A method for automatic segmentation and splitting of hyperspectral images of raspberry plants collected in field conditions.

Hyperspectral imaging is a technology that can be used to monitor plant responses to stress. Hyperspectral images have a full spectrum for each pixel in the image, 400-2500 nm in this case, giving detailed information about the spectral reflectance of the plant. Although this technology has been used in laboratory-based controlled lighting conditions for early detection of plant disease, the transfer of such technology to imaging plants in field conditions presents a number of challenges.

The development of a PCR-based marker linked to resistance to the blackcurrant gall mite (Cecidophyopsis ribis Acari: Eriophyidae).

Gall mite (Cecidophyopsis ribis) is the most serious pest of blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum L.), causing the damaging condition known as 'big bud' and also transmitting blackcurrant reversion virus (BRV) within and between plantations. The identification of resistant germplasm is at present a time-consuming and expensive process, dependent on field infestation plots.