2025 January - 252 articles
Soil organic carbon (SOC), a critical component of the global carbon cycle, represents the largest terrestrial carbon reservoir, and is thus a major component of influencing climate regulation and ecosystem health. Grasslands store substantial carbon...
Medicago sativa is an important forage crop; its value is mainly concentrated in its economic aspects. The growth cycle and growth rate of M. sativa have an important influence on its economic benefits. Alternaria alstroemeriae has often been used as...
The combined effects of tillage and organic amendments on microbial respiration and its contribution to soil hydraulic conductivity are still uncertain in the 0–40 cm layer of a loess soil. We conducted a two-year field experiment to explore th...
This study provides a bibliometric analysis of global scientific production on Conservation Agriculture (CA) and its relationship with climate change mitigation. Using data from the Scopus and Web of Science databases, the research encompassed 650 ar...
Optimizing planting density enhances light capture, improves air circulation, and promotes more efficient resource utilization, ultimately leading to increased crop productivity. It facilitates uniform growth, maximizes land use efficiency, reduces n...
Globally, escalating soil salinization poses significant abiotic stress, disproportionately impacting crops like chickpea (Cicer arientinum L.). This legume exhibits high sensitivity to salinity, which disrupts various physiological and metabolic pro...
This study utilized annual Fuding Dabaicha cuttings as the experimental subject, employing a nutrient solution cultivation technique to establish three distinct treatments: (1) CK: reference processing; (2) Cd: 20 mg/L CdSO4 nutrient solution culture...
Point cloud segmentation is necessary for obtaining highly precise morphological traits in plant phenotyping. Although a huge development has occurred in point cloud segmentation, the segmentation of point clouds from complex plant leaves still remai...
Efficient nitrogen management is crucial for improving corn productivity while minimizing environmental impacts. This study evaluates the response of corn to nitrogen fertilization using three key metrics: yield; nitrogen harvest index (NHI); and agr...
Previous research has investigated the effects of different grazing intensities on soil surface greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, whereas the dynamics of GHG production and consumption within the soil profile and their responses to different grazing in...
Biomass monitoring of mushroom liquid strains during the fermentation process demands real-time analysis with minimal manual intervention, highlighting the urgent need for intelligent surveillance. This study introduced a soft sensor method based on...
This study investigated the application of high-resolution satellite imagery from SuperDove satellites combined with machine learning algorithms to estimate the spatiotemporal variability of some winter wheat parameters, including the relative leaf c...
Plastic film-bottomed treatment (FBT) is a critical agricultural practice in arid regions, aimed at enhancing crop productivity by improving soil moisture retention and nutrient availability. However, the effects of different depths of film-bottomed...
Soil contamination linked to anthropogenic activities has become a serious environmental problem on a global scale. It is caused by heavy metals, such as lead (Pb). Dopamine (DOP) is a biogenic amine that acts as a neurotransmitter. It is found in pl...
Crop damage caused by wild animals, particularly wild boars (Sus scrofa), significantly impacts agricultural yields, especially in maize fields. This study evaluates two methods for assessing maize crop damage using UAV-acquired data: (1) a deep lear...
Plastic pollution is a global concern due to its adverse environmental effects. Plastic production and consumption have continued to rise and are expected to double by 2050. Plastic disposal and degradation produce small particles of plastic—le...
Farmers are increasingly faced with challenges such as climate change, population growth, and the need for sustainable food production, while simultaneously having to address the environmental impacts of conventional agriculture. Agroecology has emer...
Knowing the energy balance in agricultural systems is essential for a holistic understanding of sustainability, productivity and economic return. The aim of this study was to estimate the cumulative energy demand (CED), greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...
This study investigates the effect of Serendipita indica inoculation on the growth, structural characteristics of leaf epidermis, photosynthetic parameters, and antioxidant and osmoregulation capacities of Agrostis stolonifera L. under different drou...
Vineyard is one of the most complex and vulnerable agroecosystems, and ongoing climate change makes it necessary to identify effective management and adaptation practices. For this reason, a water balance model tailored for viticulture was developed...
Members of the CCT gene family have been shown to play roles in photoperiodic flowering and environmental adaptation under a range of conditions. In this study, 29 CCT genes from watermelon were categorized into three distinct subfamilies. The ClCCT...
Bioenergy production generates huge amounts of ash from biomass combustion. One of the attempts to utilize them is to use them in agriculture as fertilizers. The response to this challenge is a three-year field experiment (2018–2021) where the...
The main diseases that affect coffee production worldwide are coffee leaf rust (CLR) and coffee berry disease (CBD), caused by fungi Hemileia vastatrix and Colletotrichum kahawae, respectively. The identification of cultivars with stacking resistance...
Plants continually encounter biotic and abiotic stresses, which threaten their growth, development, and productivity [...]
