Enhancing palm precision agriculture: An approach based on deep learning and UAVs for efficient palm tree detection by Yosra Hajjaji, Wadii Boulila, Imed Riadh Farah, Anis Koubaa

“…Accurate identification and counting of palm trees are vital for estimating yields, managing orchards, and planning future planting. We are currently investigating deep-learning-based object detection algorithms and remote sensing (RS) technologies to enhance industry efficiency. …”
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Ossification Vesicles with Calcium Phosphate in the Eyes of the Insect Copium teucrii (Hemiptera: Tingidae) by Javier Garcia-Guinea, Alberto Jorge, Laura Tormo, Marta Furio, Elena Crespo-Feo, Virgilio Correcher, Pedro Prado-Herrero, Ana C. Soria, Jesus Sanz, Jose L. Nieves-Aldrey

“…Teucrium gnaphalodes L'Her plants, growing in central Spain, develop galls induced by Copium insects. …”
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An Automatic Decision-Level Fusion Rice Mapping Method of Optical and SAR Images Based on Cloud Coverage by Xueqin Jiang, Song Gao, Huaqiang Du, Shenghui Fang, Yan Gong, Ning Han, Yirong Wang

“…The results obtained by the Auto-OSDF method show an average R² of 0.926 compared to municipal-level statistical planting areas. The abovementioned study demonstrates that the Auto-OSDF method is capable of achieving stable and high-precision rice mapping under cloud contamination interference.…”
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Antioxidant Effect of Beer Polyphenols and Their Bioavailability in Dental-Derived Stem Cells (D-dSCs) and Human Intestinal Epithelial Lines (Caco-2) Cells by Marina Di Domenico, Antonia Feola, Pasqualina Ambrosio, Federica Pinto, Giovanni Galasso, Armando Zarrelli, Giovanni Di Fabio, Marina Porcelli, Salvatore Scacco, Francesco Inchingolo, Lucio Quagliuolo, Andrea Ballini, Mariarosaria Boccellino

“…Natural compounds of foods or plants exert an important antioxidant activity, counteracting the formation of harmful free radicals. …”
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Interpretation of COVID-19 Epidemiological Trends in Mexico Through Wastewater Surveillance Using Simple Machine Learning Algorithms for Rapid Decision-Making by Arnoldo Armenta-Castro, Orlando de la Rosa, Alberto Aguayo-Acosta, Mariel Araceli Oyervides-Muñoz, Antonio Flores-Tlacuahuac, Roberto Parra-Saldívar, Juan Eduardo Sosa-Hernández

“…In this article, a database obtained from wastewater sampling at wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and university campuses in Monterrey and Mexico City between 2021 and 2022 was used to train simple clustering- and regression-based risk assessment models to allow for informed prevention and control measures in high-affluence facilities, even if working with low-dimensionality datasets and a limited number of observations. …”
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APAH: An autonomous IoT driven real-time monitoring system for Industrial wastewater by Nishant Chavhan, Resham Bhattad, Suyash Khot, Shubham Patil, Aditya Pawar, Tejasvi Pawar, Palomi Gawli

“…The system's performance was validated through field tests at four industrial wastewater treatment plants in Maharashtra, India particularly directed towards textile, dairy, and greywater effluents, demonstrating significant improvements in water quality post-treatment. …”
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Nomenclatural issues concerning cultured yeasts and other fungi: why it is important to avoid unneeded name changes by Andrey Yurkov, Artur Alves, Feng-Yan Bai, Kyria Boundy-Mills, Pietro Buzzini, Neža Čadež, Gianluigi Cardinali, Serge Casaregola, Vishnu Chaturvedi, Valérie Collin, Jack W. Fell, Victoria Girard, Marizeth Groenewald, Ferry Hagen, Chris Todd Hittinger, Aleksey V. Kachalkin, Markus Kostrzewa, Vassili Kouvelis, Diego Libkind, Xinzhan Liu, Thomas Maier, Wieland Meyer, Gábor Péter, Marcin Piątek, Vincent Robert, Carlos A. Rosa, Jose Paulo Sampaio, Matthias Sipiczki, Marc Stadler, Takashi Sugita, Junta Sugiyama, Hiroshi Takagi, Masako Takashima, Benedetta Turchetti, Qi-Ming Wang, Teun Boekhout

