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Agriculture, Volume 13, Issue 7

2023 July - 191 articles

Cover Story: With around 62% of both surface and ground water used for agricultural irrigation in Australia, conserving even a small percentage of this water at the point-of-use, through more efficient irrigation application, can have a significant impact on the sustainability of our limited freshwater resources. The development of a smart irrigation system using the unique L-band sensing facility is initiated to achieve more efficient irrigation on a potato farm, as well as to increase its yield. View this paper
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Articles (191)

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,651 Views
16 Pages

Response of Strawberry Fruit Yield, Soil Chemical and Microbial Properties to Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation with Biochar and Rice Bran

  • Zhaoxin Song,
  • Dongdong Yan,
  • Wensheng Fang,
  • Daqi Zhang and ,
  • Xi Jin,
  • Yuan Li,
  • Qiuxia Wang,
  • Guirong Wang,
  • Qingjie Li and
  • Aocheng Cao
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Organic materials added to soil create anaerobic conditions that can reduce soil-borne pathogens that reduce the yield and quality of agricultural crops. Anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) requires relatively large quantities of readily available, i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Integrated Management of Soil-Borne Diseases)
  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
9,945 Views
28 Pages

Vegetative Endotherapy—Advances, Perspectives, and Challenges

  • Jordana Alves Ferreira,
  • Llorenç Baronat Esparraguera,
  • Sonia Claudia Nascimento Queiroz and
  • Carla Beatriz Grespan Bottoli

Vegetative endotherapy has shown satisfactory results in replacing conventional techniques for crop production material applications, such as spraying or via soil, in trees of perennial species. This review presents an overview of concepts and classi...

(This article belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)
  • Review
  • Open Access
166 Citations
32,287 Views
46 Pages

Agricultural Greenhouses: Resource Management Technologies and Perspectives for Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  • Chrysanthos Maraveas,
  • Christos-Spyridon Karavas,
  • Dimitrios Loukatos,
  • Thomas Bartzanas and ,
  • Konstantinos G. Arvanitis and
  • Eleni Symeonaki
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Resource management in agriculture is considered a pivotal issue because greenhouse farming and agriculture-related activities generate about 10–29% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. The problem of high greenhouse gas emissions is still u...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,885 Views
18 Pages

Analysis of Hotspots in Subsurface Drip Irrigation Research Using CiteSpace

  • Yatao Xiao,
  • Chaoxiang Sun,
  • Dezhe Wang,
  • Huiqin Li and
  • Wei Guo

To investigate the research hotspots and development trends of subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) over the past 20 years, this study analyzed relevant literature from the Web of Science Core Collection spanning from 2002 to 2022. The data were visualiz...

(This article belongs to the Topic Emerging Agricultural Engineering Sciences, Technologies, and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,779 Views
18 Pages

The Impact of Internet Use on the Well-Being of Rural Residents

  • Longjunjiang Huang,
  • Xian Liang,
  • Lishan Li,
  • Hui Xiao and
  • Fangting Xie

With the full penetration of the Internet, the Internet has had a great impact on the production and life of rural residents. The article takes a rural residents’ group as its research object to explore the impact mechanism. Leveraging data fro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Rural Development and Agri-Food Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,444 Views
14 Pages

Crop disease classification constitutes a significant and longstanding challenge in the domain of agricultural and forestry sciences. Frequently, there is an insufficient number of samples to accurately discern the distribution of real-world instance...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,898 Views
15 Pages

The composition and seasonal abundance of hymenopteran parasitoids of Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) was investigated on snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), and squash (Cucurbita pepo L. ‘Enterprise’) from 2...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Integrated Pest Management Strategies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,396 Views
26 Pages

This study aims to analyze the spatial distribution characteristics and innovation efficiency of national agricultural science and technology parks (NASTPs) and identify the main influencing factors on the parks’ innovation and development. The...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Farm Entrepreneurship and Agribusiness Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,869 Views
20 Pages

Simulation Analysis and Testing of Tracked Universal Chassis Passability in Hilly Mountainous Orchards

  • Xiaobin Mou,
  • Qi Luo,
  • Guojun Ma,
  • Fangxin Wan and ,
  • Cuncai He,
  • Yijie Yue,
  • Yuanman Yue and
  • Xiaopeng Huang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

In the process of orchard mechanization, passability serves as a crucial criterion for evaluating the effectiveness of the chassis. To address the adaptability of hilly and mountainous multifunctional work machines to complex terrain, a theoretical a...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,990 Views
18 Pages

Effect of Agricultural Production Trusteeship on Agricultural Carbon Emission Reduction

  • Xiaoyan Sun,
  • Shuya Guang,
  • Jingjing Cao,
  • Fengying Zhu and ,
  • Jianxu Liu and
  • Songsak Sriboonchitta
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Based on the survey data of five large grain-producing provinces in China, this paper studies the effect of agricultural production trusteeship on agricultural carbon emission reduction by using a propensity score matching method. The empirical resul...

