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Agriculture, Volume 14, Issue 7

July 2024 - 237 articles

Cover Story: Fungi offer a sustainable non-animal protein source, requiring less land and growing on waste. Due to population growth, there is the need to boost yields and quality without using synthetic fertilizers. Wood distillate (WD), a product from wood pyrolysis, is rich in bioactive substances like polyphenols and alcohols and is approved for organic farming. This study examines WD's effect on cultivating P. eryngii at concentrations of 0%, 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.5%, and 1%. The results showed that WD significantly increased the content of total soluble protein, phenols, and vitamin C, while reducing glycogen, especially at 0.2%. These findings suggest biostimulants like WD can enhance mushroom nutrition, warranting further research. View this paper
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Articles (237)

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,706 Views
29 Pages

The Attractiveness of Employee Benefits in Agriculture from the Perspective of Generation Z

  • Michaela Heřmanová,
  • Kateřina Kuralová,
  • Michal Prokop and
  • Ladislav Pilař

This article addresses the pressing issue of attracting Generation Z to the agriculture sector in the Czech Republic, a vital issue given its crucial role in ensuring food security and sustainability. During demographic changes and declining interest...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,586 Views
16 Pages

Modeling the Discharge Rate of a Screw Conveyor Considering Hopper–Conveyor Coupling Parameters

  • Peng Chen,
  • Tianci Huang,
  • Bei Wu,
  • Huaiyuan Qian,
  • Fangping Xie,
  • Baohua Liu,
  • Dawei Liu and
  • Xu Li

Developing a flow rate model for the screw feeder and optimizing discharge performance are crucial for achieving automated intelligent precision feeding. This study constructs a mass flow rate model for screw conveyors, considering the coupled struct...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,472 Views
13 Pages

The Biostimulant Potential of Clove Essential Oil for Treating Soybean Seeds

  • Joao Paulo Costa,
  • Vinícius Guimarães Nasser,
  • Willian Rodrigues Macedo,
  • Mario Ferreira Conceição Santos and
  • Geraldo Humberto Silva

Increasing soybean productivity can be achieved by treating seeds with biostimulants. To this end, an investigation was conducted into the potential of a formulation prepared with clove es-sential oil (CEO) diluted in soybean oil for seed treatment....

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,472 Views
25 Pages

Inadequate parameter design of the cleaning device in soybean combine harvesters leads to elevated levels of machine harvesting losses and impurity rates. To provide fundamental data for the optimization of structural parameters of soybean cleaning s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,978 Views
20 Pages

Hyperspectral technology is widely recognized as an effective method for monitoring soil salinity. However, the traditional sieved samples often cannot reflect the true condition of the soil surface. In particular, there is a lack of research on the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,179 Views
16 Pages

Airflow plays a crucial role in plant growth because it supplies CO2, O2, and energy to plants in a plant factory with artificial light (PFAL). Therefore, understanding how various factors affect airflow in and around a plant canopy is essential. In...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,711 Views
16 Pages

China is the largest soybean importer and consumer in the world. Soybean oil is the most-consumed vegetable oil in China, while soybean meal is the most important protein feed raw material in China, which affects the costs of animal husbandry. Volati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,373 Views
16 Pages

Environmental Concerns of Agri-Food Product Consumers: Key Factors

  • Sergio Valdelomar-Muñoz and
  • Eva María Murgado-Armenteros

Growing consumer interest in caring for the environment has motivated the development of multiple studies focused on discovering this variable’s impact on purchasing behaviour. However, a major gap still exists between attitude and pro-environm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,310 Views
11 Pages

Ozone Treatment as a Sustainable Alternative for Suppressing Blue Mold in Mandarins and Extending Shelf Life

  • Darija Lemic,
  • Marija Andrijana Galešić,
  • Mario Bjeliš and
  • Helena Viric Gasparic

Citrus fruits, particularly mandarins, are highly valued globally for their nutritional benefits and versatile culinary uses. However, the challenge of post-harvest decay, primarily due to blue mold (Penicillium italicum) infections, results in signi...

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  • Open Access
1,636 Views
25 Pages

The solar greenhouse is a significant agricultural facility in China. It enables the cultivation of crops during periods that do not coincide with the natural growing season, thus alleviating the pressure on the supply of fruits and vegetables during...

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