January 2024 - 162 articles
The soil microbiome plays an important role in maintaining soil health, plant productivity, and soil ecosystem services. Current molecular-based studies have shed light on the fact that the soil microbiome has been quantitatively underestimated. In a...
In recent years, the primary sector in Italy and elsewhere has been profoundly affected by climate change and a deep economic crisis, mainly linked to stagnating prices and rising production costs. Because of this situation, we are witnessing renewed...
Despite the known benefits of integrated pest management, adoption in Australian broadacre crops has been slow, in part due to the lack of understanding about how pests and natural enemies interact. We use a previously developed process-based model t...
To address the problem of a lack of accurate parameters in the discrete element simulation study of the machine-picked fresh tea leaf mechanized-sorting process, this study used machine-picked fresh tea leaves as the research object, established disc...
When aiming at the problems such as missed detection or misdetection of recognizing green walnuts in the natural environment directly by using target detection algorithms, a method is proposed based on improved UNet3+ for green walnut image segmentat...
On the basis of data collected from 1208 apple farmers in the provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu, this study utilizes the weighted-frequency method to investigate the priority sequence of farmers’ preferences in choosing fertilizer-reduction and ef...
Weeds in paddy fields can seriously reduce rice yield. An intra-row weeding device with double-layer elastic rods was designed, considering the differences in mechanical properties between rice and weeds, which can press weeds into the soil and avoid...
Temperature has a significant impact on the production of edible mushrooms. The industrial production of edible mushrooms is committed to accurately maintaining the temperature inside the mushroom room within a certain range to achieve quality and ef...
Mussel shells, with their calcium carbonate content, serve as a natural pH buffer, aiding in neutralizing acidic soils and, consequently, enhancing nutrient availability for plants. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of treating soils w...
Parsley is an herb/vegetable rich in nutritional compounds such as carbohydrates, vitamins, protein, crude fiber, minerals (especially potassium), phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, iron, and essential oils. Limited information is available in the liter...
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