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The VMZ pipeline produces superior mosaics faster. Using the speeded up robust features (SURF) descriptor, VMZ produces the highest-quality mosaics.

Our results demonstrate the value of VMZ for the future automated extraction of plant phenotypes and dynamic scouting for crop management.
Our results demonstrate the value of VMZ for the future automated extraction of plant phenotypes and dynamic scouting for crop management.
(H
-pyrophosphatase) and
(
-inositol oxygenase) are genes that, when overexpressed individually, enhance the growth and abiotic stress tolerance of
plants. click here We propose that pyramiding
and
genes will further improve stress tolerance under water-limited and salt-stress conditions.

and
reciprocal crosses were developed and phenomic approaches used to investigate the possible synergy between these genes.

Under normal and stress conditions, the crosses had higher foliar ascorbate content than the wild-type and parental lines. Under water-limited conditions, the crosses also displayed an enhanced growth rate and biomass compared with the control. The observed increases in photosystem II efficiency, linear electron flow, and relative chlorophyll content may have contributed to this observed phenotype. Additionally, the crosses retained more water than the controls when subjected to salt stress. Higher seed yields were also observed in the crosses compared with the controls when grown under salt and water-limitation stresses.

Overall, these results suggest the combinatorial effect of overexpressing
and
may be more advantageous than the individual traits for enhancing stress tolerance and seed yields during crop improvement.
Overall, these results suggest the combinatorial effect of overexpressing MIOX4 and AVP1 may be more advantageous than the individual traits for enhancing stress tolerance and seed yields during crop improvement.
Black Sigatoka is one of the most severe banana (
spp.) diseases worldwide, but no methods for the rapid early detection of this disease have been reported. This paper assesses the use of hyperspectral images for the development of a partial-least-squares penalized-logistic-regression (PLS-PLR) model and a hyperspectral biplot (HS biplot) as a visual tool for detecting the early stages of black Sigatoka disease.

Young (three-month-old) banana plants were inoculated with a conidia suspension of the black Sigatoka fungus (
). Selected infected and control plants were evaluated using a hyperspectral imaging system at wavelengths in the range of 386-1019 nm. PLS-PLR models were run on the hyperspectral data set. The prediction power was assessed using leave-one-out cross-validation as well as external validation.

The PLS-PLR model was able to predict the presence of the disease with a 98% accuracy. The wavelengths with the highest contribution to the classification ranged from 577 to 651 nm and from 700 to 1019 nm.

PLS-PLR and HS biplot effectively estimated the presence of black Sigatoka disease at the early stages and can be used to graphically represent the relationship between groups of leaves and both visible and near-infrared wavelengths.
PLS-PLR and HS biplot effectively estimated the presence of black Sigatoka disease at the early stages and can be used to graphically represent the relationship between groups of leaves and both visible and near-infrared wavelengths.Plant mechanical failure, also known as lodging, is the cause of significant and unpredictable yield losses in cereal crops. Lodging occurs in two distinct failure modes-stalk lodging and root lodging. Despite the prevalence and detrimental impact of lodging on crop yields, there is little consensus on how to phenotype plants in the field for lodging resistance and thus breed for mechanically resilient plants. This review provides an overview of field-based mechanical testing approaches to assess stalk and root lodging resistance. These approaches are placed in the context of future perspectives. Best practices and recommendations for acquiring field-based mechanical phenotypes of plants are also presented.
Seed germination over time is characterized by a sigmoid curve, called a germination curve, in which the percentage (or absolute number) of seeds that have completed germination is plotted against time. A number of individual coefficients have been developed to characterize this germination curve. However, as germination is considered to be a qualitative developmental response of an individual seed that occurs at one time point, but individual seeds within a given treatment respond at different time points, it has proven difficult to develop a single index that satisfactorily incorporates both percentage and rate. The aim of this paper is to develop a new coefficient, the
(CGI), which quantifies seed germination as a continuous process, and to compare the CGI with other commonly used indexes.

To create the new index, the germination curves were smoothed using nondecreasing splines and the CGI was derived as the area under the resulting spline. click here For the comparison of the CGI with other common indexes, a regression model with functional response was developed.

Using both an experimentally obtained wild pea (
subsp.
) seed data set and a hypothetical data set, we showed that the CGI is able to characterize the germination process better than most other indices. The CGI captures the local behavior of the germination curves particularly well.

The CGI can be used advantageously for the characterization of the germination process. Moreover,
-spline coefficients extracted by its construction can be employed for the further statistical processing of germination curves using functional data analysis methods.
The CGI can be used advantageously for the characterization of the germination process. Moreover, B-spline coefficients extracted by its construction can be employed for the further statistical processing of germination curves using functional data analysis methods.The cryptic species that make up the Euwallacea fornicatus species complex can be readily distinguished via their DNA sequences. Until recently, it was believed that the Hawaiian Islands had been invaded by only one of these cryptic species, E. perbrevis (tea shot hole borer; TSHB). However, following the 2016 deposition of a DNA sequence in the public repository GenBank, it became evident that another species, E. fornicatus (polyphagous shot hole borer; PSHB), had been detected in macadamia orchards on Hawai'i Island (the Big Island). We surveyed the two most-populous islands of Hawai'i, Big Island and O'ahu, and herein confirm that populations of TSHB and PSHB are established on both. Beetles were collected using a variety of techniques in macadamia orchards and natural areas. Individual specimens were identified to species using a high-resolution melt assay, described herein and validated by subsequent sequencing of specimens. It remains unclear how long each species has been present in the state, and while neither is currently recognized as causing serious economic or ecological damage in Hawai'i, the similarity of the newly-confirmed PSHB population to other damaging invasive PSHB populations around the world is discussed.
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