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Crops, Volume 5, Issue 4

2025 August - 16 articles

Cover Story: As an emerging industry, sesame has been gaining popularity in the Australian agriculture sector. The success relies on effectively managing various biotic stresses, including insect pests, weeds, and diseases in Australian sesame production. Drawing from global and local research, threats that could hinder crop viability and yield were evaluated. With few pesticides currently registered for sesame, integrated pest management—emphasizing non-chemical strategies such as biological, botanical, and cultural controls—is essential. The supports of ongoing efforts to tailor sustainable protection strategies, inform growers and agronomists, raise awareness of emerging threats, and guide future research and extension activities can lead to a resilient and profitable sesame industry. View this paper
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Articles (16)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,088 Views
20 Pages

13 August 2025

Accurate prediction of soil phosphorus (P) adsorption capacity is essential for efficient fertilizer management and environmental protection. Traditional isotherm models, such as the Langmuir equation, have been widely used to quantify P sorption, bu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,211 Views
15 Pages

Trade-Off Between Yield and Water-Use Efficiency in Piper nigrum

  • Helane C. A. Santos,
  • Joaquim A. L. Junior,
  • Olavo P. Silva,
  • Rafaela S. Guerino,
  • Mariele C. Alves,
  • Deiviane B. da Silva,
  • William L. C. de Aviz,
  • Maria do B. C. L. Medeiros,
  • Oriel F. Lemos and
  • Lucas C. Costa
  • + 2 authors

12 August 2025

Water-use efficiency (WUE) plays a crucial role in sustainable crop production, particularly in water-limited environments where maximizing natural resource use is essential. This study evaluated the physiological and agronomic performance of two Pip...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,246 Views
16 Pages

Physicochemical and Microbiological Properties of Hazelnuts from Three Varieties Cultivated in Portugal

  • Ana Cristina Ferrão,
  • Raquel P. F. Guiné,
  • Marco Silva,
  • Arminda Lopes and
  • Paula M. R. Correia

7 August 2025

Hazelnut is an important crop worldwide, and the characteristics of the fruits are quite variable according to a number of factors, including variety and cultivation conditions, which in turn can vary according to harvest year. This study aimed to in...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,861 Views
20 Pages

6 August 2025

Insect pests cause severe damage and yield losses to many agricultural crops globally. The use of chemical pesticides on agricultural crops is not recommended because of their toxic effects on the environment and consumers. In addition, pesticide tox...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,554 Views
17 Pages

5 August 2025

Chemical fertilizers pose significant risks to both human health and the environment. To investigate the effect of substituting nitrogen fertilizer with vermicompost tea on wheat yield, shoot chemical constituents, and grain quality under clay-loam s...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,226 Views
33 Pages

30 July 2025

Soil nematodes are essential components of the soil food web and are widely recognised as key bioindicators of soil health because of their sensitivity to environmental factors and disturbance. In agriculture, many studies have documented the effects...

  • Article
  • Open Access
995 Views
12 Pages

Biocontrol Potential of a New Beauveria varroae Strain Isolated from an Urban Ecosystem Against Two Species of Noctuidae Pests

  • Spiridon Mantzoukas,
  • Vasileios Papantzikos,
  • Ioannis Lagogiannis,
  • Panagiotis A. Eliopoulos and
  • George Patakioutas

29 July 2025

Entomopathogenic fungi are among the most promising non-chemical alternatives for the control of many serious phytophagous insect pests, such as moth species. The present research investigates the use of the little-studied entomopathogenic fungus Bea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,156 Views
20 Pages

Rhizobium Inoculation Sustains Optimal Yields on Native Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Under Nitrogen-Deficient Fertilization

  • Danny Jarlis Vásquez Lozano,
  • Cledy Ureta Sierra,
  • Joseph Campos Ruiz,
  • Héctor Andrés Ramírez Maguiña,
  • Azucena Chávez-Collantes,
  • Leslie Diana Velarde-Apaza,
  • Richard Solórzano and
  • Attilio Israel Cadenillas Martínez

25 July 2025

Native bean genotypes (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) play a crucial role in ensuring food security in the Andean region. However, their cultivation faces challenges, such as low yields and a high dependence on nitrogen fertilizers. Addressing these issues r...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,273 Views
19 Pages

Perennial Grains in Russia: History, Status, and Perspectives

  • Alexey Morgounov,
  • Olga Shchuklina,
  • Inna Pototskaya,
  • Amanjol Aydarov and
  • Vladimir Shamanin

23 July 2025

The review summarizes the historical and current research on perennial grain breeding in Russia within the context of growing global interest in perennial crops. N.V. Tsitsin’s pioneering work in the 1930s produced the first wheat–wheatgr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,812 Views
16 Pages

Allelopathic Effect of Salvia pratensis L. on Germination and Growth of Crops

  • Marija Ravlić,
  • Renata Baličević,
  • Miroslav Lisjak,
  • Željka Vinković,
  • Jelena Ravlić,
  • Ana Županić and
  • Brankica Svitlica

22 July 2025

Salvia pratensis L. is a valuable medicinal plant rich in bioactive compounds, yet its allelopathic potential remains underexplored. This study evaluated allelopathic effects and total phenolic (TPC) and flavonoid (TFC) contents of water extracts fro...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,156 Views
44 Pages

14 July 2025

The emerging sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) industry in Australia faces potential threats from multiple pre-harvest diseases and pests, which will necessitate an initiative-taking approach for pest management. Here we assess the diseases and pests most...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,810 Views
8 Pages

14 July 2025

Rice is one of the most important staple foods worldwide. Asia, particularly South and Southeast Asia, is a major rice producer, and rice production is also gradually increasing in Africa. However, rice cultivation poses economic and environmental ch...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,962 Views
13 Pages

11 July 2025

Forages are the primary feed source for livestock production systems due to their diversity of adapted species and lower production costs. Forage-based livestock operations are complex systems across climates, soil types, genetics, and production sys...

  • Article
  • Open Access
808 Views
13 Pages

SNP Effects on Yield and Agronomic Traits in an International Winter Wheat Collection Grown in Western Siberia

  • Vladimir Shamanin,
  • Sergey Shepelev,
  • Alexandr Kovalchuk,
  • Alexey Morgounov,
  • Yerlan Turuspekov and
  • Inna Pototskaya

10 July 2025

The extension of genetic diversity is the basis for yield and adaptability improvements of winter wheat varieties under climate fluctuations. In the present study, an international collection consisting of 96 winter bread wheat accessions from Russia...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,157 Views
20 Pages

Soil Properties and Microelement Availability in Crops for Human Health: An Overview

  • Lucija Galić,
  • Vesna Vukadinović,
  • Iva Nikolin and
  • Zdenko Lončarić

7 July 2025

Microelement deficiencies, often termed “hidden hunger”, represent a significant global health challenge. Optimal human health relies on adequate dietary intake of essential microelements, including selenium (Se), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu),...

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