2025 August - 261 articles
Desert steppe ecosystems, characterized by water limitation and high sensitivity to global climate change and anthropogenic disturbance drivers, experience profound alterations in carbon (C) cycling processes driven by the multiplicative interactions...
Addressing the demands of agricultural resource digitization and facility crop monitoring, precise extraction of plastic greenhouses using high-resolution remote sensing imagery demonstrates pivotal significance for implementing refined farmland mana...
Manure-derived biochar is a promising soil amendment, though its effectiveness is often constrained by limited structural stability and inconsistent nutrient retention. This study evaluated how the pyrolysis method (pre- vs. post-pyrolysis) and rate...
The interaction between microplastics (MPs) and heavy metals and their ecological risks to the soil–plant system has attracted widespread attention. This study explored the effects of polypropylene (PP) alone or combined with cadmium (Cd) pollu...
This study evaluated the effects of incorporating spent mushroom substrates (SMS) derived from Agaricus bisporus, Pleurotus ostreatus, and Lentinula edodes into peat-based growing media on the morphological traits, photosynthetic parameters, and mine...
Vegetation restoration enhances soil erosion resistance by enhancing soil aggregates, but the function of these aggregates and their relationship with soil nutrients and microbes remain unclear. In this study, two land cover types that induce differe...
The estimation of soil hydraulic properties—such as water retention and hydraulic conductivity—is essential for irrigation management and agro-hydrological modeling. This study presents the development and application of SOILHP, a low-cos...
Continuous cropping poses a significant threat to sustainable pepper production by triggering soil degradation and growth inhibition, yet the role of root exudates in this process remains unclear. This study aimed to elucidate how continuous cropping...
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation systems are extensively applied in japonica rice varieties. However, the adaptability of local rice varieties to existing transformation systems remains limited, owing to their complex genotypes, posing a substan...
The increasing demand for renewable energy, coupled with the urgent challenges posed by climate change, has positioned perennial biomass crops (BPGs) as essential and sustainable alternatives for bioenergy production. This study investigated the impa...
The development of a new salt–alkaline-tolerant hybrid japonica rice is crucial for enhancing japonica rice supply and ensuring national food security. Utilizing molecular marker-assisted selection (MAS) technology combining Kompetitive Allele-...
The ABI3 transcription factor is a key regulator in plant growth and development. Through transcriptome analysis of the resistant soybean cultivar ‘Dongnong L10′ and the susceptible cultivar ‘Heinong 37′ exposed to soybean cys...
Sugarcane requires high doses of phosphorus to achieve high productivity. However, not all the phosphorus applied to crops is utilized. Therefore, it is believed that some remaining phosphorus can meet the nutrient demand of the ratoon crop. The obje...
Grasslands are among the most extensive and productive terrestrial ecosystems [...]
Maize ear rot is an important fungal disease in maize production, mainly caused by pathogens such as Fusarium graminearum, which seriously affects the yield and quality of maize. This study investigated the changes in the activity of defense-related...
The impact of long-term organic (ECO) versus conventional (CON) agricultural management on subsurface soil microbiota diversity and soil physicochemical properties remains unclear in Mediterranean vineyards. This study evaluated long-term ECO and CON...
Intercropping is an eco-friendly, sustainable agricultural model that significantly improves yield stability, nutrient use efficiency, and soil health through spatiotemporal niche complementarity, increases biodiversity, and improves soil health. Wat...
Due to limited land resources and traditional farming practices, continuous cassava cropping is common in China. This practice leads to soil degradation, including reduced fertility, imbalanced microbial communities, and lower crop yields. In this st...
Using multiple species in native plant communities may improve control efficiency compared with single-species use. We conducted field investigations to assess the effects of Artemisia argyi, Portulaca oleracea, and their mixtures on the growth and r...
Cotton Verticillium wilt is a disease that significantly impacts the cotton industry, severely affecting cotton quality and the economic well-being of farmers. Bacillus atrophaeus YL84 is a biocontrol bacterium with broad-spectrum antagonistic and gr...
Soil nutrients and stoichiometric ratios are significant parameters for Eragrostis minor Host sustainability in a recent climate change scenario. However, their characteristics in Northwestern China are still unclear, particularly at Gansu belt, and...
The rapid and accurate assessment of regional soil salinity is crucial for effective salinization management. This study proposes an enhanced remote sensing inversion method by integrating both driving and response environmental variables to address...
To identify the root-knot nematodes (RKNs) infecting onions in Yuanmou County, Yunnan Province, morphological and molecular biological techniques were used. Observation of their life cycle and pathogenicity was conducted through artificial inoculatio...
Background: Lespedeza davurica is an important perennial leguminous shrub endemic to China’s Loess Plateau, and it plays a crucial role in ecosystem restoration and soil erosion control. However, phosphorus deficiency and environmental stresses...
Intercropping with green manures is an effective practice for increasing agricultural production and reducing environmental issues. However, the effects of green manure type and intercropping patten on soil nutrient availability and microbial communi...