(This article belongs to the Topic Novel Studies in Agricultural Economics and Sustainable Farm Management)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,285 Views
14 Pages

Developing Fermentation Liquid of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens PMB04 to Control Bacterial Leaf Spot of Sweet Pepper

  • Fei Wang,
  • Szu-Han Chao,
  • Chen-Hsuan Tsai,
  • Sabrina Diana Blanco and ,
  • Yung-Yu Yang and
  • Yi-Hsien Lin
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Sweet pepper is an important vegetable in the world. Bacterial leaf spot, caused by the pathogen Xanthomonas perforans, is a limiting factor that significantly reduces the quality and yield of sweet peppers. The use of chemical fungicides is currentl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biological Control for Plant Disease)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,657 Views
9 Pages

Assessment of the Chemical Composition and Nutritional Quality of Breast Muscle from Broiler Chickens Receiving Various Levels of Fe Glycine Chelate

  • Anna Winiarska-Mieczan,
  • Małgorzata Kwiecień,
  • Karolina Jachimowicz-Rogowska,
  • Svitlana Kislova and ,
  • Zvenyslava Zasadna and
  • Dmytro Yanovych
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of Fe glycine chelate supplementation on the chemical composition and nutritional quality of breast meat from broiler chicken. The following parameters were assessed: fat content, cholesterol content,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Effects of Dietary Interventions on Poultry Production)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,323 Views
26 Pages

In 2018, the Chinese government proposed the Rural Revitalization Strategy with the objective of bolstering economic development, social progress, and ecological protection in rural areas, thereby achieving rural modernization. This paper employs the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Agriculture: Theories, Methods, Practices and Policies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,188 Views
19 Pages

Spatial Pattern of Farmland Transfer in Liaoning Province, China

  • Jiachen Ning,
  • Pingyu Zhang,
  • Qifeng Yang and
  • Zuopeng Ma

Farmland transfer (FT) is the key to achieving moderate agricultural scale management in China. Clarifying the spatial pattern of FT is important to improve FT strategies. In this study, the multinomial logit model was used to reveal the spatial patt...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,037 Views
13 Pages

Measuring Pathogenic Soil Fungi That Cause Sclerotinia Rot of Panax ginseng Using Real-Time Fluorescence Quantitative PCR

  • Shi Feng,
  • Cong Zhang,
  • Xue Wang,
  • Changqing Chen and ,
  • Baohui Lu and
  • Jie Gao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Sclerotinia ginseng is the primary pathogenic fungus responsible for Sclerotinia rot of ginseng, which significantly reduces plant yield and quality. The density of sclerotia in the soil is closely associated with rot incidence and severity. Whole ge...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diseases Diagnosis, Prevention and Weeds Control in Crops)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,231 Views
13 Pages

In the presented study, data regarding the size and structure of cattle herds in voivodeships in Poland in 2019 were analysed and modelled using artificial neural networks (ANNs). The neural modelling approach was employed to identify the relationshi...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)
  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
9,319 Views
12 Pages

Comparison of PCR Techniques in Adulteration Identification of Dairy Products

  • Baiyi Li,
  • Mingxue Yu,
  • Weiping Xu,
  • Lu Chen and
  • Juan Han

Economic profit-driven food adulteration has become widespread in the dairy industry. One of the most common forms of dairy adulteration is the substitution of low-priced milk for high-priced milk. This has prompted regulatory authorities to focus on...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Product Quality and Safety)
  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
6,338 Views
26 Pages

The Dynamics and Driving Mechanisms of Rural Revitalization in Western China

  • Xiaojuan Yang,
  • Weiwei Li,
  • Ping Zhang,
  • Hua Chen and ,
  • Min Lai and
  • Sidong Zhao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

