Agriculture, Volume 15, Issue 16

This study addresses the need for efficient and non-destructive monitoring of the nutrient status of hardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta), a plantation crop native to East Asia. Traditional nutrient monitoring methods are labor-intensive and often destructi...

Buckwheat is a highly nutritious coarse grain crop, yet its industrial processing has long faced two major challenges: the low whole-kernel rate of domestic dehullers and the poor local adaptability of imported equipment. To address these problems, a...

To characterize the spatiotemporal distribution of temperature and airflow in single-span plastic-film greenhouses, we coupled field experiments with three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations in a warm–temperate region of...

Improving agricultural by-product utilization can alleviate tropical feed shortages. This study used corn stover (CS, Zea mays L.) at the maturity stage as the material, with four silage treatments: control, lactic acid bacteria (LAB, Lactiplantibaci...

Scientific nitrogen management is essential for maximizing crop growth potential while minimizing resource waste and environmental impacts. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is the most widely cultivated high-quality leguminous forage crop globally, and i...

Mycorrhizal symbiosis relies on the host’s supply of carbohydrates, while sugar transport within plants is governed by the SWEET sugar transporter family. Although the symbiotic association between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and maize i...

Traditional fluted roller seed metering devices exhibit unstable seeding rates during forage seed mixed sowing. To address this issue, a new seed metering device was designed based on the agronomic requirements of forage seed mixing and the structura...

Weeds are among the primary factors that adversely affect crop yields. Chlorophyll fluorescence, as a sensitive indicator of photosynthetic activity in green plants, provides direct insight into photosynthetic efficiency and the functional status of...

With the development of smart agriculture, the precise identification of fruit tree trunks by orchard management robots has become a key technology for achieving autonomous navigation. To solve the issue of tree trunks being hard to see against their...

China holds the largest apple cultivation area globally, yet yields per hectare remain relatively low. Despite substantial government investment in modern orchard technologies, adoption remains limited among farmers. This study investigates the econo...