This study examined how proximity to sunflower crops affects the abundance and community structure of mutualists and antagonists of wild sunflowers, and how this alters natural selection on floral traits. The researchers found that mutualists like pollinators were more abundant near crops, while antagonists like seed predators were more abundant farther from crops. Natural selection on floral traits also differed between wild sunflowers near and far from crops, driven by changes in mutualist and antagonist communities with proximity to agriculture. This suggests agricultural landscapes can alter natural selection in native plant species.
Poster prepared by Martha Cronina, Genevieve Lamondb, Fabien Balaguerb, Flavia Venturinib, Tesfaye Sidaa, Tim Pagellab and Fergus Sinclair at the Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) Science Workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 9–10 July 2013
Poster prepared by Martha Cronina, Genevieve Lamondb, Fabien Balaguerb, Flavia Venturinib, Tesfaye Sidaa, Tim Pagellab and Fergus Sinclair at the Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) Science Workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 9–10 July 2013
Pollinator Conservation on Small Farms by Nancy Adamson at CFSA12 on 26-28 Oc...Nancy Adamson
Pollinator Conservation on Small Farms
Presenter Nancy Lee Adamson, Pollinator Conservation Specialist of the Xerces Society & NRCS East National Technology Support Center (at CFSA12)
This workshop highlights the role of native bees in fruit and vegetable crop pollination, a few of the most common crop pollinators, and ways to support bees and other beneficial insects on farms. The key components of supporting pollinators are providing nectar and pollen through the growing season, nesting sites, and protection from pesticides. Organic growers prize diversity; enhancing plant diversity for pollinators is an effective way to meet National Organic Program requirements to improve natural diversity. Common bee crop pollinators will be on display throughout the conference in the exhibit area.
NANCY LEE ADAMSON studied native bee crop pollinators in Virginia while earning a doctorate in entomology. Nancy has long been involved in ecological restoration, propagating native plants, and promoting ecologically-minded landscaping in the mid-Atlantic US. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation works closely with the NRCS to support pollinators and other beneficial insects by promot- ing “farming for bees.” Nancy supports farmers and others interested in pollinator conservation through planting habitat, minimizing pesticide use, and increasing awareness of the importance of native bees in crop pollination.
Micro- organisms transform organic matter into plant nutrients that are assimilated by plants. Soil organisms represent a large fraction of global terrestrial .
A herbicide-resistant weed is a weed species that has developed the ability to survive application of a herbicide which previously controlled it. The intensive and continuous use of the same herbicide(s) over the last few decades has resulted in the evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds.
Seeds begin to germinate as soils begin to warm up in early spring and continue to germinate throughout the growing season. Annual weeds complete their entire life cycle in a single growing season. However, some of these weeds can also be perennials or biennials.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
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Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
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JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
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Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
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Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
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- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
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We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
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In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
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Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
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Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*
Poster
1. Effects of agriculture on evolution of native species
Scott A. Chamberlain1, Kenneth D. Whitney2, and Jennifer A. Rudgers2
1 Simon Fraser University, Canada – 2 Rice University, USA
The Idea What did we find? What did we find?...
• Agriculture covers ~50% of vegetated land surface Predictions Results
4. Contribution of mutualists and antagonists to
• Evolution is altered in agricultural landscapes selection on native plant floral traits?
– Gene flow occurs from crops to wild relative plants Does proximity to crops alter:
– Evolution of resistance occurs in plants to GMOs 1. Abundance of mutualists and antagonists?
– Evolution of plants and insect pests in response to
Visits inflorescence-1
herbicides and peseticides
Abundance
• Yet, we know less of how natural selection is altered
min-1
in agricultural landscapes through species interactions
• Much evidence for altered biotic communities Far Near
• How do changes in abundance and community structure
of mutualists and antagonists near sunflower crops
Abundance
alter natural selection on flower traits in wild
sunflowers
Far Near
The Questions
Does proximity to crops alter: 2. Community structure of mutualists and antagonists?
1. Abundance of mutualists and antagonists?
2. Community structure of mutualists and antagonists?
3. Selection on native plant floral traits? What does it mean
4. Contribution of mutualists and antagonists to
Conclusions
selection on native plant floral traits? • Sunflower mutualists more abundant near,
antagonists more abundant far from crops
The Approach No difference for antagonists • Beta-diversity of mutualists greater near crops
Natural habitat • Natural selection altered by proximity to sunflower
Agricultural
crops
Other Crop
landscape [corn/sorghum/ • Changes in mutualist/antagonist communities drive
wheat/cotton]
differences in selection near vs. far from crops
Distance Far
~ 2.5 km
3. Selection on native plant floral traits? • This is one of few studies to show agricultural
effects on natural selection across a landscape in a
native plant species
Sunflower Crop
Distance
Implications
Near ≤ 10 m • Mutualist-antagonist framework may be useful in
Proximity to sunflowers (2 levels) understanding agricultural effects on plant evolution
X
Seed source (2 levels)
• Natural selection altered in agricultural landscapes,
BUT contrary to expectation
@ 5 sites in ‘10, @ 2 sites in ‘11
Data Collected
• Pollinators: pollinator observations Scott Chamberlain
• Seed predators: counted damaged seeds
scott.sfu@gmail.com - @recology_ QR Code
• Folivores: leaf damage
http://schamberlain.github.com/scott here