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The potential risk of bactrocera dorsalis (Tephritidae) invasion into the fruit...
Wijekoon, Chandana Dammika; Duarte, Amilcar; Neto, LuísBactrocera dorsalis (Hendel, 1912) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is considered a highly invasive fruit fly species already widespread in Indo-Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. In recent years, this species has extended its range into new regions previously considered unsuitable, posing an alarming new risk for the subtropical regions of Europe. This review aimed to assess the potential risk of B. dorsalis invasion into the...
Efficient integration of industry 4.0 technologies in mobile industrial and for...
Torres, Pedro; Vilela, Francisco; Spencer, Geoffrey; Neto, LuísAs industries embrace the transformative wave of Industry 4.0, the integration of advanced technologies into mobile industrial and forestry machines becomes pivotal for efficient fleet management. This paper explores the challenges and opportunities associated with the incorporation of Industry 4.0 technologies in Mobile machines, focusing on their mobility and applicability in forestry operations. The study de...
Current distribution of the African citrus psyllid Trioza erytreae in Portugal:...
Duarte, Beatriz; Poeira, Rita; Magalhães, Tomás; Paiva, Paulo; Soares, Celestino; Neto, Luís; Marques, Natália; Duarte, AmilcarThe onset of Trioza erytreae, the African citrus psyllid, in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula (north of Portugal and northwest of Spain) caused great concern among citrus growers in Europe. This insect is a vector of the bacteria Candidatus Liberibacter spp., the causal agent of huanglongbing, one of the most devastating citrus diseases. The first report of T. erytreae presence in mainland Europe refers t...
Poda de Citrinos na Região Mediterrânica. Manual Técnico
Barrote, Isabel; Neto, Luís; Guerrero, Carlos; Marques, Natália; Duarte, AmilcarA poda é uma prática comum em citrinos, mas que é por vezes questionada, por se tratar de uma operação dispendiosa e por as árvores não podadas terem produções razoáveis. No entanto, a poda tem provado ser de particular importância na citricultura mediterrânica, orientada para a produção de frutos para consumo em fresco. Nesta citricultura a poda permite aumentar a qualidade do fruto, a qual é altamente valoriz...
Pitaya as a new alternative crop for Iberian Peninsula: Biology and edaphoclima...
Trindade, Ana Rita; Paiva, Paulo; Lacerda, Vander; Marques, Natália; Neto, Luís; Duarte, AmilcarPitaya is one of the fruit species whose demand has increased in recent years due to the numerous health benefits and lucrative price of the fruit and its by-products. In Europe, the Iberian Peninsula and other Mediterranean countries are the ones with favorable climatic conditions for its cultivation. This document describes much of the history of pitaya in the Iberian Peninsula and the difficulties related to...
Manual técnico: a cultura da Pitaia
Trindade, Ana Rita; Trindade, Diamantino; Marques, Natália; Neto, Luís; Duarte, AmilcarO Algarve é uma região com grande tradição frutícola. A alfarrobeira e a laranja são as principais culturas, com mais de metade de toda a superfície ocupada com culturas permanentes. A implementação de novas culturas permite ampliar e diversificar a fruticultura da região, o que lhe adita valor e conduz a uma maior sustentabilidade da atividade agrícola.
HLB e a psila-africana-dos citrinos: um novo problema e novas soluções
Magalhães, Tomás; Duarte, Beatriz; Poeira, Rita; Neto, Luís; Marques, N T.; Duarte, AmilcarOs citrinos são uma cultura importante na Península Ibérica, fazendo parte da dieta mediterrânica e contribuindo para a economia dos dois países. Atualmente a citricultura desta região está ameaçada por uma doença devastadora, o huanglongbing, uma vez que a psila-africana-dos-citrinos, vetor da bactéria que causa esta doença, já se encontra em quase toda a região costeira de Portugal e também no norte de Espanh...
Machinery retrofiting for industry 4.0
Torres, Pedro; Dionísio, Rogério Pais; Malhão, Sérgio; Neto, Luís; Gonçalves, GilThe paper presents an approach for the retrofitting of industrial looms on the shop floor of a textile industry. This is a real case study, where there was a need to update the equipment, providing the machines with communication features aligned with the concept of Industry 4.0. The work was developed within the scope of the research project PRODUTECH-SIF: Solutions for the Industry of the Future. Temperature,...
4SpecID: reference DNA libraries auditing and annotation system for forensic ap...
Neto, Luís; Pinto, Nádia; Proença, Alberto José; Amorim, António; Conde-Sousa, EduardoForensic genetics is a fast-growing field that frequently requires DNA-based taxonomy, namely, when evidence are parts of specimens, often highly processed in food, potions, or ointments. Reference DNA-sequences libraries, such as BOLD or GenBank, are imperative tools for taxonomic assignment, particularly when morphology is inadequate for classification. The auditing and curation of these datasets require reli...
On the development of a component model for the realization of Industry 4.0
Neto, Luís; Gonçalves, Gil; Torres, Pedro; Dionísio, Rogério PaisThe fourth industrial revolution promotes Industrial Cyber Physical Systems (ICPS) as the key to achieve smart, efficient, flexible and self-organizing production plants. In a shop floor there are heterogeneous physical and logical assets that form the ICPS. But without proper communication and composition techniques the integration of these assets in ICPS is compromised. Component Based Software Engineering (C...