Boles, Victoria C Brown, Mary Hummerick, Gioia D Massa and Annie J Meier Abstract As human innovation continuously expands the knowledge base for life beyond Earth, the need for self-sufficient spacecraft is...

Estimation of nitrogen content in cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus L.) leaves using hyperspectral imaging data with neural network and partial least squares regressions

May 17, 2022 | Agriculture, Application, Food, NIR

Sajad Sabzi, Razieh Pourdarbani, Mohammad H. Rohban, Ginés García-Mateos, Juan I. Arribas Abstract In recent years, farmers have often mistakenly resorted to overuse of chemical fertilizers to increase crop yield. However, excessive consumption of fertilizers might...

Potential of far ultraviolet (UV) 222 nm light for management of strawberry fungal pathogens

May 12, 2022 | Agriculture, Application, Environmental, Food, UV SpectroRadiometry

Wojciech Janisiewicz, Fumiomi Takeda, Breyn Evans, Mary Camp Abstract Recently developed, night-time irradiation provided the breakthrough that made ultraviolet (UV) technology with 254 nm (UV–C) commercially feasible as a sustainable alternative to synthetic...

Carbon dioxide enrichment promoted the growth, yield, and light-use efficiency of lettuce in a plant factory with artificial lighting

May 5, 2022 | Agriculture, Application, SpectroRadiometry, UV SpectroRadiometry

Danyan Chen,Yanhao Mei,Qi Liu,Yongjun Wu,Zhenchao Yang Abstract Lettuce (Latuca sativa L.) is a commercially important crop and a good candidate for production in a plant factory with artificial lighting (PFAL). To explore the influence of CO2 enrichment (eCO2) on...

Detection of necrotrophic DNA marker of anthracnose causing Colletotrichum gloeosporioides fungi in harvested produce using surface plasmon resonance

Apr 28, 2022 | Agriculture, Application, Biology, Food

Aabha Bajaj, Anand M.Shrivastav, Evgeny Eltzov, Noam Alkan, Ibrahim Abdulhalim Abstract Agriculture and food crops monitoring is extremely important for securing the food supply chain to human society. Here, we developed a highly specific detection method for...

Can the Addition of Odor and Visual Targets Enhance Attraction of the Asian Citrus Psyllid (Hemiptera: Liviidae) to Sticky Traps?

Feb 3, 2022 | Agriculture, Application, Biology, Color Measurement, Environmental, Reflectance

Journal of Economic Entomology – Arjun Khadka, Sandra A Allan, Daniel Cho, Emma N I Weeks Abstract Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, negatively impacts the citrus industry as it transmits Candidatus Liberibacter spp., the causal agent of citrus...