We propose a 3D colour point cloud processing pipeline to count apples on individual apple trees in trellis structured orchards. Fruit counting at the tree level requires separating trees, which is challenging dense employ clouds acquired from leaf-off orchard winter period, where branch structure visible, delineate crowns. localise harvest period. Alignment of two enables mapping locations del...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Fruit set in indeterminate plant species largely depends on the balance between source and sink strength. Plants of these species show fluctuations in fruit set during the growing season. It was tested whether differences in fruit sink strength among the cultivars explained the differences in fruit-set patterns. METHODS Capsicum was chosen as a model plant. Six cultivars w...

I solve a conjecture originally studied by M. Ajtai. It states that for different primes q, p the matching principles Count(q) and Count(p) are logically independent. I prove that this indeed is the case. Actually I show that Count(q) implies Count(p) exactly when each prime factor in p also is a factor in q. 1 The logic of elementary counting “She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me,. . ....

Restoration of forests is now considered an essential tool to combat climate change and the global biodiversity decline. However, our understanding how animal communities recover after restoration interventions in tropical limited. Here, we aim reveal recovery patterns fruit-feeding butterfly across a large-scale rainforest area Kibale National Park, Uganda. Our study represents chronosequence ...

Fresh pistachio fruit cv. Kalleghochi was harvested from the exterior and interior parts of the tree canopy in four geographical directions. The fruit position in exterior and interior parts of the tree canopy has a significant influence on the number of nuts per ounce, pistachio splitting, hull weight, shell weight, kernel weight, colour indices and total anthocyanin content. Results indicated...

Objectives: To develop a concise, simple tool for use by non-specialists to assess diet in children aged 3–7 years attending primary schools. Design: A 24-hour food tick list covering all aspects of the diet and with a focus on fruit and vegetable consumption was developed. This was compared against a 24-hour semi-weighed food diary obtained for the same day as the tick list. Setting: Six prima...

Pistacia lentiscus fruits are ingredients of traditional Cypriot sausages. The objective of this study is to evaluate P. lentiscus extracts as natural additives to the sausages. First, the phenolic content and antioxidant activity of fruit and leaf extracts were determined. Results revealed that leaves are richer source of polyphenolic antioxidants than fruits, with methanol being the better ex...