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  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,432 Views
11 Pages

Fertilizer prices have risen worldwide since the end of 2021. In this context, the value of organic fertilizers has also changed from the farmers’ perspective. Hence, an open question about their value arises with an increased demand for organi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,577 Views
30 Pages

16 June 2025

The research and application of green fertilizers have long been constrained by financial and technical barriers. Farmers’ adoption of green fertilizers is also highly dependent on government policy support. As an intermediary organization brid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,475 Views
27 Pages

2 September 2022

The purpose of a comprehensive field experiment was to evaluate the agronomic efficiency of a precise organomineral fertilizer system based on a uniform and differentiated application of mineral and organic fertilizers. The methodological basis of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,501 Views
12 Pages

Women’s Knowledge and Awareness of the Effect of Age on Fertility in Kazakhstan

  • Antonio Sarría-Santamera,
  • Gauri Bapayeva,
  • Gulnara Utepova,
  • Jelena Krstic,
  • Sanja Terzic,
  • Gulzhanat Aimagambetova,
  • Fariza Shauyen and
  • Milan Terzic

16 December 2020

An accurate understanding of reproductive facts is essential for appropriate decision making regarding whether, when, and how to conceive. The objective of this study was to investigate women’s knowledge of how age affects fertility and their knowled...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,722 Views
19 Pages

Predictive Model of Granular Fertilizer Spreading Deposition Distribution Based on GA-GRNN Neural Network

  • Lilian Liu,
  • Guobin Wang,
  • Yubin Lan,
  • Xinyu Xue,
  • Suming Ding,
  • Huizheng Wang and
  • Cancan Song

27 December 2024

In this paper, we investigate the particle deposition distribution characteristics in granular fertilizer spreading, establish a relationship model between operational parameters and particle deposition distribution, and design an unmanned aerial veh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
14,009 Views
24 Pages

Substituting Organic Fertilizer for Chemical Fertilizer: Evidence from Apple Growers in China

  • Pingping Fang,
  • David Abler,
  • Guanghua Lin,
  • Ali Sher and
  • Quan Quan

16 August 2021

This study investigates the key factors affecting farmers’ decisions to use chemical fertilizer and/or organic fertilizer in Chinese apple production. This study calculates partial output elasticities and elasticities of the substitution between orga...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,651 Views
20 Pages

In northern China, plastic-shed vegetable production significantly contributes to nitrogen (N)-induced groundwater eutrophication due to excessive fertilization and irrigation. However, the impact of optimized farming practices on N leaching has seld...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,467 Views
11 Pages

Current Status of Fertility Preservation in Pediatric Oncology Patients

  • Albert Pasten González,
  • Cristina Salvador Alarcón,
  • Jaume Mora,
  • Marta P. Martín Gimenez,
  • Rosalia Carrasco Torrents and
  • Lucas Krauel

30 April 2024

Cancer poses significant emotional challenges for children and adolescents, despite improvements in survival rates due to new therapies. However, there is growing concern about the long-term effects, including fertility issues. This review examines r...

  • Review
  • Open Access
40 Citations
12,893 Views
30 Pages

Precision Fertilization and Irrigation: Progress and Applications

  • Yue Lu,
  • Mingzheng Liu,
  • Changhe Li,
  • Xiaochu Liu,
  • Chengmao Cao,
  • Xinping Li and
  • Za Kan

The transformation and upgrading of traditional agriculture are required to address its shortcomings and deficiencies, which have resulted in environmental pollution or water problems. Precision agriculture emerged at the historic moment to solve the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,854 Views
18 Pages

Positive Effects of Organic Substitution in Reduced-Fertilizer Regimes on Bacterial Diversity and N-Cycling Functionality in Greenhouse Ecosystem

  • Na Sun,
  • Liying Wang,
  • Yanxin Sun,
  • Hong Li,
  • Shangqiang Liao,
  • Jianli Ding,
  • Guoliang Wang,
  • Linna Suo,
  • Yanmei Li and
  • Shaowen Huang

Conventional fertilization in the greenhouses of North China used excessive amounts of chemical and organic fertilizer, resulting in soil degradation and severe agricultural non-point source pollution. A nine-year study was conducted on a loamy clay...

  • Review
  • Open Access
37 Citations
8,663 Views
25 Pages

Is Wildlife Fertility Control Always Humane?

