Microbiology and atmospheric processes: an upcoming era of research on bio-meteorology C. E. Morris, D. C. Sands, M. Bardin, R. Jaenicke, B. Vogel, C. Leyronas, P. A. Ariya, and R. Psenner INRA, Unité de Pathologie Végétale UR407, 84140 Montfavet, France Dept. Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, 119 Plant Biosciences Bldg., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-3150, USA Institut für Phys...

We announce here the draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas sp. strain EpS/L25, isolated from the stem/leaves of the medicinal plant Echinacea purpurea This genome will allow for comparative genomics in order to identify genes associated with the production of bioactive compounds and antibiotic resistance.

Wind has a significant effect on the control of fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), resulting in changes in their ground speed and direction, which has an important influence on the results of integrated optimization of UAV task allocation and path planning. The objective of this integrated optimization problem changes from minimizing flight distance to minimizing flight time. In this s...

Wojciech PUSZ, Elzbieta PLĄSKOWSKA, İsmet YILDIRIM*, Ryszard WEBER Department of Plant Protection, Plant Pathology and Mycology Division, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, National Research Institute, W...

The Kerman Photovoltaic Power Plant is unique, not in the particular photovoltaic equipment selected, but in the siting of the plant in relation to the electric power system and how the plant interacts with that system. Kerman is the world’s first plant designed and built specifically to measure the benefits of a photovoltaic system to the local distribution grid. In addition to the traditional...

In recent years, many researchers have addressed the issue of making Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) more and more autonomous. In this context, the state estimation of the vehicle position is a fundamental necessity for any application involving autonomy. However, the problem of position estimation could not be solved in some scenarios, even when a GPS signal is available, for instance, an appl...

H. R. Pappu1, L. J. du Toit2, H. F. Schwartz3, and S. K. Mohan4 1Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University [WSU], Pullman, WA, USA 2WSU, Northwestern Washington Research & Extension Center, Mount Vernon, WA, USA 3Colorado State University, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Fort Collins, CO, USA 4Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences, Uni...

This paper presents our distributed approach to dynamically assign new goals to a fleet of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Decisions to assign new goals are not instantaneous and they tend to become obsolete because UAVs move continuously. We use the date of commitment to handle this. This paper introduces how we use a function relating the arrival date to the date of commitment in order to po...