2025 December-2 - 96 articles
Reducing the fuel consumption of tractors has consistently been a critical challenge that the agricultural machinery industry must address. To investigate the energy consumption during the plowing process of tractors and enhance their economic effici...
Oats are regaining interest because of their nutritional and agro-environmental benefits. Hence, research into increasing oat productivity through sustainable agronomic practices has become increasingly important, especially as new varieties are deve...
Induced resistance in plants is a promising strategy for pest management, helping to reduce dependence on synthetic pesticides. However, no study has yet examined the interaction between Tetranychus urticae and Aronia melanocarpa, including host acce...
One of the main factors influencing wheat productivity is nitrogen (N) management. This study examined the impact of varying N-fertilizer rates on spring wheat yield and N use efficiency by adjusting the “source-sink” relationship between...
In the Republic of Moldova, orchard biomass represents an important resource for the production of densified solid biofuels, with peach having the highest sustainable energy potential (33.5 ± 6.54 GJ·ha−1). However, the quality of...
Global warming has intensified heat waves, severely threatening agricultural productivity and food security. In South Korea, heat waves have strengthened since the 1980s, often causing summer cooling demands far exceeding winter heating needs. Contro...
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Several management strategies based on different approaches have been proposed to contain the spread of the pest Xylella fastidiosa, but novel, effective, and sustainable physical methods are still needed. The present study is focused on the design,...
The advent of smart agriculture marks a paradigm shift from experience-driven to data-driven decision-making, fundamentally reshaping centuries-old farming practices [...]
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face ongoing challenges in balancing agricultural sustainability with economic growth due to limited land resources, rapid urbanisation, climate change, and reliance on food imports. This study explores the evolu...
Understanding soil respiration (Rs) dynamics in Mediterranean olive groves is crucial for quantifying carbon fluxes under climate change. Soil respiration represents the combined CO2 efflux from root metabolic activity and microbial decomposition of...
Accurate and rapid estimation of aboveground biomass (AGB) in cotton is crucial for precise agricultural management. However, current AGB estimation methods are limited by data homogeneity and insufficient model accuracy, which fail to comprehensivel...
To optimize the flow stability and improve application accuracy of the PWM intermittent variable-rate spraying system, which suffers from insufficient flow stability and response delays during changes in travel speed, this study proposes an intellige...
Sansevieria, a perennial herb known for its ornamental and medicinal value, has many varieties due to its leaf size and stripe color. However, it is very difficult to distinguish them during the seedling stage. In this study, we conducted chloroplast...
The ramifications of climate change, which are projected to lead to increased drought, desertification, and water scarcity, are expected to have a significant impact on the agricultural sector of Türkiye, particularly in the Mediterranean coasta...
Microtopography regulates soil erosion by shaping surface heterogeneity, but the mechanism of loess slope soil loss remains insufficiently quantified. This study combined laboratory rainfall simulations and machine learning to investigate how tillage...
Taking as a reference a region located on the border between Spain and Portugal, this paper analyses how European rural development programs take into account this borderline nature in order to implement their development strategies. The case study m...
Under the extensive influence of the monsoon climate, droughts in the Yangtze River Basin (YRB) occur frequently and pose a serious threat to grain security. To better understand the evolution and drivers of soil drought, this study employed remote s...
This paper tested the use of the surplus efficient frontier (a minimum tracking error portfolio selection method) to select the optimal hedging portfolio that replicates the best Mexican #4 lemon price in a t + 1 and t + 4 week hedging scenario. Usin...
The study of cotton stalk extraction resistance provides important parameters for the design of cotton stalk harvesting machinery. To investigate the effects of soil moisture content, cotton stalk diameter, and extraction angle on the extraction forc...
Crop diseases and pests have a significant impact on planting costs and crop yields and, in severe cases, can threaten food security and farmers’ incomes. Currently, most researchers employ various deep learning methods, such as the YOLO series...
In recent years, the rapidly changing environment and climate have emphasized the need for sustainable development, particularly in the agricultural sector. Tractors are the most widely used machines in agriculture, making their energy efficiency cru...
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Karstic regions are globally distributed, and the soil-forming parent rocks and their weathering process primarily cause elevated geochemical heavy metal (HM) accumulation in karst soils. However, the patterns of HMs, the genes related to resistance,...
Ensuring high-quality forage under Mediterranean conditions requires careful evaluation of genetic resources. Two perennial forage species, cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.) and tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.), were evaluated to determine t...
Conventional harvesters usually depend on the operator’s expertise to manually manage the power allocation between the harvesting and traveling system, which results in problems like high subjectivity, labor intensity, and sensitivity to terrai...