By constructing a rural revitalization index evaluation system and using measurement models and software such as AHP, the entropy method, the BCG matrix, and GeoDetector, this paper quantitatively analyzed the evolution mode and driving mechanism of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Rural Areas Facing the Challenge of Economic Diversification: Threats and Opportunities)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,413 Views
10 Pages

Fungicidal Protection as Part of the Integrated Cultivation of Sugar Beet: An Assessment of the Influence on Root Yield in a Long-Term Study

  • Iwona Jaskulska,
  • Jarosław Kamieniarz,
  • Dariusz Jaskulski,
  • Maja Radziemska and
  • Martin Brtnický

Despite the major role of non-chemical treatments in integrated plant protection, fungicides often need to be applied as a crop protection treatment in sugar beet farming. They should be used based on a good understanding of the requirements and effe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable and Ecological Agriculture in Crop Production)
  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
14,071 Views
26 Pages

Agrivoltaics and Aquavoltaics: Potential of Solar Energy Use in Agriculture and Freshwater Aquaculture in Croatia

  • Daniel Matulić,
  • Željko Andabaka,
  • Sanja Radman,
  • Goran Fruk and ,
  • Josip Leto,
  • Jakša Rošin,
  • Mirta Rastija,
  • Ivana Varga,
  • Tea Tomljanović and
  • Marko Karoglan
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

Agrivoltaics and aquavoltaics combine renewable energy production with agriculture and aquaculture. Agrivoltaics involves placing solar panels on farmland, while aquavoltaics integrates photovoltaic systems with water bodies and aquaculture. This pap...

(This article belongs to the Topic New Insights in Agriculture: Sustainability, Digitalization and Food Safety)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,297 Views
11 Pages

Mathematical Models to Predict Dry Matter Intake and Milk Production by Dairy Cows Managed under Tropical Conditions

  • Antonio Leandro Chaves Gurgel,
  • Geraldo Tadeu dos Santos,
  • Luís Carlos Vinhas Ítavo,
  • Camila Celeste Brandão Ferreira Ítavo and ,
  • Gelson dos Santos Difante,
  • Alexandre Menezes Dias,
  • Vanessa Zirondi Longhini,
  • Tairon Pannunzio Dias-Silva,
  • Marcos Jácome de Araújo and
  • Alfonso Juventino Chay-Canul
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

This study aimed to create an equation to predict dry matter intake (DMI) and milk production and N-ureic in the milk of dairy cows managed in tropical conditions in Brazil. We used 113 observations from three experiments using lactating Jersey, Giro...

(This article belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,612 Views
16 Pages

Productive, Qualitative, and In Vitro Fermentation Traits of Amaranthus Grains as Potential Ingredients for Pig Diet

  • Biagina Chiofalo,
  • Alessandro Vastolo,
  • Marianna Oteri,
  • Serena Calabrò and ,
  • Rosangela Armone,
  • Danilo Scordia,
  • Monica Isabella Cutrignelli and
  • Fabio Gresta
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

The present work compared the agronomic traits, chemical composition, fatty acid profile, and in vitro fermentation characteristics of twelve accessions of Amaranthus spp., belonging to A. cruentus, A. hybridus, A. hypochondriacus, and A. tricolor, g...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Animal Nutrition and Productions: Series II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
60 Citations
16,044 Views
19 Pages

This study investigates the phenomenon of forced displacement in Somalia over the past few decades and its implications for the livelihoods and food security of IDP communities. Employing a mixed-method approach, the study draws on various theories t...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,738 Views
15 Pages

Temporal Dynamics of Biomarker Response in Folsomia candida Exposed to Azoxystrobin

  • Marija Kovačević,
  • Nikolina Stjepanović,
  • Luca Zelić and
  • Željka Lončarić

Azoxystrobin (AZO) is widely used to prevent and treat fungal diseases in important crops but can also impact non-target organisms, including mammals, amphibians, aquatic, and soil organisms. Collembolans play important roles in ecosystems as decompo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Impact of Agricultural Practices on the Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,938 Views
16 Pages

Study on the Cooling Effect of Double-Layer Spray Greenhouse

  • Jihang Xu,
  • Weitao Bai,
  • Jian Wang,
  • Zhihui Mu and ,
  • Weizhen Sun,
  • Boda Dong,
  • Kai Song,
  • Yalan Yang,
  • Shirong Guo and
  • Yu Wang
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