“…Historical surveys revealed drawbacks and inconsistencies between past practices and modern requirements as stated in the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants (ICNafp). Improper typification of yeasts is a common problem, resulting in a large number invalid yeast species names. …”
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Adapting to change: exploring the distribution dynamics of the alien and potentially invasive aphid species Cinara curvipes (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in the context of global warming by K. Wieczorek, A. Bugaj-Nawrocka, B. Borowiak-Sobkowiak, A. Endrestøl, H. P. Ravn, W. Solarz, R. Durak

“…Coupled with the presence of suitable host plants, mostly firs (Abies spp.) or cedars (Cedrus spp.), there is potential for the bow-legged fir aphid to extend its range across most European regions, with projections suggesting potential expansion into Asia Minor. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of Eggplant Reveals the Key MYB Transcription Factor Involved in Anthocyanin Synthesis by Jiaqi Ai, Wuhong Wang, Tianhua Hu, Haijiao Hu, Yaqin Yan, Jinglei Wang, Yunzhu Wang, Na Hu, Hongtao Pang, Chonglai Bao, Qingzhen Wei

“…MYB transcription factors (TFs) represent one of the largest gene families in plants, and previous studies have demonstrated their involvement in regulating anthocyanin synthesis. …”
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Out-of-phase relationship of Holocene moisture variations between the northeastern and southeastern Tibetan plateau and its societal impacts by Duo Wu, Minmin Ma, Yongxiu Lu, Shilong Guo, Tao Wang, Xuyi Ma, Guanghui Dong

“…In the present study, well-dated sedimentary records with unambiguous indicators of humidity variations from the NETP and YNP were integrated, along with radiocarbon dates from human and animal bones and the remains of crop plants from archaeological sites in this region. The results indicate a long-term, out-of-phase relationship of moisture variations between the NETP and YNP during the middle to late Holocene. …”
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Molecular mechanisms and comparative transcriptomics of diapause in two corn rootworm species (Diabrotica spp.) by Melise C. Lecheta, Chad Nielson, B. Wade French, Emily A.W. Nadeau, Nicholas M. Teets

“…Rootworms undergo an obligate embryonic diapause to synchronize their life cycles with host plants, and we sequenced transcriptomes from both species at five time points (pre-diapause, diapause initiation, diapause maintenance, diapause termination, and post-diapause). …”
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A Lightweight YOLO Model for Rice Panicle Detection in Fields Based on UAV Aerial Images by Zixuan Song, Songtao Ban, Dong Hu, Mengyuan Xu, Tao Yuan, Xiuguo Zheng, Huifeng Sun, Sheng Zhou, Minglu Tian, Linyi Li

“…Accurate counting of the number of rice panicles per unit area is essential for rice yield estimation. However, intensive planting, complex growth environments, and the overlapping of rice panicles and leaves in paddy fields pose significant challenges for precise panicle detection. …”
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Extreme-phenotype genome-wide association study (XP-GWAS) of powdery mildew race 2 W tolerance in the USDA Citrullus germplasm collection by Sandra E. Branham, Venkata Rao Ganaparthi, W. Patrick Wechter, Younghoon Park, Todd Wehner, Angela Davis, Antonia Tetteh, Laura Massey, Sue Hammar, Rebecca Grumet, Shaker Kousik, Amnon Levi

