Emerging Technologies in Agriculture and Food Science

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Foreword
Preface
List of Contributors
Active Compounds from Pomegranate Seed: New Source for Food Applications
	Slim Smaoui*, 1, Mariam Fourati1, Hajer Ben Hlima2, Khaoula Elhadef1, Olfa Ben Braïek3, Ahlem Chakchouk-Mtibaa1, Imen Sellem1 and Lotfi Mellouli1
	INTRODUCTION
	BOTANICAL ASPECTS OF POMEGRANATE
		PS Phytochemical Content
		Advanced Analytical Chemistry of Phenolic Compound from PS
		Potential Antimicrobial Activity of PS
		PS Antioxidant Activity
		Biopreservation of Food and Agri-food Products Formulated with PS Extracts
			Meat Products
			Pasta
			Yoghurts
			Animal Feeding
	CONCLUSION
	FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
	CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
	CONFLICT OF INTEREST
	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	REFERENCES
Application of Enterococci and their Bacteriocins for Meat Biopreservation
	Olfa Ben Braïek1,*, Paola Cremonesi2 and Stefano Morandi3
	INTRODUCTION
		General Characteristics of Enterococci
		Bacteriocins Produced by Enterococci
			General Characteristics and Inhibitory Spectrum
			Classification of Enterocins
			Mechanism of Action
		Application of Enterococci and their Bacteriocins in Meat
			Challenges of their Application in Meat
			Advantages of their Application in Meat
			Current Applications of Enterococci and their Enterocins in Meat Preservation
		Limits of Enterococci and Enterocins Use in Meat Biopreservation
			Limits of Enterococci
			Limits of Enterocins
		Combinations between Bacteriocinogenic Enterococci and/or Enterococcal Bacteriocins with Other Antimicrobials or Preservation Treatments
	CONCLUSION
	CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
	CONFLICT OF INTEREST
	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	REFERENCES
Technological Advancement in the Detection and Identification of Plant Pathogens
	Yaakoub Gharbi*, Emna Bouazizi, Manel Cheffi and Mohamed Ali Triki
	INTRODUCTION
	SEROLOGICAL BASED METHODS
		Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay
		Immunofluorescence
	NUCLEIC ACID-BASED METHODS
		DNA-based PCR Methods
	RNA-BASED METHODS
	NON-INVASIVE DETECTION METHODS
		Imaging Methods
			Thermography
			Fluorescence Imaging
			Hyperspectral Imaging
	DETECTION OF PLANT PATHOGENS USING BIOSENSORS
	CONCLUSIONS
	CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
	CONFLICT OF INTEREST
	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	REFERENCES
Machine Learning for Precision Agriculture: Methods and Applications
	Ennio Ottaviani1,2,*, Enrico Barelli1 and Karim Ennouri3,4
	INTRODUCTION
	MACHINE LEARNING AND COMPUTER VISION OVERVIEW
		Statistics and Machine Learning
		Computer Vision and Deep Learning
	APPLICATIONS OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE AND USE-CASES
		Crop Yield Prediction and Evaluation
		Soil Management and Description
		Disease, Weed, Pest Detection and Management
		Phenology Recognition
		Livestock and Aquaculture Applications
	CONCLUSION
	CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
	CONFLICT OF INTEREST
	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	REFERENCES
Use of Remote Sensing Technology and Geographic Information System for Agriculture and Environmental Observation
	Karim Ennouri1,*, Ennio Ottaviani2,3, Slim Smaoui4 and Mohamed Ali Triki1
	INTRODUCTION
	REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM: GENERALITIES
	GIS AND REMOTE SENSING INTEGRATION
	SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE OF FOLIAGE
	CHARACTERISTICS OF REMOTELY SENSED RECORDS
		Spatial Resolution
		Spectral Resolution
		Radiometric Resolution
		Temporal Resolution
	IMAGE CLASSIFICATION
		Hard Classification
		Unsupervised Classification
		Supervised Classification
		Expert knowledge-Cased Classification
		Soft Classification
		Object Criented Image Analysis
	LAND USE AND LAND COVER
		Definitions
		Vegetation Observing and Mapping
		Ways of Assessing Foliage State
			Multi-Temporal Analysis
			Macroscopic Visualisation of Vegetation Conversion and Change
	APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING IN VEGETATION INVENTORY
		Field Measuring
		Aerial Measuring
		Satellites
		Synchronized Applications of Modelisation and Remote Sensing in Vegetation Analysis
			Empirical Theory
			Physical Theory
			Dual Mixture: Artificial Neural Networks
	CONCLUSION
	CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
	CONFLICT OF INTEREST
	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	REFERENCES
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