Greenhouses provide suitable environmental conditions for plant growth. Double-layer plastic greenhouses are often used in many regions to ensure normal crop growth during winter since single-layer plastic greenhouses have poor insulation. However, d...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
6,431 Views
47 Pages

Green development is a concept of sustainable development, aiming to protect the environment and ecosystems while meeting economic development needs. In the field of agriculture, green development has emerged as a crucial pathway for reconciling the...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,002 Views
20 Pages

Vibration Characteristic Analysis and Structural Optimization of the Frame of a Triplex Row-Baling Cotton Picker

  • Jianhao Dong,
  • Guangheng Wang,
  • Hui Lin,
  • Xinsheng Bi and ,
  • Zhantao Li,
  • Pengda Zhao,
  • Tingwen Pei and
  • Fei Tan
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

The frame of the cotton picker is exposed to complex and varying loads during its operation. Therefore, conducting research on the vibration characteristics of the frame is crucial. In this study, vibration tests were conducted on the main vibration...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,800 Views
18 Pages

The Influence of Sulfur Dioxide Concentration on Antioxidant Activity, Total Polyphenols, Flavonoid Content and Individual Polyphenolic Compounds in White Wines during Storage

  • Jiří Mlček,
  • Tunde Jurikova,
  • Růžena Bednaříková,
  • Lukáš Snopek and ,
  • Sezai Ercisli and
  • Ondřej Tureček
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Wines represent a rich source of bioactive compounds, especially polyphenolic compounds, which mostly contribute to the antioxidant activity. Sulfur dioxide (SO2) has mostly been used as a preservative in winemaking to prevent oxidation during storag...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Product Quality and Safety)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,836 Views
17 Pages

Elastic Gauge Wheel with Irregular Cavity for Improving Seed Furrow Structure and Seeding Quality

  • Honggang Li,
  • Xiaomeng Xia,
  • Linqiang Chen,
  • Ruiqiang Ran and
  • Dongyan Huang

The traditional gauge wheel has poor performance in reducing the adhesion to soil and constructing seed furrow, which results in lower seeding quality of the planter. To reduce the adhesion of the gauge wheel to the soil and build a well-structured s...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,021 Views
13 Pages

The Preharvest Application of Essential Oils (Carvacrol, Eugenol, and Thymol) Reduces Fungal Decay in Lemons

  • María Gutiérrez-Pozo,
  • Vicente Serna-Escolano,
  • Marina Giménez-Berenguer,
  • Maria J. Giménez and
  • Pedro J. Zapata

Lemon postharvest losses are mainly due to the presence of fungal diseases. Current postharvest decay strategies rely on synthetic chemical fungicides; however, consumers are demanding that fruit is free of any chemical residue. The use of new natura...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Product Quality and Safety)
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  • Open Access
30 Citations
9,507 Views
32 Pages

Agricultural Practices and Soil and Water Conservation in the Transboundary Region of Kenya and Uganda: Farmers’ Perspectives of Current Soil Erosion

  • Hope Mwanake,
  • Bano Mehdi-Schulz,
  • Karsten Schulz,
  • Nzula Kitaka and ,
  • Luke O. Olang,
  • Jakob Lederer and
  • Mathew Herrnegger
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Poor agricultural practices among small-scale sub-Saharan African farmers can lead to soil erosion and reduce agricultural productivity. However, information on such practices is normally not well documented, making it challenging to design future mi...

(This article belongs to the Topic Water and Soil Management in Adaptation to Climate Change)
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  • Open Access
49 Citations
5,890 Views
16 Pages

Rapid population aging has serious implications for socio-economic development and poses considerable challenges to food security and agricultural economic resilience, issues that are not well understood to date. Against the background of the aging a...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,836 Views
12 Pages

Prickly Pear Cladodes as an Alternative Source of Water in Small- and Medium-Scale Yellow Mealworm Rearing

  • Simona Errico,
  • Paola Sangiorgio,
  • Stefania Moliterni,
  • Alessandra Verardi and ,
  • Anna Spagnoletta,
  • Salvatore Dimatteo and
  • Ferdinando Baldacchino
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

New solutions are compulsorily needed to reconcile the enormous and ever-growing request for protein for human nutrition and, at the same time, reduce conventional meat production. This epochal challenge can find a valuable aid to a winning solution...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability and Perspectives of Edible Insect Rearing and Utilization of Their Products and Byproducts)
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  • Open Access
35 Citations
5,707 Views
14 Pages

