A5102712272- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
- Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Online Learning and Analytics
- Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
- Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Topic Modeling
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis
- Plant Gene Expression Analysis
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Digital Media Forensic Detection
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Insect and Pesticide Research
North Carolina State University
2014-2025
Agricultural Research Service
2011-2024
U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory
2012-2023
North Central State College
2014-2023
Dalian University of Technology
2022
United States Department of Agriculture
2011-2021
Beijing Hospital
2018
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
2017
University of Southern California
2015
Hunan Normal University
2013
Early detection and rapid response are crucial to avoid severe epidemics of exotic pathogens. However, most methods (molecular, serological, chemical) logistically limited for large-scale survey outbreaks due intrinsic sampling issues laboratory throughput. Evaluation 10 canines trained a phytobacterial arboreal pathogen, Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), demonstrated 0.9905 accuracy, 0.8579 sensitivity, 0.9961 specificity. In longitudinal study, cryptic CLas infections that remained...
Knowledge tracing (KT) is a crucial technique to predict students’ future performance by observing their historical learning processes. Due the powerful representation ability of deep neural networks, remarkable progress has been made using techniques solve KT problem. The majority existing approaches rely on homogeneous question assumption that questions have equivalent contributions if they share same set knowledge components. Unfortunately, this inaccurate in real-world educational...
Tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is a major pest of tomato plants in South America. It was first recorded the UK 2009 where it has been subjected to eradication policies. The current work outlines T. development under various glasshouse temperatures. optimum temperature for ranged from 19-23 °C. At 19 °C, there 52% survival egg adult. As increased (23 °C and above) time moth would appear decrease. Population ceases between 7 10 Only 17% eggs hatched at but no larvae developed through...
Significance Avian skin appendages include feathers, scales, claws, and beaks. They are mainly composed of α-keratins, found in all vertebrates, β-keratins, only birds reptiles. Scientists have wondered how keratins interwoven to form different appendages. By studying keratin gene expression patterns chicken appendages, we α- β-keratin interactions crucial for appendage morphogenesis. Mutations either or β-keratins can disrupt cause structural defects. Thus, combinations contribute the...
Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (Las) is one of the causal agents huanglongbing (HLB), most devastating disease citrus worldwide. Due to intracellular lifestyle and significant genome reduction, culturing Las in vitro has proven be extremely challenging. In this study, we optimized growth conditions developed a semi-selective medium based on results nutritional antibiotic screening assays. Using these conditions, were able grow LG liquid with ca.100- 1000-fold increase, which peaked after...
Polygalacturonase (PG), as an important hydrolase participating in the degradation of pectin, plays role softening process fruit. However, information on PG gene family pear genome and specific member involved fruit is still rudimentary.In this study, a total 61 genes, which could be divided into six subclasses, were identified from with diverse chromosome locations, structures, motifs cis-acting elements. Most PbrPGs derived WGD/segmental duplication blocks, purifying selection was main...
Advancements in LLMs have significantly expanded their capabilities across various domains. However, mathematical reasoning remains a challenging area, prompting the development of math-specific LLMs. These models typically follow two-stage training paradigm: pre-training with math-related corpora and post-training problem datasets for SFT. Despite these efforts, improvements achieved through continued (CPT) are often less significant compared to those obtained via This study addresses this...
Effective management of whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) infestations and tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is vital for sustainable vegetable production in southwest Florida. This study introduces a robust framework that integrates satellite-based crop identification with disease risk profiling to support area-wide pest control efforts. Utilizing Sentinel-2 satellite imagery machine learning, we accurately identified types throughout the growing season, allowing us correlate populations, TYLCV...
Knowledge tracing (KT) models students' knowledge states and predicts their future performance based on historical interaction data. However, attention KT struggle to accurately capture diverse forgetting behaviors in ever-growing sequences. First, existing use uniform time decay matrices, conflating representations with problem relevance. Second, the fixed-length window prediction paradigm fails model continuous processes expanding To address these challenges, this paper introduces LefoKT,...
Knowledge tracing (KT) involves using the historical records of student-learning interactions to anticipate their performance on forthcoming questions. Central this process is modeling human cognition gain deeper insights into how knowledge acquired and retained. Human characterized by two key features: long-term cognitive trends, reflecting gradual accumulation stabilization over time, short-term fluctuations, which arise from transient factors such as forgetting or momentary lapses in...
Huanglongbing (HLB) disease is the most serious threat to citrus production worldwide and, in last decade, has devastated Florida industry. In United States, HLB associated with phloem-limited α-proteobacterium ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ and its insect vector, Asian psyllid (ACP; Diaphorina citri). Significant effort being put forth develop novel germplasm that a lower propensity succumb than do currently available varieties. Effective methods of screening for susceptibility are...
Huanglongbing (HLB), a systemic and destructive disease of citrus, is associated with 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' (Las) in the United States. Our earlier work has shown that Las bacteria were significantly reduced or eliminated when potted HLB-affected citrus continuously exposed to high temperatures 40 42 °C for minimum 48 h. To determine feasibility effectiveness solar thermotherapy field, portable plastic enclosures placed over commercial residential exposing trees through...
Abstract The effect on spore germination of the entomopathogenic fungus Lecanicillium muscarium following direct exposure for 24 h to insecticides Majestik, Spray Oil, Agri‐50E, Savona and Oberon control both egg second instar stages sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci , was determined. Exposure Agri‐50E followed by acceptable germination. Infectivity rates L. poinsettia foliage in presence dry residues were also investigated. No significant detrimental effects levels B. recorded compared...
In this study, five genes involved in malic acid (MA) metabolism, including a cytosolic NAD-dependent malate dehydrogenase gene (cyNAD-MDH), NADP-dependent enzyme (cyNADP-ME), two vacuolar H+-ATPase (vVAtp1 and vVAtp2), one inorganic pyrophosphatase (vVPp), were characterized from pear fruit based on bioinformatic experimental analysis. Their expression profile "Housui" was tissue-specific, their patterns during development diverse. During storage, MA content decreased, which associated with...
SUMMARY The composition and abundance of soluble sugars in mature pear ( Pyrus ) fruit are important for its acceptance by consumers. However, our understanding the genes responsible sugar accumulation remains limited. In this study, a S1‐group member bZIP gene family, PbrbZIP15 , was characterized from genome through combined analyses metabolite transcriptome data followed experimental validation. PbrbZIP15, located nucleus, found to function fructose, sucrose, total calli. After analyzing...
Abstract The potential of using the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema feltiae to control sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) has been established in previous laboratory studies. However, studies can overestimate level achieved by biocontrol agents glasshouse. Glasshouse trials are therefore required confirm results before full-scale commercial development is considered. Under both controlled and glasshouse conditions high mortality second instar B. (>90% >80%,...
Predatory mites (Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot, Typhlodromips montdorensis Schicha, Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans) and Iphiseius degenerans Berlese) were investigated for their potential to act as control agents Thrips palmi Karny. Prey consumption rates compatibility with pesticides assessed.Second-instar larvae the preferred life stage. consumed most (2.8) also an average of 1.2 adult T. per 5 day period. Both 24 48 h assessments following application abamectin, spinosad imazalil...
Knowledge tracing (KT) is the task of using students' historical learning interaction data to model their knowledge mastery over time so as make predictions on future performance. Recently, remarkable progress has been made various deep techniques solve KT problem. However, success behind based (DLKT) approaches still left somewhat unknown and proper measurement analysis these DLKT remain a challenge. First, preprocessing procedures in existing works are often private custom, which limits...