19 March 2026
Soil-borne diseases have become increasingly serious due to continuous planting. Soil fumigation may be inadequate because of the persistence of soil-borne pathogens on ginger seed rhizome. A combined strategy of soil fumigation and seed rhizome disi...
Fertilization is a regular management approach that can enhance soil fertility and stimulate the proliferation of beneficial microorganisms. However, the prolonged influence of fertilization practices on soil quality, microbial functional characteris...
Rice straw as a growth substrate for soilless sod production not only avoids the damage to farmland soil deterioration but also solves the difficulty in disposing of a large amount of agricultural straw waste. This study was designed to explore the f...
Modern agriculture faces increasing pressure to maintain productivity while reducing soil degradation, chemical inputs, and ecological footprint, making biologically based soil-improvement strategies highly relevant. This study examined whether micro...
This research aimed to investigate livestock owners’ willingness to pay (WTP) for a hypothetical livestock vaccination program in southern Ethiopia. We used both primary and secondary data. The former data were collected from 377 livestock farm...
The longitudinal study investigated the impact of age at first mating (AFM) on milk yield (MY) across the productive lifespan of Alpine goats born between 2005 and 2018. Data from 740 animals across three herds and 3200 lactations were analyzed. The...
China is one of the world’s major lychee producers, and the fruit’s soft texture, small size, and thin peel make non-destructive robotic harvesting particularly challenging. Accurate fruit detection, branch segmentation, and precise picki...
Serbia’s agricultural budget has shifted repeatedly between production-linked market support and direct payments (MSDPs) and investment-oriented rural development support (RD). Using harmonized annual data for 2015–2025 from final amended...
Amid the dual pressures of ecological conservation and livelihood sustainability on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, investigating the economic effects of herders’ adaptation strategies holds practical relevance. Focusing on grass-based livesto...
Cucumber Fusarium wilt, which is induced by the soil-borne pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cucumerinum (FOC), represents a highly destructive disease. Cucumber seedling grafted onto figleaf gourd (Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché) rootstock (CFC)...
Chronic nutrient stress, whether deficiency or excess, alters trees’ physiology and disrupts their growth. Because growth and hydraulics co-determine stem diameter dynamics, we hypothesize that stem diameter variation (SDV, measured by point de...
Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) is a crop used as a forage that possesses an exceptional nutritional profile and digestibility. Unfortunately, this crop has low seed yield. Within the framework of the “Legume Generation” EC-funded proj...
Collective action serves as a critical mechanism for addressing deficiencies in small-scale irrigation infrastructure and fostering a virtuous cycle of their operation and maintenance. Village leaders, as central figures in organizing and mobilizing...
Rapid non-destructive evaluation of the moisture content of freshly harvested paddy rice in the field is essential for determining the optimal harvest timing, ensuring high-quality rice production and energy savings. This study developed a non-destru...
Against the backdrop of China’s rural revitalization, understanding the factors influencing farmers’ agricultural technology adoption behavior is crucial for enhancing such adoption. Therefore, exploring the decision-making logic behind f...
Evapotranspiration and crop coefficients are key variables for designing efficient irrigation strategies in tree crops, yet standard tabulated coefficients derived for mature, fully covering orchards often fail to represent the water use of young, hi...
Erosion in intensively farmed landscapes threatens above- and below-ground biodiversity. While impacts on soil physical and chemical properties (which affect soil inhabiting biota) are well documented, effects on ground-associated fauna (distribution...
Comprehensively integrating eco-farms and rural tourism represents a crucial pathway for advancing rural revitalization and sustainable development; however, existing research has pre-dominantly focused on the net effects of individual factors, faili...
Soil nitrogen availability is a major constraint to crop productivity in rainfed arid and semi-arid regions. The influence of straw strip mulching on nitrogen availability and transformation across soil layers remains unclear. This study investigates...
The LOCAL project, ‘Biodiversity and enhancement of local sheep and goat genotypes with a predominant aptitude for milk production’, was developed in the Apulia region of Southern Italy. It adopted a multidisciplinary scientific approach...
Accurate identification of the cotton top bud is a prerequisite for automated cotton topping. However, the detection of the cotton top bud is low due to the small target size and a similar background. Therefore, a method named CFSS-YOLO was proposed...
To estimate leaf area, the length-width method, also called the Montgomery equation, has been widely used. It is an empirical formula stating that within a given species, the area of a leaf is proportional to the product of its length and width. Alth...
In structured orchard environments, harvesting robots operate where rigid bodies (e.g., trunks, poles, and wires) coexist with flexible foliage. Strict avoidance of all obstacles significantly compromises operational efficiency. To address this, this...
Drought is a highly destructive natural disaster that inflicts severe economic losses. Its formation mechanisms are complex, yet existing studies have often focused on single driving factors, leaving the synergistic effects of multiple factors insuff...
This study comparatively assessed the quality of organically and commercially produced turkey meat roasted to internal temperatures of 72 ± 2 °C, 80 ± 2 °C, and 88 ± 2 °C. The evaluation encompassed physical character...
