A5054226834- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Insect Pheromone Research and Control
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Smart Agriculture and AI
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Biological Control of Invasive Species
- Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Plant Disease Management Techniques
- Micro and Nano Robotics
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
- Agricultural pest management studies
- Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies
- Soft Robotics and Applications
- Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
- Berry genetics and cultivation research
- Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
National Institute of Agricultural Botany
2019-2024
East Malling Research (United Kingdom)
2019-2024
University of Greenwich
2018
Natural Resources Institute
2018
Fruit ripeness estimation models have for decades depended on spectral index features or colour-based features, such as mean, standard deviation, skewness, colour moments, and/or histograms learning traits of fruit ripeness. Recently, few studies explored the use deep techniques to extract from images fruits with visible cues. However, blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) does not show obvious and reliable when mature therefore poses great difficulty pickers. The blackberry, human eye, is black...
Abstract Agricultural tasks and environments range from harsh field conditions with semi-structured produce or animals, through to post-processing in food-processing environments. From farm fork, the development application of soft robotics offers a plethora potential uses. Robust yet compliant interactions between machines will enable new capabilities optimize existing processes. There is also an opportunity explore how modeling tools used can be applied improve our representation...
Abstract BACKGROUND Spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae), is an economically important pest of soft and stone fruit crops. The aim this study was to identify repellents, formulated in dispensers, which could protect crops from D. . Fourteen potential repellents were screened against summer‐ winter‐morph through electroantennography behavioural bioassays. Repellents effective the laboratory tested polytunnels determine their efficacy reducing...
Here, we report a method to clean cassava plants from viral infections that cause mosaic and brown streak diseases in Africa. Infected of resistant or tolerant varieties Malawi, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania Uganda were cleaned the UK using combination tissue culture, chemotherapy thermotherapy. In first cycle our virus-indexing procedure, successfully 27 31 (87%), after an additional three cleaning cycles, all virus-free. Virus-free tissue-cultured shipped back Africa for distribution...
Abstract Six trap designs were assessed for capturing noctuid moths in field trials the United Kingdom and Argentina. The traps baited with either a sex pheromone Autographa gamma UK Helicoverpa gelotopoeon (Dyar) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Argentina, or floral odor blend. In Universal Trap funnel sleeve compared; Argentina trap, homemade bucket (L.) three sticky traps: LepTrap, wing delta compared. Comparisons made between attractants captures of nontarget insects. Traps attractant caught...
Abstract Drosophila suzukii is a major pest of soft fruits, laying eggs in fruit before it harvested. Control remains dependent on routine applications insecticides. In semi‐field experiments, we tested the possibility reducing amount insecticide needed to control D. by combining lower rates, volumes and area application, combination with phagostimulant baits comparison full field rates insecticides an untreated control. The were (1) Combi‐protec—a proprietary mixture plant extract, proteins...
Fruit ripeness estimation models have for decades depended on spectral index features or colour-based features, such as mean, standard deviation, skewness, colour moments, and/or histograms learning traits of fruit ripeness. Recently, few studies explored the use deep techniques to extract from images fruits with visible cues. However, blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) does not show obvious and reliable when mature therefore poses great difficulty pickers. The blackberry, human eye, is black...
Codling moth (CM), Cydia pomonella , is a significant pest of apple ( Malus domestica ) and other orchard crops worldwide, posing challenges due to the decrease in registered insecticides, rising resistance, changing climate. The exhibits strong resistance capacity both synthetic natural while shifting seasonal temperatures disrupt reliability phenology-temperature models for predicting targeted control strategies. Alternative strategies are necessary future-proof this pest. Current methods...