  • Jordan O. Hampton,
  • Timothy H. Hyndman,
  • Anne Barnes and
  • Teresa Collins

21 October 2015

Investigation of fertility control techniques to reduce reproductive rates in wildlife populations has been the source of much research. Techniques targeting wildlife fertility have been diverse. Most research into fertility control methods has focus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,146 Views
12 Pages

Fertilization Response, Light Use, and Growth Efficiency in Eucalyptus Plantations across Soil and Climate Gradients in Brazil

  • Renato Meulman Leite Da Silva,
  • Rodrigo Eiji Hakamada,
  • José Henrique Bazani,
  • Marina Shinkai Gentil Otto and
  • José Luiz Stape

31 May 2016

Fertilization increases productivity in Eucalyptus plantations, but losses in productivity associated with soil fertility continue at operational scales. In this study, we evaluated the fertilization response (FR), light use efficiency (LUE) and grow...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,273 Views
15 Pages

11 October 2022

Overuse and low efficiency of chemical fertilizers have caused severe non-point source pollution in China. The investigation of regional difference and the key influencing factors of fertilization intensities (FI) and efficiency can provide reference...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,231 Views
21 Pages

Effects of Dithiothreitol on Fertilization and Early Development in Sea Urchin

  • Nunzia Limatola,
  • Jong Tai Chun,
  • Sawsen Cherraben,
  • Jean-Louis Schmitt,
  • Jean-Marie Lehn and
  • Luigia Santella

17 December 2021

The vitelline layer (VL) of a sea urchin egg is an intricate meshwork of glycoproteins that intimately ensheathes the plasma membrane. During fertilization, the VL plays important roles. Firstly, the receptors for sperm reside on the VL. Secondly, fo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
9,020 Views
15 Pages

Nutritional Prescriptions for Eucalyptus Plantations: Lessons Learned from Spain

  • Márcio Viera,
  • Federico Ruíz Fernández and
  • Roque Rodríguez-Soalleiro

15 April 2016

Eucalyptus globulus Labill is the main exotic broadleaf species planted and managed for pulp and energy production in Spain, where it covers an area of more than 0.6 million ha. The climatic and soil conditions of the planting areas range from the pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,372 Views
15 Pages

20 April 2022

Precision agriculture (PA) aims to provide data on soil, nutrient use, irrigation, and crops, to guide management strategic decisions towards an efficient use of inputs, increasing production and avoiding environmental problems due to excessive accum...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,555 Views
15 Pages

9 October 2022

(1) Background: Fertility preservation allows for trans and non-binary individuals to achieve parenthood using their own gametes. Considering that preservation of gametes can be performed at increasingly earlier ages, it is important to analyze both...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,008 Views
21 Pages

9 March 2021

A rapid decline in mortality and fertility has become major issues in many developed countries over the past few decades. An accurate model for forecasting demographic movements is important for decision making in social welfare policies and resource...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,047 Views
15 Pages

Influence of Soil Type and Temperature on Nitrogen Mineralization from Organic Fertilizers

  • Hanna Ibiapina de Jesus,
  • Kate Cassity-Duffey,
  • Bhabesh Dutta,
  • Andre Luiz Biscaia Ribeiro da Silva and
  • Timothy Coolong

24 January 2024

Organic vegetable producers in Georgia, USA, utilize a range of amendments to supply nitrogen (N) for crop production. However, differences in soil type, fertilizers and environmental conditions can result in variability in N mineralization rates amo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,232 Views
24 Pages

Design and Experimental Research on a Chisel-Type Variable Hierarchical Deep Fertilization Device Suitable for Saline–Alkali Soil

  • Nan Xu,
  • Zhenbo Xin,
  • Jin Yuan,
  • Zenghui Gao,
  • Yu Tian,
  • Chao Xia,
  • Xuemei Liu and
  • Dongwei Wang

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...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,272 Views
9 Pages

20 February 2025

This study explores the application of advanced Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) architectures—specifically Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) and Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU)—for classifying chicken egg fertility based on embryonic development de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,352 Views
18 Pages

Farmers’ Perception and Practice of Soil Fertility Management and Conservation in the Era of Digital Soil Information Systems in Southwest Nigeria

  • Sakiru O. Akinbode,
  • Olusegun Folorunso,
  • Taiwo S. Olutoberu,
  • Florence A. Olowokere,
  • Muftau Adebayo,
  • Sodeeq O. Azeez,
  • Sarafadeen G. Hammed and
  • Mutiu A. Busari

