Agriculture, Volume 15, Issue 2

Mulching is a widely adopted practice in vegetable cultivation globally. This technique employs various plastic materials, such as polyethylene (PE) film or polypropylene (PP) nonwoven fabric, with an increasing trend toward the use of biodegradable...

Our objective was to evaluate the effects of dietary starch concentration on milk production, nutrient digestibility, and methane emissions in lactating dairy cows. Thirty mid-lactation cows were randomly assigned to either a high-neutral-detergent-f...

The study aims to assess the performance of European sustainable agriculture through a new model of agricultural sustainability, addressing a significant gap identified in the literature: the lack of a systematic framework integrating the economic, e...

In China, there are around 36.7 million hectares of saline–alkali lands that hold utilization potential. Precision fertilization stands as a vital measure for enhancing the quality of saline–alkali soil and promoting a significant increas...

In China, there are approximately 36.7 million hectares of available saline–alkali land. The quality of land preparation significantly influences the yield of crops grown in saline–alkali soil. However, saline–alkali soil is highly...

As the fundamental unit of soil structure, soil aggregates play a crucial role in enhancing soil carbon and nitrogen storage, thereby supporting soil fertility and overall health, particularly in fragile karst regions. This study aims to quantify the...

Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) impacts climate, air quality, soil nitrogen fixation, and crop production, yet its transboundary impacts remain unclear. This study combines 15 global datasets to assess nitrogen’s transboundary impacts on crop yields and...

The southwestern region of China is one of the major maize (Zea mays L.)-producing areas and a concentrated zone of farmland contaminated by heavy metals (HMs). Selection of maize varieties with low accumulation of HMs under complex HM pollution cond...

Accurate safflower recognition is a critical research challenge in the field of automated safflower harvesting. The growing environment of safflowers, including factors such as variable weather conditions in unstructured environments, shooting distan...

In the context of rapid industrialization and agricultural modernization, the issue of heavy metal (HM) pollution has surfaced as a critical concern, posing a substantial threat to human health and having a profound impact on agricultural cultivation...