This study assessed the economic and financial viability of representative smallholder dairy farms (RSDFs) by analyzing two farm types: (1) RSDFs that rely exclusively on family labor and milk receipts, and (2) RSDFs that employ hired labor and obtai...
Coleoptera, specifically leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) and weevils (Curculionidae), are the dominant pests in tea plantations, significantly impacting tea yield and quality. Insect endosymbiont microbial communities play a crucial role in the physiolo...
Humus is the core product and key indicator of compost maturity. How to improve the humus content and accelerate its formation in composting is critical for the improvement of compost quality. This study investigated the effects of adding compost der...
Energy transition has become a priority in public policy; however, knowledge of its progress in peripheral, border regions of Eastern Poland—particularly in rural and urban—rural communes—remains sketchy. Research gaps concern both...
Effective placement of liquid bioproducts in the root zone is essential for improving plant health and productivity in organic strawberry cultivation, yet subsurface application is often constrained by soil compaction typical of perennial production...
Romania faces a double challenge in the swine production sector. On one hand, the European Union’s environmental agenda demands that member states drastically reduce both the carbon footprint and the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry by 20...
Asoil loosening device is designed to overcome the poor soil disturbance performance observed during residual film recovery, thereby effectively improving residual film recovery rates. Based on soil properties measured in cotton fields, a discrete el...
Accurate prediction of soybean futures prices is crucial for agricultural risk management and market decision-making. This study systematically evaluated nine state-of-the-art deep learning models—iTransformer, TFT, TCN, TimesNet, PatchTST, TiD...
To address the issues of low efficiency and repeated soil compaction caused by segregated pre-sowing operations for residual film recovery and soil preparation in Xinjiang’s long-term film-mulched cotton fields, this study developed a sowing-la...
To address the challenges of inefficient Camellia oleifera fruits harvesting in hilly and mountainous regions due to the difficulty of using large machinery, a handheld vibration harvesting device for Camellia oleifera fruits was designed. Based on t...
The high-precision establishment of drive motor models and “pump-motor” system models is crucial for the development of the agricultural machinery powertrain. The research of this paper studied the series combination of electric drive con...
With the rapid development of precision seeding technology, which plays a vital role in promoting large-scale cultivation, reducing seed loss, increasing crop yield, and improving land use efficiency, a maize precision seed metering control system ba...
In the context of global warming, agricultural drought risks are exacerbated by increasing atmospheric aridity. This study pioneers the application of the Bayesian Estimator of Abrupt Change, Seasonality, and Trend (BEAST) algorithm at a provincial s...
Soil passivation conditioners effectively reduce cadmium (Cd) bioavailability and limit its accumulation in rice, though their efficacy and stability vary considerably among different types. A three-year paddy field study in southern China evaluated...
Quorum sensing (QS) is a unique form of communication that exists among microbial communities. This system enables microbial cells to achieve behavioral coordination by generating and perceiving specific QS signaling molecules. This “chemical d...
In order to alleviate the problems of lack of research on threshing and cleaning equipment and poor operational performance of castor harvester, an axial-flow threshing and cleaning device was designed and evaluated for a roller brush type castor har...
Photosynthesis (PS) is the cornerstone of crop productivity, directly influencing yield potential. Photosynthesis remains an underexploited target in soybean breeding, partly because field-based photosynthetic traits are difficult to measure at scale...
In Europe, Salvia officinalis L. is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Salvia, valued for its medicinal properties and essential oil production. However, in Spain, the predominant wild species is S. lavandulifolia Vahl., which exhibits n...
Weeds will compete with soybeans for resources such as light, water and nutrients, inhibit the growth of soybeans, and reduce their yield and quality. Aiming at the problems of low efficiency, high environmental risk and insufficient weed identificat...
Fruit detection and counting is a key component of data-driven resource management and yield estimation in greenhouses. This work presents a novel infrared-based approach to capsicum counting in greenhouses that takes advantage of the light penetrati...
Automated three-dimensional plant phenotyping is an essential tool for non-destructive analysis of plant growth and structure. This paper presents a low-cost system based on stereo vision for depth estimation and morphological characterization of mai...
Chickpeas are a pulse crop that originated in Eurasia and are a source of protein for many people. The objective of this research is to select stable, high-yielding chickpea genotypes using uni- and multivariate methods of adaptability and stability...
The production and quality of wheat and maize grain can be significantly affected by various pests and pathogens, with phytoplasmas posing a particular threat due to their rapid spread and potential to cause severe damage to cultivated crops. The obj...
Ziziphus jujuba Mill. cv. Jinsi (Z. jujuba), a commercially significant cultivar of Chinese jujube, is extensively cultivated across diverse regions of China. However, comprehensive evaluations addressing the quality disparities of Z. jujuba originat...
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