Agriculture, Volume 15, Issue 2

Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is a highly nutritious fruit crop cultivated commercially in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Being a shallow rooted fruit crop, it requires frequent application of nutrients. Papaya is highly remunerative...

The European Union promotes the development of a sustainable approach to solid waste management and disposal. Sewage sludge (SWS) is a good example of this economic model because it has fertilizing and soil-conditioning characteristics. This study em...

The phosphate transporter (PHT) family plays an important role in the uptake and transport of P elements in plants. A total of 158 PbPHTs were identified from the genome of ‘duli’ (Pyrus betulifolia Bunge) in this study, including 70 PbPH...

Cohesive Oxisols are a type of soil common in the Coastal Plateau in Brazil. These soils represent a challenge for agriculture and their study is fundamental to better land use. There have been a few studies on the porous system of cohesive soils on...

In unstructured tea garden environments, accurate recognition and pose estimation of tea bud leaves are critical for autonomous harvesting robots. Due to variations in imaging distance, tea bud leaves exhibit diverse scale and pose characteristics in...

The present study employed a 65Zn radioactive isotope as a tracer to investigate the foliar uptake and distribution patterns of ZnO concentrated suspension- and ZnSO4 solution-sprayed on soybean plant leaves. The radiolabeled foliar treatments were s...

Accurate leaf segmentation and counting are critical for advancing crop phenotyping and improving breeding programs in agriculture. This study evaluates YOLOv11-based models for automated leaf detection and segmentation across spring barley, spring w...

Raman spectroscopy is a spectral analysis technique based on molecular vibration. It has gained widespread acceptance as a practical tool for the non-invasive and rapid characterization or identification of multiple analytes and compounds in recent y...

This study aimed to evaluate the vegetative, productive, and fruit quality parameters of the European pear cultivars ‘Rocha’ and ‘Santa Maria’ under the training systems of Tall Spindle, with branches bent at an angle of 45&de...

Phytophthora cinnamomi causes significant root rot in hickory, leading to substantial yield losses. While Bacillus spp. are recognized as beneficial rhizosphere microorganisms, their application against hickory root rot and their impact on rhizospher...