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2020
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the thinning efficacy of metamitron (Brevis®) as fruitlet thinner compared to ammonium thiosulphate (ATS) and ethephon (Cerone) as flower thinning agents to ‘Rubinstep’ apple. The thinning efficacy of the flower thinning agents was compared to different timings (8-10 and 12-14 mm fruitlet diameters) and dosages (165 and 330 ppm) of the fruitlet thinner metamitron at the experimental farm at Nibio Ullensvang, western Norway (60°19’8.03”N; 6°39’14.31”E) in 2018. Untreated trees and trees manually thinned after June drop were used as reference treatments. Fruit set, yield data and fruit quality parameters for each treatment were recorded. None of the chemical thinning treatments resulted in a significant reduction in the final number of fruits and yield tree-1. Crop load of the untreated trees was almost twice the target crop load of the hand-thinned trees. Ammonium thiosulphate (ATS) was the only chemical thinning treatment that significantly increased fruit weight above the untreated trees, but to a lesser extent than achieved by hand thinning. Qualitative traits of ‘Rubinstep’ apples (ground and over colour, firmness, starch index and soluble solid contents were not correlated with the fruit set. Return bloom of the untreated trees was 50% of the bloom of the previous year. The ammonium thiosulphate-treated trees showed a significant higher percentage return bloom of 122%. Return bloom in all other treatments did not differ significantly from the untreated controls. However, the average values showed a clear trend of a decrease in return bloom in metamitron-treated trees in comparison with the untreated and hand-thinned trees. The exceptionally high levels of solar radiation in May 2018 and the excellent pollination conditions resulting in very high seed numbers fruit-1 are likely the reasons for the lack of thinning efficacy of Brevis®.
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Mekjell MelandSammendrag
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Norwegian pear production is low due to climatic limitations, a lack of well-adapted cultivars and suitable pollinizers. However, nowadays it is increasing as a result of newly introduced and bred pear cultivars. Since cross pollination is necessary for high yields and good fruit quality, the aim of this investigation was to find the most suitable pollinizers for the pear cultivars “Ingeborg” (“Conference” × “Bonne Louise”) and “Celina” (“Colorée de Juillet” × “Williams”). Self-pollination of “Ingeborg” and “Celina”, together with “Conference”, “Belle Lucrative”, “Anna”, “Clara Frijs”, “Herzogin Elsa”, “Kristina” and “Fritjof” as potential pollinizers, were studied in this experiment during the 2017 and 2018 seasons in Norway. The success rate of each pollinizer was tested under field conditions, while the monitoring of pollen tube growth was done using the fluorescence microscopy method. All reproductive parameters (pollen germination, number of pollen tubes in the upper part of the style, pollen tube number in the locule of the ovary, number of fertilized ovules, initial fruit set, and final fruit set) in all crossing combinations were higher in 2018 due to much warmer weather. Based on the flowering overlap and success rate of each individual pollinizer and fruit set, the cultivars “Anna” and “Clara Frijs” can be suggested as pollinizers for the cultivar “Ingeborg”, while “Fritjof”, “Anna”, “Kristina” and “Herzogin Elsa” for the cultivar “Celina”. An even distribution of two compatible pollinizers having overlapping flowering times with the main commercial pear cultivar is a general recommendation for commercial pear production.
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BACKGROUND Low growth temperatures and the special light qualities of midnight sun in northern Scandinavia, have both been shown to improve eating quality of swede root bulbs. To study the combined effect of these factors on root development and sensory‐related compounds, plants were grown in phytotron under different 24 h supplemental light‐emitting diode (LED) light colours, at constant 15 °C, or reduced end‐of‐season temperature at 9 °C. RESULTS Far‐red LED (740 nm) light induced longer leaves and produced more roundly shaped bulbs, than the other light quality treatments. At constant 15 °C, supplemental light of far‐red LED also produced a stronger purple crown skin colour than the other LED treatments. This difference between light quality treatments disappeared at 9 °C, as all bulb crowns developed a purple colour. There were no significant effects of LED‐supplements on sugar concentrations, while the reduced temperature on average did increase concentrations of d‐fructose and d‐glucose. Total glucosinolate concentrations were not different among treatments, although the most abundant glucosinolate, progoitrin, on average was present in highest concentration under LEDs containing far‐red light, and in lower concentration at 9 °C compared to 15 °C. CONCLUSION The light quality of 24 h photoperiods in combination with temperature appears primarily important for growth and morphological traits in swede root bulbs. Influence of light quality and low temperature on appearance and sensory‐related compounds may be utilized in marketing of root vegetables with special quality related to growth conditions of high latitude origin. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry
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Pia Heltoft Thomsen Bjarni Hannesson Karin Normann Per Sørensen Tania Gneist Michelle DaCosta Eric Watkins Karin Juul Hesselsøe Trygve S. Aamlid Tatsiana Espevig Trond Olav Pettersen Wendy Marie Waalen Jan TangsveenSammendrag
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Jiangsan Zhao Dmitry Kechasov Boris Rewald Gernot Bodner Michel Verheul Nicholas Clarke Jihong Liu ClarkeSammendrag
Hyperspectral imaging has many applications. However, the high device costs and low hyperspectral image resolution are major obstacles limiting its wider application in agriculture and other fields. Hyperspectral image reconstruction from a single RGB image fully addresses these two problems. The robust HSCNN-R model with mean relative absolute error loss function and evaluated by the Mean Relative Absolute Error metric was selected through permutation tests from models with combinations of loss functions and evaluation metrics, using tomato as a case study. Hyperspectral images were subsequently reconstructed from single tomato RGB images taken by a smartphone camera. The reconstructed images were used to predict tomato quality properties such as the ratio of soluble solid content to total titratable acidity and normalized anthocyanin index. Both predicted parameters showed very good agreement with corresponding “ground truth” values and high significance in an F test. This study showed the suitability of hyperspectral image reconstruction from single RGB images for fruit quality control purposes, underpinning the potential of the technology—recovering hyperspectral properties in high resolution—for real-world, real time monitoring applications in agriculture any beyond.