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Agriculture, Volume 13, Issue 2

February 2023 - 285 articles

Cover Story: Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element for humans and animals. Its necessity for plants is still under examination. Due to the contradictory nature of Se and its significance, it has received much interest in recent years. Se biofortification has been reported to mitigate different types of stress and increase plants' yield, reduce the detrimental effects of ailments, and promote animal growth. Se biofortification, nevertheless, confronts a number of difficulties. The objective of this review is to convey the current understanding of the Se biofortification of plants and animals, as well as its difficulties, taking into account both the detrimental consequences of Se deficiency and the benefits of Se biofortification. View this paper
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Articles (285)

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,315 Views
20 Pages

20 February 2023

Fruits are considered among the most nutrient-dense cash crops around the globe. Since fruits come in different types, sizes, shapes, colors, and textures, the manual classification and disease identification of a large quantity of fruit is time-cons...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,577 Views
14 Pages

Modelling Vineyard Spraying by Precisely Assessing the Duty Cycles of a Blast Sprayer Controlled by Pulse-Width-Modulated Nozzles

  • Verónica Saiz-Rubio,
  • Coral Ortiz,
  • Antonio Torregrosa,
  • Enrique Ortí,
  • Montano Pérez,
  • Andrés Cuenca and
  • Francisco Rovira-Más

20 February 2023

The flowrate control of spraying systems with pulse-width-modulated solenoid valves is currently being implemented for precision herbicide application in commodity crops, but solutions for fruit trees set in orchards that require higher pressures are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,586 Views
13 Pages

20 February 2023

The ripening stage can affect consumer preference and the market value of peaches. This study was aimed at developing an objective, effective, and fast procedure for distinguishing the different stages of ripeness of peaches using image texture param...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,469 Views
18 Pages

20 February 2023

China’s African swine fever (ASF) outbreak, which started in 2018, has had a huge and far-reaching impact on China’s hog industry, and it has not been completely eliminated so far. This article analyzes the impact of the ASF epidemic on t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
4,987 Views
19 Pages

Non-Destructive Detection of Chicken Freshness Based on Electronic Nose Technology and Transfer Learning

  • Yunwei Xiong,
  • Yuhua Li,
  • Chenyang Wang,
  • Hanqing Shi,
  • Sunyuan Wang,
  • Cheng Yong,
  • Yan Gong,
  • Wentian Zhang and
  • Xiuguo Zou

20 February 2023

As a non-destructive detection method, an electronic nose can be used to assess the freshness of meats by collecting and analyzing their odor information. Deep learning can automatically extract features and uncover potential patterns in data, minimi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,766 Views
19 Pages

19 February 2023

Elaeagnus multiflora Thunb., also known as “cherry silverberry”, “cherry elaeagnus”, and “goumi” has been used for a long time in traditional Chinese medicine as a phytosterol-rich plant. Today, the fruits of this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,016 Views
20 Pages

19 February 2023

Abundant and functionally diverse earthworm communities in perennials deliver ecosystem services like increasing nutrient availability by incorporating organic matter. This study aimed to analyse the decomposition of annual and perennial energy crop...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,068 Views
21 Pages

Engineering Design, Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis of High Lugs Rigid Driving Wheel, a Traction Device for Conventional Agricultural Wheeled Tractors

  • Hafiz Md-Tahir,
  • Jumin Zhang,
  • Yong Zhou,
  • Muhammad Sultan,
  • Fiaz Ahmad,
  • Jun Du,
  • Amman Ullah,
  • Zawar Hussain and
  • Junfang Xia

19 February 2023

Traction failure on loose terrain is common in conventional agricultural wheeled tractors due to poor traction ability and lower power transfer efficiency of drive wheels, which leads to excessive energy consumption and soil compaction in agriculture...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,253 Views
11 Pages

19 February 2023

Among the honeybee subspecies, Polish beekeepers most commonly rear three of them, i.e., Apis mellifera carnica, A. m. mellifera and A. m. caucasica. They differ in morphological and physiological features. Our goal was to find a linkage between thei...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,857 Views
17 Pages

Effect of Traditional Spices on the Quality and Antioxidant Potential of Paneer Prepared from Buffalo Milk

  • Tahir Mahmood Qureshi,
  • Muhammad Nadeem,
  • Javeria Iftikhar,
  • Salim-ur-Rehman,
  • Sobhy M. Ibrahim,
  • Faizan Majeed and
  • Muhammad Sultan

19 February 2023

This study aims to evaluate the effect of different spices (black pepper, cumin, clove, nigella, cardamom, and cinnamon) on the physicochemical characteristics and microbial quality, as well as antioxidant potential, of paneer during storage. Differe...

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Agriculture - ISSN 2077-0472