This study assessed the perception and use of digital applications for soil fertility management and conservation strategies among small-scale crop farmers in southwest Nigeria. A total of 376 farmers were randomly selected across the six southwest s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,578 Views
14 Pages

Diagnosis of the Spatial Variability of Soil Nutrients and Economics of Precision Management in Degraded Pastures

  • Jefferson Santana da Silva Carneiro,
  • Rubson da Costa Leite,
  • José Moisés Ferreira Junior,
  • Álvaro José Gomes de Faria,
  • Sérgio Henrique Godinho Silva,
  • Antonio Clementino dos Santos and
  • Rubens Ribeiro da Silva

23 November 2022

Most Brazilian pastures are in some stage of degradation, either by the reduction of soil fertility or inadequate management. The objective of this study was to diagnose the stage of pasture degradation and the diagnosis and management of the spatial...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,250 Views
21 Pages

26 November 2023

In the context of the Chinese government’s policy guidance, there is black soil protection and ecological environment protection. The purpose of this paper is to solve the problem that the soil ecology of the black soil in Northeast China is ch...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
380 Views
11 Pages

30 November 2025

Objective: To synthesize the multifactorial determinants of fertility distress among reproductive-aged women with gynecological cancers, elucidating complex interactions among biological, psychological, and sociocultural dimensions. Methods: Comprehe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
9,678 Views
28 Pages

19 November 2020

The site-specific nutrient management (SSNM) strategy provides guidelines for effective nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium management to help farmers make better decisions on fertilizer input and output levels in rice (Oryza sativa) production. The S...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,145 Views
30 Pages

Groundwater nitrate contamination caused by the excessive use of nitrogen-based fertilizers has been widely recognized as an issue of significant concern in numerous rural areas worldwide. To mitigate nitrate contamination, corrective management prac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,834 Views
13 Pages

14 March 2023

To protect the environment and reduce the impact of fertilizing on climate change, a tailored fertilization according to the needs of the plants becomes more and more important. In organic farming, the main sources of nitrogen (N) are organic fertili...

  • Article
  • Open Access
59 Citations
5,359 Views
15 Pages

25 January 2021

The excessive use of fertilizer has resulted in serious environmental degradation and a high health cost in China. Understanding the reasons for the overuse of fertilizer is critical to the sustainable development of Chinese agriculture, and large-sc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
7,456 Views
23 Pages

Assessment of Soil Fertility Status under Soil Degradation Rate Using Geomatics in West Nile Delta

  • Mohamed A. E. AbdelRahman,
  • Mohamed M. Metwaly,
  • Ahmed A. Afifi,
  • Paola D’Antonio and
  • Antonio Scopa

6 August 2022

The presence of a noticeable rate of degradation in the land of the Nile Delta reduces the efficiency of crop production and hinders supply of the increasing demand of its growing population. For this purpose, knowledge of soil resources and their ag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,558 Views
11 Pages

Analysis of Couples’ Discordance on Fertility Desire in Ghana

  • Isaac Yeboah,
  • Joshua Okyere,
  • Henry Ofori Duah,
  • Andrew Kweku Conduah and
  • Mary Naana Essiaw

Generally, men in sub-Saharan Africa make reproductive decisions that affect their partners. We examined the predictors of fertility desires among married men across three age cohorts: 20–35 years, 36–50 year, and 51–59 years. Using...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,613 Views
10 Pages

What Do the General Public Know about Infertility and Its Treatment?

  • Lewis Nancarrow,
  • Anuthi Fernando,
  • Lucy Hampton,
  • Courtney Murray,
  • Dharani K. Hapangama and
  • Nicola Tempest

Rates of infertility are rising, and informed decision making is an essential part of reproductive life planning with the knowledge that ART success decreases dramatically while a woman’s age increases and that high costs can often be incurred...