The growing global demand for food security requires a paradigm shift towards sustainable agricultural practices, particularly in weed management. Nanotechnology is emerging in agriculture as a useful tool to reduce the dosage and the negative effect...
Over the years, several studies have investigated the essential oils (EOs) of Salvia taxa, revealing significant chemical variability in their composition. The present study focused on the characterization of the EOs of seven Salvia taxa growing wild...
This research evaluates 20 advanced convolutional neural network (CNN) architectures for classifying mushroom diseases in Agaricus bisporus, utilizing a custom dataset of 3195 images (2464 infected and 731 healthy mushrooms) captured under uniform wh...
Seed vigor significantly impacts seed production and storage. Enhancing seed vigor is a pivotal goal in sweet corn breeding, as improved seed sowing quality is crucial for agricultural development, aiding in better resilience against storage adversit...
Water scarcity is a significant challenge to the sustainable development of agriculture [...]
In contemporary agricultural practices, greenhouses serve as a critical component of infrastructure, where soil temperature plays a vital role in enhancing pest management and regulating crop growth. However, achieving precise greenhouse environmenta...
Coffee genetic improvement programs have been evolving very quickly, with frequent launches of new cultivars. The adoption of these new genetic materials by rural producers requires knowledge of agronomic performance in different production systems....
Aiming at the problems of insufficient detection accuracy and high false detection rates of traditional pest detection models in the face of small targets and incomplete targets, this study proposes an improved target detection network, I-YOLOv10-SC....
The global shortage of high-quality forage has significantly constrained the development of animal husbandry. Leveraging the complementary effects of forage rapeseed and hairy vetch intercropping can enhance forage yield and quality; however, the und...
Controlling the Orobanche weed parasite is a major challenge for farmers, and the individual application of various management practices has not yet proven to be successful in addressing this issue. To develop an effective strategy for managing this...
The production of high-quality coffee seedlings is essential to meet the demands of the coffee sector, requiring more efficient and sustainable water management practices. In this context, the use of hydroretentive polymers, particularly biodegradabl...
Spiroplasma citri, a bacterium from the class Mollicutes, is the causative agent of citrus stubborn disease, a serious threat to Moroccan citrus crops, with yield losses reaching 45%. Despite its long-standing presence since 1949 and regulations mand...
Blueberries are a relatively recently domesticated species, primarily bred through hybridization. Mutation breeding, which uses chemical or physical treatment to increase plant mutation, has not yet been applied to blueberries. This study introduces...
CPPU, N-(2-Chloro-4-pyridyl)-N-phenylurea, is a synthetic cytokinin extensively used to enhance fruit size and overall quality in several crops, including kiwifruit. This study aimed to investigate the effects of three different CPPU application stra...
Low light is an abiotic stress that has a significant impact on crop growth. However, the impact of low light on rapeseed yield has not been well documented. Our study aims to examine the potential effects of low light on the photosynthesis antioxida...
To evaluate the accuracy of Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) in monitoring the chlorophyll (CHL) content of maize canopies based on RGB images, a field experiment was conducted in 2023. Images of maize canopies during the jointing, tasseling, and gro...
Cotton is susceptible to Verticillium wilt (VW) during its growth. Early and accurate detection of VW can facilitate targeted pesticide treatment and reduce the potential spread of the disease. However, accurately detecting VW in cotton before sympto...
This research study investigated the production and properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles derived from corn husks and their priming effects on wheat plant proliferation and antioxidant mechanisms compared to the nutri-priming technique under r...
In light of the issue concerning excessive fertilization that prevails in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, through conducting a 13-year long-term positioning experiment, the sustainability of a wheat and maize double-cropping soil system under different fer...
Dark septate endophytes (DSE) may facilitate plant growth and stress tolerance in stressful ecosystems. However, little is known about the response of medicinal plants to DSE, especially under heavy metal stress. This study aimed to investigate how D...
Non-thermal plasma technology (NTP) has found widespread applications across several fields, including agriculture. Researchers have explored the use of NTP to improve plant growth and increase agricultural product quality using plasma-activated wate...
With its controlled environment, protected cultivation is advantageous and effective for breeding programs. This distinct setting also guarantees that fresh vegetables meet high quality standards. The controlled environment allows for precise monitor...
Accurate crop yield prediction is crucial for formulating agricultural policies, guiding agricultural management, and optimizing resource allocation. This study proposes a method for predicting yields in China’s major winter wheat-producing reg...
Potatoes are one of the most important food crops worldwide, but their growth and development are often seriously threatened by potato bacterial wilt. The wettable powder produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens C4 under optimized fermentation conditio...
With the growth of the global population, energy demand continues to rise, making cross-regional energy transportation less viable as a sustainable solution. As a result, the construction of facilities for agriculture in cold regions has become incre...
Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is a significant cash crop globally and is cherished for its sweet and flavorful fruits, as well as its high nutritional values. However, its yield and quality are limited by various factors, including drought, salinity, and l...
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