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concept of optical (remote) sensing as a method to improve and automate phytotoxicity assessments of ornamental crops. Assessment of phytotoxicity in ornamental plants is typically based on visual inspection of leaves, shoots, or flowers at different

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on soil temperatures. Through visual inspection of the turf canopy on multiple rating dates, the differences in canopy temperatures did not stimulate earlier green-up of colorant-treated vs. untreated zoysiagrass. Table 4. Effect of colorant on canopy

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no differences in spring green-up of colorant-treated vs. untreated ‘Chisholm’ zoysiagrass at 2.5-inch mowing height. In our current study, through visual inspection at multiple rating dates, green leaves were observed emerging from colorant

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inspection, the overall visual appearance of boxed grapes was rated according to the following scale: 1 = excellent, 2 = acceptable, or 3 = commercially unacceptable ( Crisosto et al., 2002 ). The data were subjected to a one-way analysis of variance using

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9813-6N; Hanna Instruments, Woonsocket, RI). Greenhouse pests were monitored with sticky cards and plant inspections ( Gill and Sanderson, 1998 ; Powell and Lindquist, 1997 ). Yellow sticky cards were placed among the poinsettias at canopy height and

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). The recommendation also puts responsibility on growers to demonstrate during the inspection process and certification review that “biodegradation of the mulch film is occurring so that it does not accumulate in the fields where it is used” ( NOSB, 2012

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large degree. We developed a classification based on visual inspection of the data on percent reduction in DW at the 4.0-dS·m −1 vs. 14.2-dS·m −1 treatments and this correlates to four clusters we noted from Table 1 . Photographs at harvest taken from

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agricultural IPM consultants to assess grape rust mite populations. The rinse in bag method was developed to meet this need. Procedural aspects of the RIB method were examined and compared with both direct visual counts of mites on plant tissues and to ethanol

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received 14% of the previous week's ET o every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. Visual inspection during the establishment period ensured that wetting fronts from drip irrigation lines reached the soil surface and moistened the soil uniformly. The

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al. (p. 843 ) developed methods by which bolting could be detected either visually at 40 days after transplanting, or microscopically at 30 days after transplanting. Early detection of bolting using the visual or microscopic criteria provided celery

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