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Francisco Albert

In-line Sorting of Processed Fruit Using Computer Vision

Nowadays, there is a growing demand for quality fruits and vegetables that are simple to prepare and consume, like minimally processed fruits. These products have to accomplish some particular characteristics to make them more attractive to the consumers, like a similar appearance and the total absence of external defects. Although recent advances in machine vision have allowed for the automatic inspection of fresh fruit and vegetables, there are no commercially available equipments for sorting of minority processed fruits, like arils of pomegranate (Punica granatum L) or segments of Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu) ready to eat. This work describes a complete solution based on machine visi…

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Planes de recuperación de flora amenazada de la comunidad valenciana. Resultados tras tres años de la aprobación de la normativa legal

The Valencian Community (Spain) holds three plant species (Cistus heterophyllus Desf., Limonium perplexum L. Sáez & Rosselló and Silene hifacensis Rouy ex Willk.) listed into the category In danger of extinction, for which there is a joint Recovery Plan passed by the Valencian Government through the Order 1/2015, January 8, of the Department of Infrastructures, Land and Environment. Among the aims of this Recovery Plan, to improve the conservation status of these species in the Valencian territory, provisions of its Article 3 are highlighted. This article specifies that they population values that justify their passage of the category In danger of extinction to Vulnerable must be reached. T…

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Evolución de las poblaciones y aspectos de conservación del endemismo valenciano en peligro de extinción Limonium perplexum

Limonium perplexum Sáez & Rosselló (Plumbaginaceae) es un endemismo exclusivo de la Comunidad Valenciana (Sáez & Rosselló, 1999), únicamente presente en los acantilados de la Sierra de Irta (Peñíscola, Castellón) (Gómez-Serrano et al., 2005), donde se localiza la única población nativa conocida hasta la fecha, dentro de la microrreserva de flora denominada "Torre de la Badum".

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