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Agriculture, Volume 11, Issue 4

April 2021 - 99 articles

Cover Story: How may hyperspectral imaging increase sustainability of baby-leaf vegetable cultivations? It can through the non-destructive, high-performing and quick scouting of specific symptoms leading to decision-making. Wild rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) is a widely cultivated salad crop belonging to the Brassicaceae family. Powdery mildew infections have been observed on the crop and, on the basis of morphology and phylogeny, are attributed to the pathogenic fungus Erysiphe cruciferarum.
Hyperspectral image analysis and a trained Random Forest machine-learning model were used for the digital detection of the first-reported powdery mildew on wild rocket. Dataset mining attributed to the shifted irradiance absorption by chlorophyll a occurring in the violet-blue wavelength ranges the accurate discrimination ability between healthy and diseased wild rocket plants. View this paper.
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Articles (99)

  • Review
  • Open Access
37 Citations
8,031 Views
18 Pages

Connecting Bio-Priming Approach with Integrated Nutrient Management for Improved Nutrient Use Efficiency in Crop Species

  • Deepranjan Sarkar,
  • Amitava Rakshit,
  • Ahmad I. Al-Turki,
  • R. Z. Sayyed and
  • Rahul Datta

The increasing demand for qualitative and varietal foods by the consumer society is a big concern for energy production, and utilization of that energy in a judicious manner for sustainable management of resources is a big challenge in the eminent fu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,610 Views
13 Pages

Multi-Site Evaluation of Accumulated Temperature and Rainfall for Maize Yield and Disease in Loess Plateau

  • Xiaoyue Wang,
  • Xinghua Zhang,
  • Mingxian Yang,
  • Xiaonan Gou,
  • Binbin Liu,
  • Yinchuan Hao,
  • Shutu Xu,
  • Jiquan Xue,
  • Xiaoliang Qin and
  • Kadambot H. M. Siddique

The Guanzhong region is a typical and important grain-producing area in China. The effect of accumulated temperature and rainfall on maize production is important in the face of global warming. Here, we collected meteorological data from six test sit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,151 Views
14 Pages

Hazard of Contamination with Heavy Metals in Thymus serpyllum L. Herbs from Rural Areas

  • Anna Figas,
  • Magdalena Tomaszewska-Sowa,
  • Mirosław Kobierski,
  • Anna Katarzyna Sawilska and
  • Katarzyna Klimkowska

The aim of the research has been to assay the contents of Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe, and Pb in soil and in the organs of wild Thymus serpyllum L. acquired from three natural habitats from the Kuyavia-Pomerania Province (Poland) not exposed to contamination with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,825 Views
17 Pages

Changes of Physicochemical Properties of Starch Syrups Recommended for Winter Feeding of Honeybees during Storage

  • Teresa Szczęsna,
  • Ewa Waś,
  • Piotr Semkiw,
  • Piotr Skubida,
  • Katarzyna Jaśkiewicz and
  • Monika Witek

The aim of this study was to determine the influence of storage temperature and time on physicochemical parameters of starch syrups recommended for the winter feeding of bee colonies. The studies included commercially available three starch syrups an...

  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
9,760 Views
35 Pages

Biochar with Alternate Wetting and Drying Irrigation: A Potential Technique for Paddy Soil Management

  • Ahmad Numery Ashfaqul Haque,
  • Md. Kamal Uddin,
  • Muhammad Firdaus Sulaiman,
  • Adibah Mohd Amin,
  • Mahmud Hossain,
  • Zakaria M. Solaiman and
  • Mehnaz Mosharrof

Over half of the world’s population depends on rice for its calorie supply, although it consumes the highest amount of water compared to other major crops. To minimize this excess water usage, alternate wetting and drying (AWD) irrigation practice is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,551 Views
13 Pages

Volatile Organic Compounds from Rice Rhizosphere Bacteria Inhibit Growth of the Pathogen Rhizoctonia solani

  • Enzhao Wang,
  • Xiongduo Liu,
  • Zhiyuan Si,
  • Xu Li,
  • Jingjing Bi,
  • Weiling Dong,
  • Mingshun Chen,
  • Sai Wang,
  • Jiayin Zhang and
  • Alin Song
  • + 1 author

Rice sheath blight, a fungal disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani, seriously threatens rice production. Some of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by microbes are inhibitory to the growth of the plant pathogen, and hence may have the pote...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,431 Views
18 Pages

Assessment of Interactions between Yield Components of Common Vetch Cultivars in Both Conventional and Low-Input Cultivation Systems

  • Vasileios Greveniotis,
  • Elisavet Bouloumpasi,
  • Stylianos Zotis,
  • Athanasios Korkovelos and
  • Constantinos G. Ipsilandis

The primary purpose of this study was to explore yield stability of common vetch varieties based on the stability index, with a specific aim of exploring common vetch variety behavior regarding the yield of legumes under both conventional and low-inp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
7,726 Views
23 Pages

Evaluation of Agricultural Land Suitability Based on RS, AHP, and MEA: A Case Study in Jilin Province, China

  • Cheng Han,
  • Shengbo Chen,
  • Yan Yu,
  • Zhengyuan Xu,
  • Bingxue Zhu,
  • Xitong Xu and
  • Zibo Wang

The suitability evaluation of agricultural land at the regional scale is of great significance for protecting land and water resources and building sustainable agricultural systems. Based on climate, soil, topographical, and surface water resources,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,145 Views
14 Pages

Extraction of Arecanut Planting Distribution Based on the Feature Space Optimization of PlanetScope Imagery

  • Yu Jin,
  • Jiawei Guo,
  • Huichun Ye,
  • Jinling Zhao,
  • Wenjiang Huang and
  • Bei Cui

The remote sensing extraction of large areas of arecanut (Areca catechu L.) planting plays an important role in investigating the distribution of arecanut planting area and the subsequent adjustment and optimization of regional planting structures. S...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,485 Views
19 Pages

Drought Shocks and Gearing Impacts on the Profitability of Sheep Farming

  • Sosheel S. Godfrey,
  • Thomas Nordblom,
  • Ryan H. L. Ip,
  • Susan Robertson,
  • Timothy Hutchings and
  • Karl Behrendt

The resilience and profitability of livestock production in many countries can be impacted by shocks, such as drought and market shifts, especially under high debt levels. For farmers to remain profitable through such uncertainty, there is a need to...

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