Assessing blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria) propagation and pollination services in the presence of honey bees (Apis mellifera) in Utah tart cherries

Osmia lignaria is a commercially available, native solitary bee species recognized for its propensity to forage upon and pollinate tree fruit crops such as apple, almond and cherry.This study evaluated the implementation of O.lignaria co-pollination with honey bees in central Utah commercial tart cherry orchards during 2017 and 2018 bloom.Three pai

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Geological characteristics and models of fault-fold-fracture body in deep tight sandstone of the second member of Upper Triassic Xujiahe Formation in Xinchang structural belt of Sichuan Basin, SW China

In the second member of the Upper Triassic Xujiahe Formation (T3x2) in the Xinchang area, western Sichuan Basin, only a low percent of reserves has been recovered, and the geological model of gas reservoir sweet spot remains unclear.Based on a large number of core, field outcrop, test and logging-seismic data, the T3x2 gas reservoir in the Xinchang

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The Use of Optimal Management Tasks for Verification and Adjustment of New Product Release Planning in Discrete Production Systems

The present paper investigates a modern issue of predictive models for optimal management used to enhance the performance of production system management that can be Shorts achieved by a joint consideration and synchronization of internal and external processes of an examined system.Volume planning task is considered as a task that helps verify the

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