{ "document_id": 16040, "page": 5, "width_pt": 1224, "height_pt": 792, "rotation": 0, "pipeline_version": "paddleocr-vl-1.6+paul-48", "engine": "paddleocr_vl", "source_run_id": 16154, "item_count": 29, "counts_by_type": { "figure": 3, "footer": 4, "footnote": 2, "list": 1, "list_item": 2, "text": 16, "title": 1 }, "build_ms": 4, "items": [ { "id": "p5.1", "order": 1, "type": "figure", "bbox": { "l": 54.48, "t": 738.96, "r": 355.44, "b": 568.8 }, "text": "", "attrs": { "block_label": "image" } }, { "id": "p5.2", "order": 2, "type": "figure", "bbox": { "l": 53.76, "t": 564, "r": 355.44, "b": 393.84 }, "text": "", "attrs": { "block_label": "image" } }, { "id": "p5.3", "order": 3, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 49.92, "t": 339.12, "r": 346.56, "b": 246.24 }, "text": "KSU-Atwood[p5.3.1] and KSU-Benson[p5.3.2] are new high-yielding pawpaw varieties that have been released to the public by the Kentucky State University pawpaw research team. KSU-Benson[p5.3.3] was released at the end of 2016 at the 4th International Pawpaw Conference held at Kentucky State University. The fruit is named for Dr. Harold R. 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He is working to expand on successful research and Cooperative Extension programs by increasing focus in poultry, plant breeding, urban ag, and food science. KSU's Cooperative Extension Program will also be extending its commitment to rural urban communities in the areas of 4-H, community development, family and consumer science, and agriculture.\nKENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY HAS THE ONLY FULL-TIME PAWPAW RESEARCH PROGRAM IN THE WORLD." }, { "id": "p5.7", "order": 11, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 382.32, "t": 723.36, "r": 539.28, "b": 588.24 }, "text": "KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY\nHAS THE ONLY FULL-TIME\nPAWPAW RESEARCH PROGRAM IN THE WORLD." }, { "id": "p5.8", "order": 12, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 379.44, "t": 550.08, "r": 542.4, "b": 387.36 }, "text": "THERE ARE OVER 2,000 ACCESSIONS (TREES) FROM 17 STATES THAT ARE PLANTED ON 12 ACRES AT THE KSU FARM." }, { "id": "p5.9", "order": 13, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 369.84, "t": 360.48, "r": 538.08, "b": 333.12 }, "text": "Kentucky State University has released two new\npawpaw varieties:" }, { "id": "p5.10", "order": 14, "type": "list", "bbox": { "l": 368.88, "t": 332.4, "r": 546.72, "b": 202.8 }, "text": "", "attrs": { "item_count": 2 }, "children": [ { "id": "p5.10.1", "order": 15, "type": "list_item", "bbox": { "l": 369.36, "t": 332.4, "r": 543.6, "b": 276.72 }, "text": "KSU-Atwood™, is named for Rufus B. 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Producers and vegetables/fruit processors have very low tolerance for presence of insects or damage to meet consumer demand for damage and insect-free food. Sweet corn and blackberries, especially the fresh market products, are sprayed intensely with insecticides to minimize the presence of insects and to ensure that little insect damage occurs to the ears or fruit. Sustainable farming practices offer ways to potentially lower input costs, decrease reliance on nonrenewable resources, and obtain premium prices for agricultural commodities compared to those conventionally produced. However, a major constraint to adoption of sustainable insect management and control practices is the lack of research-based information concerning more ecological methods." }, { "id": "p5.15", "order": 21, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 662.64, "t": 188.4, "r": 908.88, "b": 81.12 }, "text": "Dr. John Sedlacek, associate professor in the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources and chair of the college's undergraduate and graduate degree programs, conducts research on conservation biological control using native perennial plants and synthetic insect attractants to increase biodiversity of insect predators and parasitoids to manage pest insects in annual and perennial crops.\n“Specifically we are attracting several species of lady beetles, lacewings, big eyed bugs, minute pirate bugs, ground beetles and other predators and parasitoids of sweet corn and blackberry pests to these crops,” Sedlacek says." }, { "id": "p5.16", "order": 22, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 921.84, "t": 333.84, "r": 1172.88, "b": 149.28 }, "text": "Conservation Biological Control (CBC) seeks to preserve and increase abundance and activity of beneficial insect populations in a crop setting. The overall goal of this research is to develop CBC pest management options and strategies for sweet corn and blackberries. Investigating methods of manipulating crop habitats will help growers improve biological control of pest insects in annual row and perennial bramble crops. As a result, all growers will have more sustainable methods to manage insect pests. 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