In order to distinguish ourselves from competitive pack , its becoming increasing important to seek a deeper understanding of value driving customer needs during early stages of product process development. QFD techniques and its many advanced versions can be used for it. This article aims to appraise the feasibility of Total Quality Function Deployment (TQFD) by conducting a case study in a tr...

A suitable planting pattern and irrigation strategy are essential for optimizing winter wheat yield and water use efficiency (WUE). The study aimed to evaluate the impact of planting pattern and irrigation frequency on grain yield and WUE of winter wheat. During the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 winter wheat growing seasons in the North China Plain, the effects of planting patterns and irrigation fre...

Tiller number, an important growth parameter for rice cultivation, is still being assessed manually. This work investigated the influence of dataset composition on performance deep learning models tiller number estimation in rice. Four datasets were constructed early tillering, active and maximum tillering by applying concepts mixed varieties, class balance, data augmentation. YOLOv4 trained to...

Since many of the quantitative plant characters of economic values are highly influenced by environmental condition, the progress in breeding in such a population is primarily conditioned by the magnitude, nature and inter-relations of genotypic and non-genotypic variations in plant characters. Therefore we estimated phenotypic, genotypic and environmental correlation coefficients and path coef...

Abstract Background Tiller number is a factor determining panicle and grain yield in wheat ( Triticum aestivum ). Auxin plays an important role the regulation of branch production. PIN-FORMED 1 (PIN1), auxin efflux carrier, tiller rice Oryza sativa ); however, little known on roles PIN1 wheat. Results Nine homologs TaPIN1 genes were identified wheat, which TaPIN1-6 showed higher expression stem...

Proper branching and successful reproductive growth is of great importance for rice productivity. Substantial progress has been made in uncovering the molecular mechanisms underlying tillering control and spikelet sterility. However, rice tillering is developmentally controlled, and how it is regulated coordinately with reproductive growth remains unclear. This study characterized a rice mutant...