Agroclimatic variables in different time windows were analyzed using Artificial Intelligence techniques to estimate the fruit growing season extension and harvest start date for ‘Gala’ apples (Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh.) Meteorology phenology data collected from five orchards Central Chile, between 2004 2019. The attributes derived air temperature during first days of showed high relat...

experiments were conducted to test the effects of two different paper bags, white single- and green double-layers, on fruit quality and sunburn of pomegranate (punica granatum cv. rabab neiriz). young fruits, at 35 days after full bloom, were covered by bags. the results showed that white single layer bag increased size and weight of fruits and aril weight in comparison to those of control. in ...

[1] In the California Current System the spring transition from poleward to equatorward alongshore wind stress heralds the beginning of upwelling-favorable conditions. The phytoplankton response to this transition is investigated using 8 years (1998–2005) of daily, 4-km resolution, Sea-viewing Wide Field of view Sensor (SeaWiFS) chlorophyll a concentration data. Cluster analysis of the chloroph...

Adult western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), were most abundant on flower clusters of apple, Malus × domestica Borkhausen, from king bloom to full bloom. Low numbers of thrips remained on the clusters after petal fall as fruit enlarged. Thrips larvae peaked in numbers after densities of adults had peaked, usually by petal fall. Two staining proce...