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Agriculture, Volume 12, Issue 3

March 2022 - 125 articles

Cover Story: The application of modern processing technologies using biogenic waste materials has the potential to develop combined solutions for organic carbon and phosphorus problems of future food production. Sewage sludge-derived pyrogenic materials that are applied to the soil system contain notable levels of P (1–20%). However, only a small portion of total phosphorus is available for plants. Therefore, our study assessed pre-treatment of sewage sludge with Na2CO3 with subsequent pyrolysis of biomass at 400 and 500 °C for MPCM400 and MPCM500 production as a potential alternative for inorganic P-fertilizers. Obtained results showed that pyrogenic carbonaceous materials produced from sewage sludge represent a potential alternative of conventional P-inorganic fertilizers and organic C suppliers. View this paper.
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Articles (125)

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,351 Views
22 Pages

Restoration of Degraded Lands in the Arid Zone of the European Part of Russia by the Method of Phytomelioration

  • Marina Vladimirovna Vlasenko,
  • Ludmila Petrovna Rybashlykova and
  • Svetlana Yurievna Turko

In arid areas, it is necessary to apply phytomelioration widely to create an organized, stable and ecologically well-maintained forest–agrarian landscape in which agricultural lands can provide diverse and stable products, and to provide optimu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Citations
6,739 Views
22 Pages

Tractors are usually applied in field operations, road transport, and other operations. Modern agriculture has higher design requirements for tractor powertrains due to the complicated working environments and various operations. To meet the driving...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,233 Views
14 Pages

Investigation into Experimental and DEM Simulation of Guide Blade Optimum Arrangement in Multi-Rotor Combine Harvesters

  • Zhenwei Liang,
  • Jun Li,
  • Jianmin Liang,
  • Yifan Shao,
  • Tengfei Zhou,
  • Zengyong Si and
  • Yaoming Li

The cleaning performance of the cleaning shoe of a multi-rotor combine harvester has proven to be poor owing to the threshed output entering the cleaning section in an uneven manner. Experimental results indicated that the arrangement of the guide bl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,717 Views
15 Pages

Single- and Multiple-Adulterants Determinations of Goat Milk Powder by NIR Spectroscopy Combined with Chemometric Algorithms

  • Xin Zhao,
  • Yunpeng Wang,
  • Xin Liu,
  • Hongzhe Jiang,
  • Zhilei Zhao,
  • Xiaoying Niu,
  • Chunhua Li,
  • Bin Pang and
  • Yanlei Li

In this work, we quantified goat milk powder adulteration by adding urea, melamine, and starch individually and simultaneously, with the utilization of near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy coupled with chemometrics. For single-adulterant samples, the suc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,174 Views
27 Pages

This study provides a fast analysis of pesticide spray trails and dispersion influenced by crosswind, headwind, velocity field and the wake of an agricultural aircraft approaching the ground, to improve operational efficiency and reduce environmental...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,301 Views
15 Pages

Comparison of Soil Organic Carbon Stocks Evolution in Two Olive Orchards with Different Planting Systems in Southern Spain

  • José A. Gómez,
  • Lizardo Reyna-Bowen,
  • Pilar Fernández Rebollo and
  • María-Auxiliadora Soriano

This study presents an evaluation of soil organic carbon (SOC) and stock (SOCstock) for the whole rooting depth (60 cm), spaced 55 months in two adjacent olive orchards with similar conditions but different tree densities: (i) intensive, planted in 1...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,692 Views
13 Pages

Immunological Response during Pregnancy in Humans and Mares

  • Aleksandra Figarska and
  • Olga Witkowska-Piłaszewicz

The immunology of pregnancy deals with the immune responses of a mother and her fetus to each other. More knowledge has been acquired over the last decade to give insight into the complicated immunological processes that help the developing fetus to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,985 Views
22 Pages

Web-Based Integer Programming Decision Support System for Walnut Processing Planning: The MeliFen Case

  • Carlos F. Brunner-Parra,
  • Luis A. Croquevielle-Rendic,
  • Carlos A. Monardes-Concha,
  • Bryan A. Urra-Calfuñir,
  • Elbio L. Avanzini and
  • Tomás Correa-Vial

Chile is among the largest walnut producers and exporters globally, thanks to a favorable nut growth and production environment. Despite an increasingly competitive market, the literature offers little scientific advice regarding decision support sys...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,675 Views
16 Pages

This study aimed to isolate rhizobacteria belonging to the genus Pseudomonas with plant-growth-promoting properties that can be used in the control of chickpea wilt disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris (Foc). The production of antifung...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,355 Views
18 Pages

Drip-Tape-Following Approach Based on Machine Vision for a Two-Wheeled Robot Trailer in Strip Farming

  • Chung-Liang Chang,
  • Hung-Wen Chen,
  • Yung-Hsiang Chen and
  • Chang-Chen Yu

Due to the complex environment in the field, using machine vision technology to enable the robot to travel autonomously was a challenging task. This study investigates a method based on mathematical morphology and Hough transformation for drip tape f...

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Agriculture - ISSN 2077-0472