A Methodological Review of Fluorescence Imaging for Quality Assessment of Agricultural Products

  • Abdul Momin,
  • Naoshi Kondo,
  • Dimas Firmanda Al Riza,
  • Yuichi Ogawa and
  • David Obenland

Currently, optical imaging techniques are extensively employed to automatically sort agricultural products based on various quality parameters such as size, shape, color, ripeness, sugar content, and acidity. This methodological review article examin...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,868 Views
15 Pages

Effect of Native Vegetative Barriers to Prevent Wind Erosion: A Sustainable Alternative for Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) Production

  • Ermindo Barrientos-Pérez,
  • Felipe S. Carevic-Vergara,
  • Juan Pablo Rodriguez,
  • Jorge Arenas-Charlín and
  • José Delatorre-Herrera

The abandonment of ancestral techniques and the incorporation of new technologies in the production systems for the cultivation of quinoa has resulted in overexploitation of soils, a loss of fertility, water imbalance, a loss of native vegetation cov...

(This article belongs to the Topic Water and Soil Management in Adaptation to Climate Change)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,989 Views
16 Pages

Minimization of Inhibitor Generation in Rice Straw Hydrolysate Using RSM Optimization Technique

  • Vikas Chandra Gupta,
  • Meenu Singh,
  • Shiv Prasad and
  • Bhartendu Nath Mishra

Ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass comprises pretreatment, hydrolysis, and fermentation. However, several inhibitors are generated during rice straw chemical hydrolysis, including furfural, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), and phenolics. T...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Systems and Management)
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  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,374 Views
21 Pages

In the operational, strategic and tactical decision-making problems of the agri-food supply chain, the perishable nature of the commodities can represent a particular complexity problem. It is, therefore, appropriate to consider decision support tool...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Innovations in Agriculture—Series II)
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  • Open Access
43 Citations
4,345 Views
19 Pages

The improvement of agricultural green total factor productivity (AGTFP) is crucial to achieve sustainable agricultural development. By matching China’s provincial digital financial inclusion index and agricultural production data from 2011 to 2...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,867 Views
21 Pages

Seed Germination Behavior, Molecular Analysis of Four Populations of Arbutus andrachne Species from Greece, and Cultivation Practice for Producing High-Quality Plants

  • Elias Pipinis,
  • Athanasios Stampoulidis,
  • Aikaterini Angeliki Kotoula,
  • Elias Milios and ,
  • Stefanos Kostas,
  • Stefanos Hatzilazarou,
  • Evgenia Papaioannou,
  • Alexandros Papaeirinaios,
  • Kyriaki Kitikidou and
  • Kalliopi Radoglou
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Arbutus andrachne, the Greek strawberry tree, is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the family Ericaceae native to the Mediterranean basin, and is a valuable phytogenetic resource. In the context of sustainable exploitation of A. andrachne, four Gre...

(This article belongs to the Section Crop Genetics, Genomics and Breeding)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,590 Views
18 Pages

Dynamics of Biomass and Carbon Stocks during Reforestation on Abandoned Agricultural Lands in Southern Ural Region

  • Nikolay Fedorov,
  • Pavel Shirokikh,
  • Svetlana Zhigunova,
  • Elvira Baisheva and ,
  • Ilshat Tuktamyshev,
  • Ilnur Bikbaev,
  • Mikhail Komissarov,
  • Gleb Zaitsev,
  • Raphak Giniyatullin and
  • Shamil Maksyutov
  • + 11 authors+ 6 authors

Due to the global increase in CO2 in the atmosphere, studies focusing on the carbon balance in forest ecosystems are currently particularly relevant. Abandoned agricultural lands could provide an important contribution to carbon sequestration in many...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Impact of Agricultural Practices on the Environment)
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3 Citations
2,534 Views
15 Pages

The current article presents the state of the art of the creation of bioreservoirs of cryopreserved somatic and stem cell lines and cryopreserved or lyophilized germplasm-based resources of selected farm animal species. It also presents the agricultu...

