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Agronomy, Volume 15, Issue 4

April 2025 - 241 articles

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Cover Story: Pomegranate cultivation is gaining popularity in Italy due to the plant’s adaptability and suitability for farmers shifting from traditional crops. However, fragmented knowledge limits its diffusion. This review synthesizes information from agronomy, crop protection, economics, and management to address these gaps. It examines biotic and abiotic stresses, irrigation and soil strategies, suitable cultivars, and market challenges. By integrating technical and economic insights, this review supports profitable, sustainable pomegranate farming in line with the EU’s Farm to Fork strategy. View this paper

Articles (241)

  • Article
  • Open Access
706 Views
15 Pages

Effect of Bacillus velezensis GHt-q6 on Cucumber Root Soil Microecology and Root-Knot Nematodes

  • Yuanyuan Liu,
  • Luwei Wang,
  • Jiale Peng,
  • Chunwei Wang and
  • Meiqin Wang

21 April 2025

Root-knot nematode (RKN) causes severe yield loss in cucumber. Understanding the interactions of biocontrol agent–soil microbiomes and RKNs is essential for enhancing the efficacy of biocontrol agents and nematicides to curb RKN damage to cucum...

  • Essay
  • Open Access
731 Views
14 Pages

21 April 2025

This study focused on the phytolith characteristics of leaves and culm sheaths from nine bamboo species across three genera (Bambusa Schreb., Gigantochloa Nees, and Dendrocalamus Kurz ex Munro) in the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden. By analy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,016 Views
22 Pages

21 April 2025

The positioning of the top bud by the topping machine in the cotton topping operation depends on the recognition algorithm. The detection results of the traditional target detection algorithm contain a lot of useless information, which is not conduci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
569 Views
15 Pages

Relationship of Oedaleus decorus asiaticus Densities with Soil Moisture and Land Surface Temperature in Inner Mongolia, China

  • Bobo Du,
  • Yanmin Shan,
  • Wenjiang Huang,
  • Yingying Dong,
  • Shujing Gao,
  • Yuchao Yue,
  • Jing Guo,
  • Liwa Ga,
  • Yan Zhang and
  • Haibin Han

21 April 2025

Oedaleus decorus asiaticus (O. decorus) is a significant pest in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, posing considerable challenges to the development of animal husbandry. To understand the key factors influencing the population distribution of O. deco...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
965 Views
13 Pages

Long-Term Low-Rate Biochar Application Enhances Soil Organic Carbon Without Affecting Sorghum Yield in a Calcaric Cambisol

  • Qiuxia Liu,
  • Jinsong Wang,
  • Anqi Sun,
  • Erwei Dong,
  • Yuan Wang,
  • Xiaolei Huang,
  • Hang-Wei Hu and
  • Xiaoyan Jiao

21 April 2025

Biochar has gained significant attention for its potential in carbon sequestration, soil health improvement, and crop production sustainability. However, the existing studies predominantly focus on short-term experiments conducted in acidic or neutra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,068 Views
17 Pages

Morphological Characteristics and Identification of Key Genes Regulating Distyly Morph in Primula vulgaris

  • Xuan Wang,
  • Hantao Sun,
  • Yan Xu,
  • Feng Cao,
  • Yanlong Wang,
  • Jianbin Ma,
  • Jinfeng Li,
  • Liu Liu,
  • Ping Li and
  • Xiaoman Zhang

21 April 2025

The Primula vulgaris, belonging to the genus Primula, is a typical distyly. The distyly is an important morphological feature in nature. However, there is a shortage of research on the causes of distyly formation and the associated genes that control...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
764 Views
20 Pages

Comprehensive Evaluation and Screening of Autumn-Sown Oat (Avena sativa L.) Germplasm in Different Agropastoral Regions

  • Yongjie Zhang,
  • Xinyue Wu,
  • Qinkun Li,
  • Xiaotian Liang,
  • Yuzhen Zhang,
  • Xingjia Zhang,
  • Xiaolong Dong,
  • Kaiquan Yu,
  • Zilin Zhao and
  • Xiaoling Luo
  • + 2 authors

21 April 2025

In light of current global challenges of climate change, the over-exploitation of natural resources, and increasing demand for livestock products, the exploration of excellent forage crop resources holds great potential for development. Therefore, se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
624 Views
26 Pages

21 April 2025

This study employed the HYDRUS-2D model to simulate soil water movement and water productivity (WP) in an apple–soybean alley cropping system in the Loess Plateau region, Shanxi Province, China, under four irrigation methods: mulched drip irrig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,405 Views
27 Pages

Garlic Extracts Nanoliposome as an Enhancer of Bioavailability of ABA and Thiamine Content and as an Antifungal Agent Against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. pisi Infecting Pisum sativum

  • Barbara Kutasy,
  • Géza Hegedűs,
  • Márta Kiniczky,
  • József Péter Pallos,
  • Ágnes Nagy,
  • István Pócsi,
  • Klaudia Pákozdi,
  • Máté Kállai,
  • Csaba Weingart and
  • Katalin Andor
  • + 2 authors

21 April 2025

Fusarium infections in Pisum sativum L. crops present a major constraint to cultivation, leading to substantial yield losses. However, effective disease management strategies, particularly the implementation of biological control methods, offer promi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,128 Views
14 Pages

21 April 2025

Chemical phosphorus (P) fertilizer is often overused in arid regions with alkaline soils due to soil fixation. Fulvic acid (FA) can increase soil P availability, enhancing crop yield and P use efficiency, but its interaction with P fertilization rate...

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