A benthic barrier in which a polygonal shaped mat having straight sides is mounted on a similarly polygonal frame, but in which the frame sides bow out slightly between corners, causing the mat to stretch slightly and become taut. The frame comprises a plurality of straight leg members and a number of corner members as required by said polygonal shape. The corner members encompass interior angles which are from about 1 to about 5 degrees greater than the interior angle of the polygon defined by the straight sides of the mat. The frame member legs are rigid, but slightly flexible such that when assembled into the mat as an assembled frame, the straight legs are forced to bow out slightly between the corners, pulling the mat taut.

A benthic barrier in which a polygonal shaped mat having straight sides is mounted on a similarly polygonal frame, but in which the frame sides bow out slightly between corners, causing the mat to stretch slightly and become taut. The frame comprises a plurality of straight leg members and a number of corner members as required by said polygonal shape. The corner members encompass interior angles which are from about 1 to about 5 degrees greater than the interior angle of the polygon defined by the straight sides of the mat. The frame member legs are rigid, but slightly flexible such that when assembled into the mat as an assembled frame, the straight legs are forced to bow out slightly between the corners, pulling the mat taut.

A method including: recording a first image of a first field region; automatically treating a plant within the first region in-situ based on the first image; automatically verifying the plant treatment with a second image of the first region; and automatically treating a second region concurrently with treatment verification.

A method including: recording a first image of a first field region; automatically treating a plant within the first region in-situ based on the first image; automatically verifying the plant treatment with a second image of the first region; and automatically treating a second region concurrently with treatment verification.

A method of real-time plant selection and removal from a plant field including capturing a first image of a first section of the plant field, segmenting the first image into regions indicative of individual plants within the first section, selecting the optimal plants for retention from the first image based on the first image and the previously thinned plant field sections, sending instructions to the plant removal mechanism for removal of the plants corresponding to the unselected regions of the first image from the second section before the machine passes the unselected regions, and repeating the aforementioned steps for a second section of the plant field adjacent the first section in the direction of machine travel.

A method of real-time plant selection and removal from a plant field including capturing a first image of a first section of the plant field, segmenting the first image into regions indicative of individual plants within the first section, selecting the optimal plants for retention from the first image based on the first image and the previously thinned plant field sections, sending instructions to the plant removal mechanism for removal of the plants corresponding to the unselected regions of the first image from the second section before the machine passes the unselected regions, and repeating the aforementioned steps for a second section of the plant field adjacent the first section in the direction of machine travel.

A device for removing or killing weeds, comprising a first image capturing apparatus for capturing a first ground image, a data processing unit connected thereto and an agricultural machine controlled by the data processing unit, which is designed for the targeted removal or killing of weeds, wherein the data processing apparatus is configured to receive the first ground image from the first image capturing apparatus, to receive manually determined position data from at least one connected terminal, which indicate the position of weeds and/or crops and/or ground structures, e.g. rows of plants, which have been detected in the first ground image by one or more users, and, on the basis of the position data, to control the agricultural machine in such a way that it removes or kills the weeds in a targeted manner.

Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to generate one or more confidence values associated with one or more objects identified by one or more neural networks. In at least one embodiment, one or more confidence values associated with one or more objects identified by one or more neural networks are generated based on, for example, one or more neural network outputs.

Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to generate one or more confidence values associated with one or more objects identified by one or more neural networks. In at least one embodiment, one or more confidence values associated with one or more objects identified by one or more neural networks are generated based on, for example, one or more neural network outputs.

The present invention aims to provide a microcapsule composition that enables reduction or prevention of injury of useful plants caused by pyroxasulfone, a production method therefor, an agrochemical formulation containing the same, and a weed control method. A microcapsule composition including pyroxasulfone and a polyester block copolymer encapsulated therein, an agrochemical formulation containing the same, and a weed control method are provided. A method of producing the microcapsule composition, the method including: an emulsifying dispersion step of performing high-speed stirring of pyroxasulfone crystal particles, a polyester block copolymer, isocyanate, oily phase, and aqueous phase at a peripheral speed of 10,000 to 50,000 mm/s to allow emulsifying dispersion of the oily phase in the aqueous phase, to form emulsion particles of the oily phase; and a membrane formation step of forming a membrane on at least the surface of the emulsion particles of the oily phase formed by the emulsifying dispersion step; is also provided.