(This article belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
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  • Open Access
27 Citations
2,491 Views
15 Pages

Rice lodging not only brings trouble to harvesting but also reduces yield. Therefore, the effective identification of rice lodging is of great significance. In this paper, we have designed a bilinear interpolation upsampling feature fusion module (BI...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
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  • Open Access
30 Citations
12,762 Views
18 Pages

Current Applications and Trends in Rabbit Nutraceuticals

  • Karim El-Sabrout,
  • Ayman Khalifah and
  • Francesca Ciani

To ensure the sustainability of rabbit production and protect the global rabbit industry, cost-effective and practical strategies for improving rabbit production and meat quality must be developed. Recently, rabbit farming, like other animal farming,...

(This article belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
  • Review
  • Open Access
40 Citations
10,710 Views
19 Pages

Climate change is one of the most emergent environmental challenges, with rising global temperatures, changes in precipitation regimes, and an increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. Climate change impacts on the agrarian sector...

(This article belongs to the Section Ecosystem, Environment and Climate Change in Agriculture)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,109 Views
16 Pages

Development Results of a Cross-Platform Positioning System for a Robotics Feed System at a Dairy Cattle Complex

  • Dmitriy Yu. Pavkin,
  • Evgeniy A. Nikitin,
  • Denis V. Shilin,
  • Mikhail V. Belyakov and ,
  • Ilya A. Golyshkov,
  • Stanislav Mikhailichenko and
  • Ekaterina Chepurina
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Practical experience demonstrates that the development of agriculture is following the path of automating and robotizing operational processes. The operation of feed pushing in the feeding alley is an integral part of the feeding process and signific...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advancements in Precision Livestock Farming)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,365 Views
18 Pages

Study on the Mechanism of Motion Interaction between Soil and a Bionic Hole-Forming Device

  • Long Wang,
  • Jianfei Xing,
  • Xiaowei He,
  • Xin Li and ,
  • Wensong Guo,
  • Xufeng Wang and
  • Shulin Hou
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Due to the lack of water resources, the main agricultural planting method used in the northwest region of China is plastic film mulching, with precision hole sowing performed on the film after mulching. However, conventional hole-forming devices dama...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations and Practices of Agricultural Green Mechanized Production Technology: Series II)
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2 Citations
3,490 Views
14 Pages

Plant Height and Stem Diameter of Solanum quitoense Lamarck Improved with Applications of AMF and Biostimulants

  • Ana Laura Olguín-Hernández,
  • Ma. de Lourdes Arévalo-Galarza,
  • Jorge Cadena-Iñiguez,
  • David Jaén-Contreras and
  • Cecilia B. Peña-Valdivia

The lulo plant (Solanum quitoense Lamarck) is native to South America. In Mexico, this species shows potential for the conversion of agroecosystems. It is used as food and pharmaceutical sources for metabolites. However, there are few papers related...

(This article belongs to the Section Crop Production)
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8 Citations
3,669 Views
17 Pages

A Mobile Laboratory Robot for Various and Precise Measurements of Crops and Soil in Agricultural Fields: Development and Pilot Study

  • Shintaro Noda,
  • Yasunari Miyake,
  • Yuka Nakano,
  • Masayuki Kogoshi and ,
  • Wataru Iijima and
  • Junichi Nakagawa
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Localized management based on multipoint measurements of crops and soil is expected to improve agricultural productivity. The difficulties with this process are as follows: it is time-consuming due to the many measurement points; it requires various...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)
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  • Open Access
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Evaluation of Bio-Friendly Formulations from Siderophore-Producing Fluorescent Pseudomonas as Biocontrol Agents for the Management of Soil-Borne Fungi, Fusarium oxysporum and Rhizoctonia solani

  • Gaber Attia Abo-Zaid,
  • Ahmed Salah Abdullah,
  • Nadia Abdel-Mohsen Soliman,
  • Ebaa Ebrahim El-Sharouny and ,
  • Abdulaziz A. Al-Askar,
  • Yiming Su,
  • Ahmed Abdelkhalek and
  • Soraya Abdel-Fattah Sabry
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Secretion of siderophores by Pseudomonas aeruginosa F2 and P. fluorescens JY3 was evaluated on chrome azurol S (CAS) agar plates and their inhibitory effect was inspected against Fusarium oxysporum and Rhizoctonia solani. Production of siderophores a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biological Control for Plant Disease)
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Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) in precision agriculture (PA) represent a cornerstone for field mapping, machinery guidance, and variable rate technology. However, recent improvements in GNSS components (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou)...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)

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