Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for controlling at least one plant. Methods and compositions can comprise at least one strain of Colletotrichum spp., such as Colletotrichum fioriniae TR-123, Colletotrichum fioriniae TR-126, and combinations thereof. Methods and compositions of the invention are useful, for example, for controlling Toxicodendron radicans and/or Schinus terebinthifolus.

Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for controlling at least one plant. Methods and compositions can comprise at least one strain of Colletotrichum spp., such as Colletotrichum fioriniae TR-123, Colletotrichum fioriniae TR-126, and combinations thereof. Methods and compositions of the invention are useful, for example, for controlling Toxicodendron radicans and/or Schinus terebinthifolus.

Abstract: A computationally efficient system spatially filters a digital input image to sharpen the image. A process is disclosed to spatially filter pixels of an RGB image by applying a high pass filter to the image. First, signals representative of luminance are extracted from the input image. Then, the extracted luminance signals are filtered. Quotient signals are then developed, representing the ratio between each filtered luminance signal and the corresponding original luminance signal. Quotient signals are multiplied by the corresponding pixels of each plane of the original image to provide an output image. The invention may also be embodied by an image editor to implement the spatial filtering process of the invention, where the image editor includes stored programming instructions executed by a processor, discrete circuit components, an ASIC, or another suitable hardware device.

Abstract: The invention provides approximation of the value of a function of three variables. The invention embraces three processes: function domain packing, polyhedron extraction, and volumetric interpolation. The processes are applied to a mathematical function to calculate an approximation for the function range output value at a point which has been arbitrarily selected from the input domain of the function. Function domain packing utilizes two interlocked domain subdivisions. A first subdivision and a second subdivision each divide the domain space into rectangular solids. Each subdivision is accomplished by means of a plurality of planes of constant value corresponding to each of the input dimensions. After a function domain has been so subdivided, a tetrahedral volume is extracted from the fraction domain space. This tetrahedral volume is defined by two points from the first subdivision and two points from the second subdivision.

Abstract: Color crosstalk is determined between layers of an image storage medium based on the cross correlations and autocorrelations of noise in the grain pattern in each layer of the image storage medium. Rather than relying on prior measurement under laboratory conditions, the invention scans the storage medium in a plurality of spectral bands to derive the record stored in each of the dye layers. A computer derives the autocorrelations and the crosscorrelations of a group of pixels between the plurality of color records of the scanned images each of which corresponds to one of the spectral bands. The invention is based on the observation that as each dye layer is deposited separately in the film, one would expect that the "noise" from the grain boundaries in one layer to be independent from the "noise" due to the grain boundaries in other layers. If there is correlation in noise between separate color scans, it is because the scanner is measuring the grain boundaries in more than one layer in the color scans.