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Agriculture, Volume 14, Issue 2

February 2024 - 167 articles

Cover Story: Understanding the assimilation of P through APases in the plant–soil/plant–microbiota ecosystem can be crucial for crop productivity and yields. This review qualitatively underscores the significance of APases in P uptake in agroecosystems and their role in the global P cycle. Observable changes in APase activity can be attributed to soil biophysicochemical properties, agricultural management practices, pollutants, and climate change. Although the selected studies cannot produce a meaningful summary estimate of the effect of more than two factors, the information obtained will enable us to manage agricultural systems to promote the capabilities of plants and associated microorganisms to assimilate nutrients and understand microbial-mediated processes and the dynamics of soil health. View this paper
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Articles (167)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,805 Views
21 Pages

17 February 2024

A fast spraying speed, wide working area, and easy operation are the operational advantages of high-clearance boom sprayers. To address the issue of spray boom mechanical vibration affecting the spraying effect, a double-link trapezoidal boom suspens...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,077 Views
21 Pages

DiffuCNN: Tobacco Disease Identification and Grading Model in Low-Resolution Complex Agricultural Scenes

  • Huizhong Xiong,
  • Xiaotong Gao,
  • Ningyi Zhang,
  • Haoxiong He,
  • Weidong Tang,
  • Yingqiu Yang,
  • Yuqian Chen,
  • Yang Jiao,
  • Yihong Song and
  • Shuo Yan

17 February 2024

A novel deep learning model, DiffuCNN, is introduced in this paper, specifically designed for counting tobacco lesions in complex agricultural settings. By integrating advanced image processing techniques with deep learning methodologies, the model s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,087 Views
17 Pages

Influence of Swine Wastewater Irrigation and Straw Return on the Accumulation of Selected Metallic Elements in Soil and Plants

  • Siyi Li,
  • Zhen Tao,
  • Yuan Liu,
  • Shengshu Li,
  • Rakhwe Kama,
  • Chao Hu,
  • Xiangyang Fan and
  • Zhongyang Li

17 February 2024

Treated livestock wastewater reuse for irrigation and straw return in arid regions have become common practices worldwide. However, many uncertainties still exist regarding the effects of the returning straw sizes on heavy metal accumulation in soil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,502 Views
14 Pages

Indoor Temperature Forecasting in Livestock Buildings: A Data-Driven Approach

  • Carlos Alejandro Perez Garcia,
  • Marco Bovo,
  • Daniele Torreggiani,
  • Patrizia Tassinari and
  • Stefano Benni

17 February 2024

The escalating global population and climate change necessitate sustainable livestock production methods to meet rising food demand. Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) integrates information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve farming effi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,051 Views
18 Pages

Design and Experimental Study of a Biomimetic Pod-Pepper-Picking Drum Based on Multi-Finger Collaboration

  • Chuanxing Du,
  • Weiquan Fang,
  • Dianlei Han,
  • Xuegeng Chen and
  • Xinzhong Wang

16 February 2024

In order to reduce ground drop loss during mechanical pepper picking and improve the net recovery rate, a drum snap finger picking device was designed. The picking device is mainly composed of a picking drum and auxiliary picking components; the pick...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,274 Views
18 Pages

16 February 2024

A reasonable fertilization rate and appropriate irrigation technology can lead to the green development of greenhouse tomatoes. The purpose of this study was to explore suitable irrigation technology for greenhouse tomatoes and the appropriate applic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,064 Views
16 Pages

16 February 2024

Hydrogen tractors are being developed, necessitating consideration of the variation in the center of gravity depending on the arrangement of components such as power packs and cooling modules that replace traditional engines. This study analyzes the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,899 Views
12 Pages

Enhancing the Performance of Sunflower Threshing Machines through Innovative Enhancements

  • Khaled Abdeen Mousa Ali,
  • Changyou Li,
  • Han Wang,
  • Ahmad Mostafa Mousa and
  • Marwa Abd-Elnaby Mohammed

16 February 2024

Improving the performance of the threshing process is of utmost importance in enhancing the quality of sunflower seeds and minimizing power consumption in sunflower production. In this study, we developed a modified sunflower threshing machine by inc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,266 Views
17 Pages

16 February 2024

For cost-sensitive Chinese solar greenhouses (CSGs) with an uneven spatial distribution in temperature and humidity, there is a lack of effective strategies for sensor configuration that can reduce sensor usage while monitoring the microclimate preci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,784 Views
23 Pages

Simulation Analysis and Multiobjective Optimization of Pulverization Process of Seed-Used Watermelon Peel Pulverizer Based on EDEM

  • Xiaobin Mou,
  • Fangxin Wan,
  • Jinfeng Wu,
  • Qi Luo,
  • Shanglong Xin,
  • Guojun Ma,
  • Xiaoliang Zhou,
  • Xiaopeng Huang and
  • Lizeng Peng

15 February 2024

To enhance the utilization of seed-used watermelon peel and mitigate environmental pollution, a hammer-blade seed-used watermelon peel crusher was designed and manufactured, and its structure and working parameters were optimized. Initially, the seed...

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Agriculture - ISSN 2077-0472