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Botanic gardens around the world maintain collections of living plants for science, conservation,
education, beauty and more. These collections change over time – in scope and content …

The electronic transmission or recording of moving images has always presented challenges
because of the sheer volume of information that must be handled. From the early days it …

The maintenance and expansion of urban forests is a major challenge in periods of low
rainfall and restricted availability of appropriatequality water sources for trees. The recent …

Environmental context.Effective mitigation of algal blooms, and their associated detrimental
impacts on flora and fauna, requires an understanding of the factors leading to bloom …

Processing of 8-bit video signals conforming to CCIR Rec. 601 can result in visible artifacts,
particularly in gradually shaded areas of an image. Much confusion has resulted from …

An undescribed species of Phytophthora, previously known only from asparagus, is reported
causing a basal leaf rot leading to plant death in members of the Agavaceae at the Royal …

In 2016, the publication of the pioneering Landscape Succession Strategy heralded a
horticultural response by Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria to climate change risks faced by their …

Empirical analysis of evapotranspiration (ETo) and crop coefficients (Kc) is readily available
for plant monocultures such as many agricultural crops and ornamental turf. However, these …

Biosecurity describes the protection of living plant assets, environmental habitat, and industries
from biological threats such as ‘pests’ that may cause damage or disease. The term pest …