DIGITAL TWIN FOR THE FUTURE OF ORCHARD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

Digital Twin for the Future of Orchard Production Systems

The evolution of orchard production systems towards higher density layouts, makes monitoring of canopy and disease increasingly important.Technological advances over the last few years have greatly increased our ability to collect, collate and analyse our data on a per-tree basis at large orchard scales.We call this the Digital-Twin Orchard.A digit

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Lauren N. Rice, Sara Lindsay, Paul Rawson*

Foot Care The shell-boring polychaete worm Polydora websteri, also known as blister worm, is a pest species that infests the shells of several commercially important shellfish species, including those of the oysters Crassostrea virginica and C.gigas.Historical records indicate that infestations of blister worm have impacted shellfish culture worldw

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The Political Economy of Economic and Productivity Growth: An Interview with Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, Authors of "Why Nations Fail"

In fast-growing developing countries, rapid productivity growth is largely driven by economic growth.Consequently, an understanding of the reasons for this strong productivity growth requires a broader perspective on the dynamics of the overall growth process.In early 2012 Daron Acemoglu, an economist at MIT and James A.Robinson, a political 619 sc

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