Rapid and accurate identification of maize architecture characteristics is important for understanding both yield potential and crop breeding experiments. Most canopy architecture indicators cannot fully reflect the vertical leaf distribution in fiel...
The accurate detection of tea buds in outdoor environments is crucial for the intelligent management of modern tea plantations. However, this task remains challenging due to the small size of tea buds and the limited computational capabilities of the...
Accurate identification of cotton leaf pests and diseases is essential for sustainable cultivation but is challenged by complex backgrounds, diverse pest morphologies, and varied symptoms, where existing deep learning models often show insufficient r...
Antibiotic contaminants such as tetracycline (TC) from agricultural production have become widely distributed and persistently accumulated in aquatic environments (rivers, lakes, and oceans), posing severe threats to ecological security and human hea...
Under intensified global climate change and anthropogenic pressures, alpine ecosystems confront unprecedented stress. The degradation of alpine meadows has caused significant declines in productivity and in the abundance of high-quality forage specie...
Gibberellic acid (GA3) and forchlorfenuron (CPPU) are widely used plant growth regulators for promoting berry enlargement in grapes. To evaluate the effects of GA3 and CPPU on fruit quality and peelability of the seedless grape cultivar ‘Wuhe C...
The exponential increase in global plastic production, reaching over 380 million tons in recent years, has exacerbated environmental problems, particularly in agriculture. Agricultural residues, such as hazel (Corylus avellana L.) pruning and plastic...
Wheat is a staple crop widely sown in Northwest China, and understanding and modelling evapotranspiration (ET) during the wheat-growing stage is important for irrigation scheduling and the efficient use of agricultural water resources. In this study,...
Soybean (Glycine max L.) is an essential crop for global food, feed, and industrial applications, but its production is increasingly challenged by climate change and environmental stresses. Traditional breeding and transgenic approaches have contribu...
This study investigates the impact of environmental changes induced by systematic manipulation of flooding depth and breeding density on greenhouse gas emissions in the field-based giant rice–fish hybrid farming model. Compared with traditional...
This study developed an efficient cultivation strategy for cabbage production in paddy fields. To address poor drainage, discarded coir substrates (CS) were reused and compared with conventional paddy soil (PS). Four irrigation levels (ETc140, ETc100...
Agronomic practices and future climate change lead to divergent responses in crop growth and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which challenge a sustainable low-carbon agricultural economy. Therefore, this study developed a simulation-optimization hybr...
This study aimed to develop an effective method to overcome the challenge of straw return in cold-region soil. We systematically investigated the synergistic mechanism of montmorillonite (MMT) and composite amino acid (CAA) on straw humification and...
Accurate maize yield forecasting under climate uncertainty remains a critical challenge for global food security, yet existing studies predominantly rely on single-model frameworks, limiting generalizability and actionable insights. This study select...
Phytophagous mites are considered pests in fruit crops, such as blackberries (Rubus spp. L.). These pests affect fruit quality and commercial value. This study aimed to evaluate the fluctuation of phytophagous mite populations and their impact on the...
This study investigated the effects of light intensity regulation on yield and energy efficiency during potato pre-basic seed propagation in plant factories. Using virus-free ‘Favorita’ potato seedlings as experimental material, gradient...
Research has evaluated the efficacy of various methods for eliminating endophytes from grass seeds, as well as changes in endophyte viability during seed storage under different conditions, indicating significant variation in different procedures and...
Agro-photovoltaics (APV) or agrivoltaic systems integrate crop cultivation with solar energy production, offering a promising solution through the dual-use of land. This two-year study (2023 and 2024) examined the effects of an APV system on rice pro...
Organic farming systems, which prohibit synthetic fertilizers, often rely on legumes for their ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen (N). In orchards, legumes can be established as cover crops between tree rows to enhance nutrient cycling. This study e...
Global climate change has intensified the frequency and severity of drought events, posing significant threats to agricultural sustainability, particularly for water-sensitive crops such as tea. In northern China, where precipitation is unevenly dist...
The fusion of keel petals is a defining trait of Papilionoideae flowers, contributing to floral architecture and promoting self-pollination but hindering hybridization in crops like soybean. Here, we investigated the cellular and molecular basis of k...
Canopy coverage is a key indicator for judging maize growth and production prediction during the seedling stage. Researchers usually use deep learning methods to estimate canopy coverage from maize images, but fully supervised models usually need pix...
Accurate and automated detection of diseases is crucial for sustainable strawberry production. However, the challenges posed by small size, mutual occlusion, and high intra-class variance of symptoms in complex agricultural environments make this dif...
In recent years, there has been growing interest in using wood biomass for energy production, which has led to an increase in post-processing waste in the form of wood biomass ash (WBA). Due to the rich composition of WBA, its fertilising potential s...
The excessive use of conventional fertilizers has led to low nutrient-use efficiency and significant environmental challenges. To address these limitations, this study aimed to evaluate the effects of Fe2O3 and CuO nanoparticles (NPs) as potential na...
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