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  • Open Access
1 Citations
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24 Pages

Improved YOLOv8 Segmentation Model for the Detection of Moko and Black Sigatoka Diseases in Banana Crops with UAV Imagery

  • Byron Oviedo,
  • Cristian Zambrano-Vega,
  • Ronald Oswaldo Villamar-Torres,
  • Danilo Yánez-Cajo and
  • Kevin Cedeño Campoverde

Banana (Musa spp.) crops face severe yield and economic losses due to foliar diseases such as Moko disease and Black Sigatoka. In Ecuador, Moko outbreaks have increasingly devastated banana plantations, threatening one of the country’s most imp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,591 Views
17 Pages

Secondary Metabolites and Antioxidant Activity against Moko Disease as a Defense Mechanism of Musa spp. from the Ecuadorian Coast Area

  • Raluca A. Mihai,
  • Vanessa A. Terán-Maza,
  • Karen A. Portilla-Benalcazar,
  • Lissette E. Ramos-Guaytarilla,
  • María J. Vizuete-Cabezas,
  • Erly J. Melo-Heras,
  • Nelson S. Cubi-Insuaste and
  • Rodica D. Catana

The Musa spp. represents the most commonly produced, transitioned, and consumed fruit around the globe, with several important applications in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and food industries. Moko disease is produced by Ralstonia solanacearum&...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,544 Views
24 Pages

Characterization and Association of Rips Repertoire to Host Range of Novel Ralstonia solanacearum Strains by In Silico Approaches

  • Juan Carlos Ariute,
  • Andrei Giachetto Felice,
  • Siomar Soares,
  • Marco Aurélio Siqueira da Gama,
  • Elineide Barbosa de Souza,
  • Vasco Azevedo,
  • Bertram Brenig,
  • Flávia Aburjaile and
  • Ana Maria Benko-Iseppon

Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RSSC) cause several phytobacteriosis in many economically important crops around the globe, especially in the tropics. In Brazil, phylotypes I and II cause bacterial wilt (BW) and are indistinguishable by class...

  • Review
  • Open Access
76 Citations
12,541 Views
26 Pages

25 October 2020

The bacterial wilt pathogen, first known as Bacillus solanacearum, has undergone numerous taxonomic changes since its first description in 1896. The history and significance of this pathogen is covered in this review with an emphasis on the advances...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,282 Views
16 Pages

Strong network connections make the risk of malicious activities emerge faster while dealing with big data. An intrusion detection system (IDS) can be utilized for alerting suitable entities when hazardous actions are occurring. Most of the technique...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,507 Views
6 Pages

The Association of Gender and Mortality in Geriatric Trauma Patients

  • Shreya Pandya,
  • Timothy Le,
  • Seleshi Demissie,
  • Ahmed Zaky,
  • Shadi Arjmand,
  • Nikhil Patel,
  • Lilamarie Moko,
  • Juan Garces,
  • Paula Rivera and
  • Duraid Younan
  • + 9 authors

The association of gender with mortality in trauma remains a subject of debate. Geriatric trauma patients have a higher risk of mortality compared to younger patients. We sought to evaluate the association of gender with mortality in a group of geria...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,190 Views
17 Pages

Catalyzing Red List Assessments of Underrepresented Taxa through Partner Networks and Student Engagement

  • Monika Böhm,
  • David L. Waldien,
  • Gregory P. Setliff,
  • Kristine O. Abenis,
  • Luis F. Aguirre,
  • Perpetra Akite,
  • Marnelli S. Alviola,
  • Phillip A. Alviola,
  • José Luis Aramayo Bejarano and
  • Sheryl Yap
  • + 37 authors

1 September 2022

Global biodiversity decline is continuing largely unabated. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species (hereafter, Red List) provides us with the gold standard for assessments, but taxonomic coverage, esp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,730 Views
16 Pages

Optimal Material Search for Infrared Markers under Non-Heating and Heating Conditions

  • Yuki Kubota,
  • Yushan Ke,
  • Tomohiko Hayakawa,
  • Yushi Moko and
  • Masatoshi Ishikawa

29 September 2021

Research on optimal markers for infrared imaging and differences in their characteristics in the presence of heat sources has not yet been performed. This study investigates optimal material combinations for developing an accurate and detachable infr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,707 Views
23 Pages

Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua: The Role of Marae in Reimagining Housing Māori in the Urban Environment

  • Jenny Lee-Morgan,
  • Kim Himoana Penetito,
  • Jo Mane,
  • Ngahuia Eruera,
  • Kaatewairua Evans,
  • Luella Linaker,
  • Baari Mio,
  • Pania Newton,
  • Moana Waa and
  • Hineamaru Ropati

The supply of, and demand for, housing in Aotearoa, New Zealand, is in a state of crisis. With all other areas of social deprivation, Māori are impacted disproportionately in the housing space, and have been locked out of the housing market. In...

  • Review
  • Open Access
50 Citations
14,731 Views
16 Pages

Control of Bacterial Diseases of Banana Using CRISPR/Cas-Based Gene Editing

  • Leena Tripathi,
  • Valentine O. Ntui and
  • Jaindra N. Tripathi

Banana is an important staple food crop and a source of income for smallholder farmers in about 150 tropical and sub-tropical countries. Several bacterial diseases, such as banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW), blood, and moko disease, cause substantial imp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,102 Views
18 Pages

17 November 2021

Marae Ora, Kainga Ora (MOKO) is a three-year research study established as a marae-led intervention project to strengthen the provision of housing with five urban marae in South Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. In brief, marae are primarily places for...