2025 December-1 - 122 articles
This paper presents a valve-controlled pipeline humidification system aimed at achieving precise and uniform humidity regulation in the multi-layer cultivation environments of plant factories. Since grafted seedlings require stable humidity condition...
With the advancement of precision agriculture and agriculture 4.0, path tracking control technologies for autonomous agricultural vehicles (AAVs) have become essential for achieving efficient and automated operations. This paper begins by introducing...
This study explores the efficacy of plasma-activated water (PAW), produced using a laboratory-made pin-hole air plasma jet, in the reduction of pesticide residues, including clothianidin, thiamethoxam, and propoxur. The physicochemical analysis indic...
Air-assisted sprayers are widely used in orchards to ensure deep canopy penetration and effective pesticide coverage, yet excessive or misdirected airflow often causes spray drift and ground losses. This study evaluated spray deposition efficiency, d...
Accurate wheat yield prediction is essential for ensuring food security and supporting governmental decision-making. However, the scarcity of long-term agricultural time-series data and the complex interplay between meteorological and socio-economic...
Automated pollen recognition is a foundational tool for diverse scientific domains, including paleoclimatology, biodiversity monitoring, and agricultural science. However, conventional methods create a critical data bottleneck, limiting the temporal...
This Special Issue was created around a central question, a question that is increasingly difficult to resolve in practice, namely what should be included among agronomic practices to cultivate aromatic and medicinal crops so that they achieve both h...
Accurate, high-throughput estimation of Above-Ground Biomass (AGB), a key predictor of yield, is a critical goal in rapeseed breeding. However, this is constrained by two key challenges: (1) traditional measurement is destructive and laborious, and (...
The traditional Iberian pig production system in the dehesa ecosystem of southwestern Spain and Portugal represents a significant cultural and ecological model of extensive livestock farming currently facing sustainability challenges. This study aime...
In the era of smart agriculture, intelligent fruit maturity detection has become a critical task. However, in complex orchard environments, factors such as occlusion by branches and leaves and interference from bagging materials pose significant chal...
The present research aimed to analyze the influence of dietary supplementation with grape skin flour (GSF) in rams on body weight, body condition, semen quality, plasma testosterone levels, behavior, and fertility. The biological material consisted o...
To address issues such as attitude instability, insufficient adaptability, and poor operational quality of precision operation equipment caused by complex terrain conditions in hilly orchards, this study designed an electric carrier Self-Leveling Pla...
Soil erosion is a significant challenge to the environment, ecology, and economy, and areas that undergo fast land use change and climate change are the most affected. This research evaluates the effects that climate change and Land-Use/Land-Cover (L...
Rapid and accurate moisture detection is critical for alfalfa quality control, yet conventional methods are slow, and non-destructive techniques are challenged by different product forms. This study leveraged Short-Wave Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging...
Global climate change is exerting a growing impact on agricultural ecosystems. Accurately assessing the spatiotemporal dynamics of agricultural ecosystem respiration and its response mechanisms to climate has therefore emerged as a critical issue in...
The queen, as the reproductive core of a honeybee colony, has declining reproductive capacity with age, making it necessary to rear new queens to replace older ones. Traditional artificial queen-rearing methods face challenges, such as difficulties i...
Recycled bio-wastes such as compost and vermicompost, and bioenergy byproducts such as digestate and biochar are widely acknowledged for their role as soil conditioners capable of preserving soil fertility, maintaining soil health, and acting as a bi...
The study evaluated the severity of leaf spots caused by Bipolaris maydis and Cercospora fusimaculans in Panicum maximum subjected to different liming and phosphate fertilization levels. A randomized block design was used in a 6 × 2 × 5 f...
Agriculture puts significant pressure on freshwater sources, which motivates the use of reclaimed water for irrigation as a promising alternative to reduce freshwater demand while also providing nutrients. This study applies Life Cycle Assessment to...
The EU–Mercosur agri-food trade is characterized by strong asymmetries reflecting long-standing structural differences between the two blocs. With the EU–Mercosur Agreement moving toward ratification, assessing these long-term trade patte...
The Qinghai–Tibet Plateau is a crucial ecological security barrier in China and Asia. Its grassland ecosystem has high ecological service value. Scientific assessments and classifications of grasslands are crucial for determining the value of g...
Ex-ante appraisal of agricultural policy needs a transparent way to trace how sectoral interventions translate into production. We study the Polish CAP case and ask how much selected actions matter for livestock sectors. We assembled intervention-lev...
Continuous use of substrate cultivation can easily lead to the accumulation of crop pathogens, leading to widespread crop diseases. It is necessary to screen suitable and efficient substrate and space fumigants to keep the healthy development in subs...
Soil aggregate stability is a key indicator of soil health and is fundamental to soil processes such as water infiltration, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, erosion control, and ecosystem functionality. However, research concerning the impact...