Global high-mountain ecosystems are increasingly subjected to intensified anthropogenic disturbances, which facilitate the spread of invasive alien plants and threaten agricultural sustainability and ecological security. Using Laojun Mountain in Yunn...
In areas with frequent wildlife activity, coordinating biodiversity conservation with agricultural production is a critical issue for achieving agricultural sustainability. This study uses farm household survey data collected in 2022 from Asian eleph...
Aux/IAA proteins function as central transcriptional repressors in auxin signaling and have been implicated in coordinating developmental responses to environmental stress, particularly through modulation of root system architecture. However, the con...
The present study investigated the detection performance of the YOLOv8s, YOLO11s, and YOLO12s models, implemented within convolutional neural network architectures, for identifying floricane raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) shrubs using RGB imagery and mu...
Weed competition restricts organic cereal production. In our study on the mechanical control of weeds, classic (tined weeder) and modern machines were used (spring-tined weeder, rotary weeder and camera-guided hoe). The study was conducted in two gro...
Sustainable indoor growing management requires biological alternatives that protect against pathogens, preserve fruit quality and minimise chemical inputs in strawberries. We compared the impacts of a four-strain Bacillus consortium (BacMix) and chem...
Florida (FL)’s agriculture sector is undergoing rapid transformation due to biological shocks, environmental stressors, import competition, and accelerating urbanization. Citrus greening, laurel wilt, and hurricane-related damage have sharply r...
In desert regions, frequent aeolian dust events lead to rapid dust accumulation on greenhouse films, critically compromising light transmittance and inhibiting crop growth. To address this challenge, this study integrated Computational Fluid Dynamics...
This study investigated the application of biochar obtained from black liquor, a residue generated during the Kraft pulping process in the paper industry, as a sustainable soil amendment in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivation. The biochar was pro...
Rice undergoes rapid growth and exhibits a high demand for nutrients during the tillering and booting stages. SPAD readings, which reflect relative leaf chlorophyll status, and leaf nitrogen content (LNC) are key indicators of plant nutritional statu...
Soil drought impact on irrigation areas is not merely a single reduction in crop yields, but rather a chain reaction that occurs from multiple dimensions including crop growth, water resource allocation, soil environment, operation of irrigation area...
Correct arch-back orientation is essential in ridge-based strawberry transplanting. Improper orientation can increase soil contact and soil-borne disease risk, leading to yield loss and reduced harvest efficiency. In current practice, arch-back orien...
Under conditions of limited irrigation and excessive fertilizer application in the arid regions of Xinjiang, it is essential to adopt well-coordinated strategies to improve yield and crop water productivity (WP). In this study, a comparative experime...
This study evaluated the effects of fly ash (F) and effective microorganisms (EM) on nutrient dynamics and heavy metal transformations during vermicomposting of camel manure (CM). Four treatments (CM, CM + F, CM + EM, and CM + F + EM) were arranged i...
The sustainability of date palm cultivation is a critical research focus due to its vital role in food security and the resilience of agricultural systems in arid regions. This study evaluates the sustainability of date palm farms by examining how di...
This study evaluated the effects of biostimulant treatments on the ionic composition and yield of ‘Formosa’ papaya (Carica papaya L.) subjected to varying water replacement levels. The research utilized a randomized complete block design...
The aim of this study is to identify the factors that shape the ability of producers in short food supply chains in Slovakia to utilize different types of distribution channels and to penetrate higher-demand markets. The analysis was based on a datab...
Against the backdrop of escalating global climate challenges, minimizing carbon emissions while enhancing energy efficiency in rice production has emerged as a core pathway toward achieving agricultural carbon neutrality. A two-year field study condu...
The rapid chilling and aging stages following pork slaughter represent a critical window for determining final physicochemical quality and flavor development. To address the destructive nature of conventional meat quality assessment methods and the l...
Soil moisture prediction is essential for precision irrigation in water-limited agricultural systems. This study presents a deep learning-driven irrigation framework for winter wheat, integrating a novel Informer–UNet model with a Comprehensive...
The grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is one of the most economically valuable horticultural crops worldwide and is cultivated across a wide range of agroclimatic regions. The objective of this study was to develop a predictive model to estimate the yiel...
At the current stage, water resource shortages and significant regional disparities in resource distribution severely restrict China’s food security. Existing research primarily focuses on resource use efficiency, while lacking a systematic fra...
This study used bibliometric methods to systematically analyze the development trend, knowledge structure and evolution path of the field of “quantitative research on agricultural soil respiration based on machine learning” from 2021 to 2...
Aerobic composting shows state-dependent dynamics in key parameters such as temperature, moisture content, oxygen concentration, and pH, and these variables are strongly coupled over time. This coupling makes accurate state identification and process...
The Brazilian Amazon has been endangered by agro-extractivism, a development model characterized by the expansion of the agricultural frontier to produce raw commodities embedded in power-asymmetrical commodity chains. Recently, the socio-biodiversit...
