2026 September-2 - 104 articles
To address excessive cab vibration observed after combine harvester manufacture, this study applies hybrid grey wolf–whale optimized variational mode decomposition (HGWO–VMD) to identify vibration characteristics during stationary no-load...
Phytophthora blight, caused by Phytophthora capsici, is difficult to control after symptoms appear, motivating rapid, non-destructive detection during the asymptomatic stage. This study evaluated hyperspectral imaging (HSI) for early disease detectio...
Maize is globally important for food production, while insect pests adversely affect its yield and quality. Multi-source physiological and spectral responses can support early pest identification, but variable correlations and temporal changes in dis...
Reliable solar insecticidal lamp Internet of Things (SIL-IoT) equipment underpins green pest control and precise pest monitoring. Healthy ranges of light, photovoltaic and thermal variables shift with daylight, weather, energy availability and instal...
Soil microorganisms are responsible for natural glyphosate dissipation. However, previous studies have largely focused on bulk soils, and the underlying microscale mechanisms remain poorly resolved. In this study, we investigated the physicochemical...
Accurate plant height estimation is important for monitoring crop growth and supporting precision agricultural management. Manual measurements are labor-intensive, while LiDAR-based methods are expensive and require complex processing. UAV photogramm...
The increasing specialization of crop and livestock production has disrupted traditional nutrient cycling in agricultural systems, creating a dual challenge of excessive dependence on synthetic fertilizers and inefficient utilization of livestock man...
Agricultural green development (AGD) is crucial for food security, eco-efficiency, and rural sustainability. However, existing studies seldom examine structural shifts in AGD drivers across development stages. Using 2004–2023 county data from H...
This study systematically investigated the physicochemical characteristics of Vachellia honey from four major Kenya regions (Baringo, Katikit, Nakuru, and Bomet) using NMR spectroscopy, assessing sugars, organic acids, amino acids, and fermentation-r...
To address the degradation in drive-wheel speed control accuracy and vehicle trajectory-tracking performance caused by variations in wheel–terrain adhesion, load fluctuations, and model uncertainties under unstructured terrain conditions, a com...
Corn serves as one of China’s core staple crops, which guarantees national grain security, yet frequent pest infestations severely impact crop yields. Conventional crop protection measures suffer from low operating efficiency and inevitable env...
The widespread co-occurrence of elevated selenium (Se) and cadmium (Cd) in paddy soils presents a dual challenge of maximizing agronomic Se biofortification while simultaneously mitigating Cd toxic risks. Although straw return is a prevalent agricult...
The United States food system is highly centralized and heavily reliant on production and distribution methods that have significant negative environmental and social externalities. Soilless Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) has the potential...
Improving space use while reducing supplemental-lighting demand is important for compact hydroponic fodder production. We developed a cyclic movable cultivation rack with total internal reflection (TIR)-based supplemental lighting and evaluated its g...
Regenerative agricultural systems are increasingly promoted as a pathway to climate resilience, yet their sustainability claims often lack verifiable, systemic evidence, exposing them to greenwashing risks in transnational agri-food supply chains. Th...
As extreme weather events become more frequent or severe, farming-system resilience increasingly depends on persistent structural adaptation. This study investigates whether severe droughts are followed by sustained crop-mix adjustment and how prior...
ADP-glucose transporter HvBT1 is a key component of the starch biosynthesis pathway in barley; however, its functional domains and protein-level detection tools remain poorly characterized. In this study, domain dissection and transport activity assa...
The widespread adoption of unmanned agricultural machinery has transformed modern agricultural production. In unstructured farmland scenarios, variations in soil conditions and operational loads induce large perturbations to system dynamic parameters...
The return migration of agricultural labor has emerged as a notable demographic shift in rural China, yet its association with farmland abandonment has received limited empirical attention. Using household-level microdata from the China Household Fin...
Conventional tractor hitch systems employing mechanically controlled multi-way valves suffer from low control precision and sluggish dynamic response, which render them inadequate for field operations characterized by highly variable soil resistance....
Sodium ions (Na+) are typically the dominant ions in soil salts, where their excessive accumulation forms sodic saline soils with degraded structure that harms crops and soil biota. However, the adverse effects of Na+ on soil functions and microorgan...
Intensive swine production has elevated concerns regarding malodorous emissions, whose high complexity poses substantial challenges for deodorization assessment. This study conducted a multidimensional evaluation of a dual-stage scrubbing system in a...
Acute salt shock can perturb photosynthetic function before severe visual injury becomes pronounced, creating a short interval in which early photochemical responses can be resolved. This study compared preventive and concurrent foliar application of...
Autonomous headland operations require reliable boundary perception and timely behavioral decisions in unstructured field environments. This study proposes a perception-and-decision framework for autonomous agricultural machinery. A CA-SP-DeepLabV3+...