Due to its intensive nature [...]
Biochar is one of the most promising crop straw utilization pathways. However, its capacity for adsorbing heavy metals is limited, and there is a potential risk of secondary pollution, highlighting the importance of developing efficient and environme...
Vibration technology is a commonly used method for detaching citrus fruits, and studying the vibrational properties of citrus trees can helpfully improve the effectiveness of vibrating harvesters. The existing mechanical properties of wood have shown...
Black soil, as a vital environment for food production, is currently facing severe degradation. Earthworm tillage is recognized as an effective approach to improving black soil structure; however, its optimal implementation strategy remains unclear....
Amid climate change and land-use transformation, the scientific identification of high-quality arable land reserves is critical for safeguarding both cropland quantity and quality. Conventional approaches, largely based on spatial autocorrelation and...
Rice diseases pose a critical threat to global food security. While deep learning offers a promising path toward automated diagnosis, clear guidelines for model selection in resource-constrained agricultural environments are still lacking. This study...
Conventional cereal production in coastal saline–alkali drylands is constrained by low productivity and soil degradation. While diversified cropping and biochar application have each been shown to enhance soil quality, the effects of their shor...
Biochar has gained attention as a promising soil amendment capable of improving soil structure, nutrient retention and plant resilience to stress. However, its performance in perennial horticultural systems, particularly during the early stages of or...
The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of the effects of oats, with and without hulls, on the histomorphometry parameters of the jejunum and ileum, the viscosity of the jejunal content and the ileal microbiota composition of broiler...
Apple (Malus domestica) is a very important crop grown in Kazakhstan. Cytospora species are capable of causing destructive stem cankers on a wide range of woody plants, including apples, and can lead to twig and branch dieback. This study aimed to id...
Understanding how carbon is stored and stabilized in temperate agricultural soils is central to addressing one of the defining environmental challenges of our time—climate change. In this review, we bridge quantitative bibliometric insights wit...
The vibration of the combine harvester header assembly directly affects harvesting efficiency and operational quality. To address the insufficient dynamic characterization of the cantilever conveying trough under complex field excitations, this study...
Rice lodging is a major agricultural disaster that reduces yield and quality. Accurate lodging detection and causal analysis are essential for disaster mitigation and precision management. To overcome the limited coverage and low automation of conven...
Moisture content is one of the key indicators for evaluating the quality of apricots. When moisture levels fluctuate over an excessively wide range, scattering effects and absorption characteristics interfere with each other, making it difficult for...
The olive psyllid (Euphyllura olivina), previously considered a secondary pest in Spain, is becoming more prevalent due to climate change and rising average temperatures. Its cottony wax secretions can cause substantial damage to olive crops under ce...
Every year, up to 40% of the crops in the world are lost to pests. Plants have suffered from prolonged biotic stresses and abiotic stresses, which cause significant changes in complex crop ecosystems, necessitating intensive pest management strategie...
Digital technologies have rapidly penetrated rural China, transforming household economic structures and reshaping agricultural factor markets. Drawing on 3930 household-level observations from six provinces in the Yellow River Basin (2020–2023...
Food waste is one of the planet’s most pressing challenges, directly linked to food security, resource depletion, greenhouse gas emissions, and, more broadly, environmental concerns demanding immediate attention. This issue occurs throughout th...
The cereal leaf beetle (CLB; Oulema melanopus L., Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is a serious pest of wheat, capable of causing yield losses of up to 40% through photosynthetic impairment. Early detection and severity assessment are essential for effecti...
Climate volatility and market uncertainty pose significant challenges to agricultural stability. We assess whether and how agricultural industrial agglomeration shapes China’s agricultural economic resilience using province-level panel data for...
Agricultural production is becoming increasingly difficult due to various environmental fluctuations brought on by climate change. Overall increase in atmospheric temperatures due to greenhouse gases, changing rainfall patterns leading to severe wate...
Rapid and accurate phenotypic screening of rice germplasms is crucial for identifying potential sources of rice sheath blight resistance. However, visual and/or caliper-based estimations of coalescing, necrotic, diseased lesions of rice sheath blight...
The spatial mismatch between grain production and water resources in China poses significant challenges to food security. This study examines Heilongjiang Province, a major grain-producing region, to explore pathways for enhancing food security throu...
Fruit peel cracking significantly reduces the commercial value of melons (Cucumis melo). To elucidate the underlying mechanisms of peel cracking, we conducted integrated investigations including morphological, physiological, metabolomic and transcrip...
Agricultural product branding promotes regional economic development by enhancing brand value and market competitiveness, serving as a vital pathway for increasing farmers’ incomes and advancing the transformation of modern agriculture. This pa...
Rice plays a pivotal role in global food security, particularly for Asian populations. However, its production is significantly threatened by insect pests, with Chilo suppressalis being a major pest in Asian rice-growing regions. Therefore, developin...
of 3
