agricultural sector experiences the application of automated systems since two decades ago. these systems are applied to harvest fruits in agriculture. computer vision is one of the technologies that are most widely used in food industries and agriculture. in this paper, an automated system based on computer vision for harvesting greenhouse tomatoes is presented. a ccd camera takes images from ...

In this paper, a partial least square regression (PLSR) and fuzzylogic based smart decision support system (DSS) for crop-specific irrigation notification and control in precision agriculture is proposed, and this can be implemented in farm land, green-house and poly-house. The proposed DSS model continuously acquires real-time soil and environmental data using Zigbee wireless sensor network (W...

The VecTest antigen-capture assay for West Nile virus was performed on oral and tissue swabs from dead birds in New York State from April 2003 through July 2004. Results were compared with those from real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction of kidney or brain. Oral VecTest sensitivity is adequate for surveillance in American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) (87%), Blue Jays (Cyano...

A green house nursery study was conducted to assess the interaction between arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus, Glomus aggregatum and some plant growth promoting rhizomicrooganisms (PGPR's), Bacillus coagulans and Trichoderma harzianum, in soil and their consequent effect on growth, nutrition and content of secondary metabolities of Solanum viarum seedlings. Triple inoculation of G. aggregatum+...

It is well recognized that the green house gases such as Chlorofluoro Carbon (CFC), CH4, CO2 etc. are responsible directly or indirectly for the increase in the average global temperature of the Earth. The presence of CFC is responsible for the depletion of ozone concentration in the atmosphere due to which the heat accompanied with the sun rays are less absorbed causing increase in the atmosph...

The reality bites for ‘green energy’ when the economic assessment shows it as not a viable investment. Economic assessment for projects normally uses Return on Investment (ROI), Payback Period (PBP), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Cost (LCC) and Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA). Several studies have argued against these tools; but they are common due to lack of alternatives. To demonstrate ...

Recently electric vehicles are becoming popular as an alternative of conventional fossil fuel vehicles. Conventional Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicle uses fossil fuel which contributing a major part of overall carbon emission in the environment. Carbon and other green house gas emission are responsible for global warming and resulting climate change. It becomes vital to evaluate perform...

BACKGROUND Mesenchymal stem cells may offer therapeutic potential for asthma due to their immunomodulatory properties and host tolerability, yet prior evidence suggests that bloodborne progenitor cells may participate in airway remodeling. Here, we tested whether mesenchymal stem cells administered as anti-inflammatory therapy may favor airway remodeling and therefore be detrimental. METHODS ...