Deep Learning Methods Using Imagery from a Smartphone for Recognizing Sorghum Panicles and Counting Grains at a Plant Level.

High-throughput phenotyping is the bottleneck for advancing field trait characterization and yield improvement in major field crops. Specifically for sorghum ( L.), rapid plant-level yield estimation is highly dependent on characterizing the number of grains within a panicle.

Multiple channels, low-cost, and dual data storage data logger for building a soil temperature network.

Temperature measurement is critical in many areas of research, particularly in agriculture, where it can have a significant impact on crop health and yield. Experiments such as seed germination often require numerous temperature sensors to collect extensive data. Typically, data loggers are used to store information, but market options are expensive and offer limited, non-customizable inputs (channels), creating challenges for comprehensive soil temperature monitoring.

Endolithic Fungal Diversity in Antarctic Oligocene Rock Samples Explored Using DNA Metabarcoding.

In this study, we evaluated the fungal diversity present associated with cores of Oligocene rocks using a DNA metabarcoding approach. We detected 940,969 DNA reads grouped into 198 amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) representing the phyla , , , , , , , , , (Fungi) and the fungal-like (Stramenopila), in rank abundance order. , sp.

Genomic analysis of feed efficiency traits in beef cattle using random regression models.

Feed efficiency plays a major role in the overall profitability and sustainability of the beef cattle industry, as it is directly related to the reduction of the animal demand for input and methane emissions. Traditionally, the average daily feed intake and weight gain are used to calculate feed efficiency traits. However, feed efficiency traits can be analysed longitudinally using random regression models (RRMs), which allow fitting random genetic and environmental effects over time by considering the covariance pattern between the daily records.

Influence of the intertropical convergence zone on early cretaceous plant distribution in the South Atlantic.

The influence of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) in the emerging South Atlantic region during the late Aptian (Early Cretaceous) is reflected in the spatio-temporal distribution of plant communities recorded in eight Brazilian sedimentary basins. The distribution of the bioclimatic groups of hygrophytes, hydrophytes, tropical lowland flora, upland flora, and xerophytes was quantified using pollen and spores. A predominance of xerophytes from the tropical xerophytic shrubland biome characterized the pre-evaporitic, evaporitic, and post-evaporitic paleoclimatic phases, in particular the evaporitic phase.

Genomic evaluation for novel stayability traits in Nellore cattle.

Cow stayability plays a major role on the overall profitability of the beef cattle industry, as it is directly related to reproductive efficiency and cow's longevity. Stayability (STAY63) is usually defined as the ability of the cow to calve at least three times until 76 months of age. This is a late-measured and lowly heritable trait, which consequently constrains genetic progress per time unit.