Start Now to Design Citrus Groves for Mechanical Harvesting by Bob Rouse, Steve Futch

“…It is a general consensus among industry leaders that efficiencies in harvesting offer the greatest potential to reduce costs and keep our juice industry economically viable. Other tree crops (tart and sweet cherry, pistachios, prunes, olives) that would have been lost, have moved to mechanical harvesting to survive, but a generation of change was required and thinking had to be adjusted in lines with a commodity. …”
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Carbon Sequestration and Storage by Gainesville’s Urban Forest by Francisco Escobedo, Jennifer A. Seitz, Wayne Zipperer

“…In addition, decomposing trees and mulch, tree maintenance activities, and improperly placed trees that cause shading in winter can also result in emissions of CO2, so it is important for communities to reduce fossil fuel emissions and manage for and preserve large, healthy trees to maximize the amount of CO2 sequestered by an urban forest. …”
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Paesaggio e paesaggisti nell’istruzione superiore francese by Camilla Barbero

“…A short research explore the French contest analyzing tree study-cases : the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Paysage de Versailles, the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et Paysage de Bordeaux, the Institut National d’Horticulture et Paysage d’Angers. …”
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L’arbre urbain : métissage et créolité à Tamatave (Madagascar) by Jean-Baptiste Bing

“…The first part of the article presents the theoretical and historical background revealing the links between the urban landscape of Toamasina and the mixed Creole identity of the city; the second examines the plural nature of the functions of the tree in this landscape, relating these to the different territorial dimensions expressed through the trees, and finally outlines further aspects for consideration regarding the pluridisciplinary nature of the urban landscape, its management and its evolutions.…”
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Autonomous Navigation of Robots Based on the Improved Informed-RRT∗ Algorithm and DWA by Jun Dai, Dongfang Li, Junwei Zhao, Yanqin Li

“…Second, the search scope of the potential optimal parent node becomes the constructed path, instead of the node tree, which reduces the number of nodes to be searched and improves the navigation efficiency. …”
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Fortunella spp., Kumquat by Michael G. Andreu, Melissa H. Friedman, Robert J. Northrop

“…Because kumquats generally require less care than other citrus trees, they may be a good choice for gardeners with less time or experience, but who still desire an attractive and tasty citrus tree. …”
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Unusual Case of Life-Threatening Gastro Intestinal Bleed from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Case Report and Review of Literature by Puneet Menaria, Venkata Muddana

“…Literature review shows SAP can bleed into stomach or pancreatic pseudocyst or biliary tree and peritoneal cavity; however, there are no previous reported cases of SAP bleeding into distal duodenum. …”
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Higgs alignment from multicritical-point principle in two Higgs doublet models by Hikaru Kawai, Kiyoharu Kawana, Kin-ya Oda, Kei Yagyu

“…Furthermore, we discuss the possibility of realizing the Yukawa alignment from the MPP, which is necessary to prevent flavor-changing neutral currents mediated by Higgs bosons at tree level, and find that it seems difficult to realize it by the MPP due to the non-diagonal structure of the CKM matrix.…”
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Casuarina equisetifolia, Australian Pine by Michael G. Andreu, Melissa H. Friedman, Robert J. Northrop

“…For those who find this tree in close proximity to their home, it’s a good idea to replace it since Australian pine is known to have a very low resistance to wind. …”
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Field Identification of Citrus Blight by Stephen H. Futch, Kenneth S. Derrick, Ronald H. Brlansky

“… Citrus blight is a disease that causes thousands of trees to become unproductive every year, resulting in losses in excess of $60 million annually. …”
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Field Identification of Citrus Canker Symptoms and Decontamination Procedures by Mongi Zekri, Holly L. Chamberlain, Pete Timmer, Pamela D. Roberts, Rosa M. Muchovej

“…Severe infestation can cause defoliation, premature fruit drop, twig dieback, general tree decline, and very bad blemishes on fruit. Trees infected with citrus canker become weak, unproductive, and unprofitable. …”
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Field Identification of Citrus Canker Symptoms and Decontamination Procedures by Mongi Zekri, Holly L. Chamberlain, Pete Timmer, Pamela D. Roberts, Rosa M. Muchovej

“…Severe infestation can cause defoliation, premature fruit drop, twig dieback, general tree decline, and very bad blemishes on fruit. Trees infected with citrus canker become weak, unproductive, and unprofitable. …”
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A Stored Products Pest (no official common name), Oryzaephilus acuminatus (Insecta: Coleoptera: Silvanidae) by Michael C. Thomas, Robert E. Woodruff

“… A commercial nursery in Fort Myers, Florida imported seeds of the neem tree (Azadirachta indica A. Juas) from India to be used for their purported insecticidal properties. …”
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Fiddlewood Leafroller, Seagrape Moth (suggested common names) Epicorsia oedipodalis (Guenée, 1854) (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia: Pyraloidea: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae) by William H. Kern

“…Although these leaf-eating pests do no permanent damage, they can completely defoliate fiddlewood, a Florida native that can form a large shrub or small tree. The shrub simply puts out a new flush of leaves. …”
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Controlled-Release Fertilizers for Florida Citrus Production by Tom Obreza, Bob Rouse

“…Synthetic controlled-release fertilizers (CRFs) have existed commercially for more than 35 years, but other than use in young-tree fertilizer blends, Florida citrus growers have avoided them due to high cost and lack of production experience. …”
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Epididymo-Orchitis as a Presenting Feature of Relapsing Polychondritis: A Case Report by Kuljeet Bhamra, Rachel Weerasinghe, Alan Steuer

“…It is characterized by recurrent inflammation of cartilaginous structures including the ears, nose, tracheo-bronchial tree and peripheral joints. Proteoglycan-rich structures such as the heart, eyes and blood vessels can also be affected. …”
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Identification of Abnormal Biliary Anatomy Utilizing Real-Time Near-Infrared Cholangiography: A Report of Two Cases by Joseph Bozzay, Diego Vicente, Elliot M. Jessie, Carlos J. Rodriguez

“…This report details two cases where the PINPOINT Endoscopic Fluorescence Imaging System (NOVADAQ, Ontario, Canada) was used to identify anomalies of the biliary tree and guide operative decision-making.…”
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Rethinking Wildlife in Your Florida-Friendly Edible Landscape by Tina McIntyre, Hamutahl Cohen, Rachel Gutner, Tiare Silvasy, Esen Momol

“…This new 5-page publication of the UF/IFAS Environmental Horticulture Department provides a useful decision tree that helps users make choices regarding the species in their managed area. …”
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Improved continuous enhancement routing solution for energy-aware data aggregation in wireless sensor networks by Edson Ticona-Zegarra, Rafael CS Schouery, Leandro A Villas, Flávio K Miyazawa

“…The obtained results show that ICER significantly extends the network lifetime while maintaining the quality of the routing tree.…”
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Emerging from a PleurX Draining Catheter: An Unexpected Diagnosis by Hasan Arafat, Hamza A Abdul-Hafez, Ali Sabateen

“…However, in significantly rare cases, it can affect unexpected body regions, such as biliary tree, pancreas, and the lung. Case presentation: A 68-year-old female patient underwent PleurX tube insertion due to malignant pleural effusion. …”
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