“…Abstract Powdery mildew outbreaks, caused by Podosphaera xanthii, cause reduced watermelon yields as the plants produce fewer and smaller fruits due to premature leaf senescence. …”
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Gradual Application of Potassium Fertilizer Elevated the Sugar Conversion Mechanism and Yield of Waxy and Sweet Fresh-Eaten Maize in the Semiarid Cold Region by Li Yang, Yu Xin Chi, Yu Feng Wang, Muhammad Zeeshan, Xun Bo Zhou

“…Considering the overall higher maize quality, we recommended the waxy maize Jin-262 and sweet maize Jingke-183 varieties along with application of 20% (sowing), 40% (jointing), and 40% (large trumpet stages) of 120 kg/ha potassium fertilizer for the improvement of grain quality of maize planting in the semiarid cold region. Otherwise, reasonable gradual potassium fertilization might be a wiser option.…”
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Effect of soil-groundwater system on migration and transformation of organochlorine pesticides: A review by Haohao Li, Lin Huo, Rui Zhang, Xuefan Gu, Gang Chen, Ying Yuan, Wenbing Tan, Kunlong Hui, Yu Jiang

“…Soil is the place where human beings, plants, and animals depend on for their survival and the link between the various ecological layers. …”
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Oridonin: A natural terpenoid having the potential to modulate apoptosis and survival signaling in cancer by Abhishek Chauhan, Hemant Joshi, Divya Kandari, Diwakar Aggarwal, Ritu Chauhan, Hardeep Singh Tuli, Arpit Mehrotra, Abhilasha Sood, Ujjawal Sharma, Darin Mansor Mathkor, Shafiul Haque, Naveen Chandra Joshi, Laurent Dufossé

“…Background: Oridonin, a diterpenoid lactone derived from medicinal plants, has drawn considerable attention due to its therapeutic potential, particularly its anticancer properties. …”
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Safety of a change of specifications of phytosterols/phytostanols as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 by EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA), Dominique Turck, Torsten Bohn, Montaña Cámara, Jacqueline Castenmiller, Stefaan De Henauw, Karen Ildico Hirsch‐Ernst, Ángeles Jos, Alexandre Maciuk, Inge Mangelsdorf, Breige McNulty, Androniki Naska, Kristina Pentieva, Alfonso Siani, Frank Thies, Margarita Aguilera‐Gómez, Francesco Cubadda, Thomas Frenzel, Marina Heinonen, Monika Neuhäuser‐Berthold, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Morten Poulsen, Miguel Prieto Maradona, Josef Rudolf Schlatter, Alexandros Siskos, Henk vanLoveren, Wolfgang Gelbmann, Harry J. McArdle

“…This authorised NF concerns phytosterols extracted from plants and which may be presented as free sterols and stanols or esterified with food grade fatty acids. …”
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Protective effects of apigenin in neurodegeneration: An update on the potential mechanisms by Ali Mohammadkhanizadeh, Mohammad Sheibani, Soroush Taherkhani, Davood Nourabadi, Seyed Mahdi Mohamadi-Zarch, Farnaz Nikbakht, Yaser Azizi

“…Apigenin, a flavonoid found in various herbs and plants, has garnered significant attention for its neuroprotective properties. …”
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Comprehensive Chloroplast Genome Analysis of Four <i>Callitriche</i> (Plantaginaceae) Species for Phylogenetic and Conservation Insights by Zirui Zhang, Wenbo Shi, Siqi Hu, Lanruo Mou, Chao Shi, Bingyue Zhu, Jing Yang

“…Moreover, they can be utilized as horticultural plants for landscape greening. However, due to the threats of climate change and environmental degradation, some species within this genus have been listed as endangered. …”
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The Use of Vegetation Indices on Temporal Mangrove Condition: A Case Study on Timbulsloko and Bedono, Demak by Zahra Safira Aulia, Rudhi Pribadi, Muhammad Helmi

“… • The addition of area in the sparse mangrove category can be an indication of mangrove planting at the most recent time. • In general, the research outcome will be valuable recommendation for mangrove rehabilitation in current target area.…”
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