As modern agriculture expands into complex unstructured environments, including hilly terrain, paddy fields, and wetlands, conventional wheeled and tracked chassis increasingly face poor terrain adaptability, limited obstacle crossing capability, and...
The increasing demand for food driven by population growth, together with climate change, environmental degradation, and the excessive dependence of modern agriculture on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, has intensified the search for sustainabl...
African eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum and Solanum macrocarpon) is vital for food security in Côte d’Ivoire, yet its production practices remain poorly documented. This study characterised and compared African eggplant production systems i...
The automated detection of persimmons in orchards is hindered by two primary factors: fruits of the same cultivar possess nearly identical color, causing adjacent instances to be easily merged, and heavy occlusion by leaves and stems hides large port...
Accurate discrete element method (DEM) simulation of postharvest goji berry processing equipment is limited by the difficulty of directly measuring microscopic contact parameters. This study proposes an integrated DEM parameter calibration framework...
Overreliance on fiscal support policy instruments to improve cultivated land fertility poses a challenge to the sustainable supply capacity of government ecological compensation funds, especially given the limited scope for market-based implementatio...
This paper presents a rubber strip and spring tine residual cotton pickup device integrating picking, cleaning and conveying functions, developed to tackle the problems of severe waste of residual cotton, low picking efficiency and high impurity cont...
Improving animal welfare is an important objective of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy, as well as national regulations and voluntary certification schemes. Drawing on research conducted within the BroilerNet project, this paper...
Maize plant height and stem diameter can effectively reflect plant growth status and lodging resistance. Therefore, accurate measurement of these parameters enables precise monitoring of plant growth and provides data to support agricultural decision...
This study employs the Super-SBM model to evaluate the green efficiency of agricultural water use (GEAW) at the municipal level across China from 2013 to 2022. Urbanization levels are systematically assessed using the entropy weight method. Grounded...
Low-head, high-discharge agricultural irrigation and drainage pumping stations require efficient and stable operation under variable-flow conditions, while flow separation and wake vortices downstream of the bulb body can intensify energy dissipation...
Reliable and computationally efficient visual perception is essential for autonomous systems operating in complex livestock barns, where animals and operational objects must be accurately identified under variable illumination and occlusion condition...
Accurate identification of the big and small ends of poultry eggs is a crucial step in automatic packaging of poultry eggs in trays. In the actual packaging process, some factors, such as uneven surface brightness, different eggshell colors, and diff...
Intelligent monitoring of diseases and insect pests in rice and wheat has evolved from handcrafted features and conventional machine learning to deep learning, multimodal data fusion, and time-series forecasting. This review compares data acquisition...
Apple watercore is an internal physiological disorder that affects fruit quality and storage stability. This study developed a non-destructive approach for classifying watercore severity in 737 Aksu ‘Fuji’ apples using near-infrared hyper...
To enhance the fuel economy and operational adaptability of hybrid tractors under variable plowing loads, this paper proposes a slip-ratio-aware equivalent consumption minimization strategy (ECMS) calibrated via dynamic programming (DP). A resistance...
With the development of intelligent agricultural machinery and unmanned farms, agricultural production is gradually evolving toward greater autonomy, reduced labor dependence, and higher precision. To address the limitation of a single sensor in unst...
Tomato cultivation is highly vulnerable to both biotic and abiotic stressors, which together constitute major constraints on global crop productivity and food security. Among these, abiotic stressors such as excessive humidity are particularly challe...
Optimizing crop load through chemical thinning is essential for yield stability and fruit quality in intensive apple production, yet the relationships between tree growth, yield components, and fruit quality remain insufficiently characterized. This...
The Sanjiang Plain is a key cold-region rice production area in Northeast China, where climate variability and warming may alter the adaptability and yield stability of rice varieties. Identifying varieties with both high yield potential and stable p...
This study investigated the effects of cotton-stalk-derived wood vinegar produced at different pyrolysis temperatures on nitrogen and phosphorus transformations and the associated microbial mechanisms during the aerobic composting of chicken manure....
Financial reform has become a key driver in promoting high-quality entrepreneurship among farmers and fostering rural economic development. This study exploits the establishment of national-level Financial Reform Pilot Zones (FRPs) as a quasi-natural...
The global demand for high-quality animal products is driving the rapid development of livestock farming [...]
Lupin is an increasingly important protein crop, but evidence linking its nutritional and technological potential with fungal contamination, processing safety, and analytical control remains fragmented. This review integrates these areas within a fie...
Nutritional supplementation with pollen and protein-based patties is widely used in apiculture to support honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica) colonies during periods of limited natural forage, particularly in early spring and late summer. This study e...
The increasing interest in the use of crushed rock wastes as soil remineralizers has created a need for a more rigorous evaluation of these materials. This evaluation should go beyond total nutrient content and consider the factors that may determine...
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