  • Review
  • Open Access
105 Citations
16,014 Views
19 Pages

Emerging and Established Technologies to Increase Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Cereals

  • Juan M. Herrera,
  • Gerardo Rubio,
  • Lilia Levy Häner,
  • Jorge A. Delgado,
  • Carlos A. Lucho-Constantino,
  • Samira Islas-Valdez and
  • Didier Pellet

Nitrogen (N) fertilizers are one of the most expensive inputs in agricultural settings. Additionally, the loss of N increases costs, contributes to soil acidification, and causes off-site pollution of the air, groundwater and waterways. This study re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,356 Views
13 Pages

Effects of N, P, K Nutrition Levels on the Growth, Flowering Attributes and Functional Components in Chrysanthemum morifolium

  • Kaifang Jiang,
  • Shu Peng,
  • Zimeng Yin,
  • Xiaohui Li,
  • Lei Xie,
  • Meichen Shen,
  • Dahui Li and
  • Junshan Gao

Fertilizer application is a decisive measure for the productivity of medicinal chrysanthemum plants. Therefore, determining the optimal doses of nutrients required for the growth and yield is crucial. In this study, we set out to investigate the effe...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,789 Views
12 Pages

26 November 2024

Introduction: Fertile soil has a balanced pH and nutrient profile (potassium, phosphorus, and nitrogen), water retention capability, and organic substances. Fertile soil allows for better plant growth, leading to better production. The soil fertility...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,563 Views
17 Pages

27 March 2023

Unfettered agricultural activities have severely degraded vast areas of grasslands over the last decade. To rehabilitate and restore the productivity in affected grasslands, rangeland management practices still institute vast nitrogen-based fertiliza...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,383 Views
13 Pages

Encouraging farmers to increase the use of organic fertilizer will be conducive to promoting the green transformation of farmers’ production and realize sustainable agricultural development. As a long-term investment, the accuracy of farmers&rs...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,899 Views
17 Pages

13 May 2024

The number of children, adolescents and young adults diagnosed with cancer has been rising recently. Various oncological treatments have a detrimental effect on female fertility, and childbearing becomes a major issue during surveillance after recove...

  • Article
  • Open Access
625 Views
13 Pages

Fertility Preservation in Pediatric Oncology: Results of a Single-Center Retrospective Study (2000–2018)

  • Jonas Hafele,
  • Gabriele Kropshofer,
  • Roman Crazzolara,
  • Bettina Toth and
  • Bettina Böttcher

10 November 2025

Background/Objectives: With increasing survival rates in pediatric oncology, late effects, such as therapy-induced infertility, are becoming more relevant. This study evaluated the management of fertility preservation in children and adolescents with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,870 Views
13 Pages

26 January 2015

Many of the forest soils in the Intermountain West are deficient in several nutrients, including nitrogen (N), potassium (K), sulfur (S) and boron (B) and these deficiencies may impact tree resistance to insect attack. Two potential techniques for ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,062 Views
17 Pages

Fertility-Preserving Treatments and Patient- and Parental Satisfaction on Fertility Counseling in a Cohort of Newly Diagnosed Boys and Girls with Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma

  • Katja C. E. Drechsel,
  • Irene M. IJgosse,
  • Sofie Slaats,
  • Lisanne Raasen,
  • Francis S. Stoutjesdijk,
  • Eline van Dulmen-den Broeder,
  • W. Hamish Wallace,
  • Auke Beishuizen,
  • Dieter Körholz and
  • Margreet A. Veening
  • + 5 authors

31 May 2024

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of fertility-preserving (FP) treatments and fertility counseling that was offered in a cohort of newly diagnosed children with classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). Methods: In this observational...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,530 Views
21 Pages

Impact of Two Phosphorus Fertilizer Formulations on Wheat Physiology, Rhizosphere, and Rhizoplane Microbiota

  • Kaoutar Bourak,
  • Abdoul Razack Sare,
  • Abdelmounaaim Allaoui,
  • M. Haissam Jijakli and
  • Sébastien Massart

Phosphorus (P) is the second most important macronutrient for crop growth and a limiting factor in food production. Choosing the right P fertilizer formulation is important for crop production systems because P is not mobile in soils, and placing pho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,421 Views
9 Pages

A Survey of Attitude on Sperm Banking and Barriers to Its Use among Testicular Cancer Patients in a Multicultural Asian Population

  • Jin Rong Tan,
  • Yue Keng Goh,
  • Chang Moh Lei,
  • Nurul Murni Shamsudin,
  • Shamsuddin Omar,
  • Meng Shi Lim and
  • Guan Chou Teh

16 August 2024

Introduction and Objectives: In the modern context, where fertility is crucial for couples, male factors contribute 40–50% to subfertility. Testicular cancer survivors facing subfertility due to treatments like orchidectomy and chemotherapy can...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
594 Views
11 Pages

Nitrate Pollution of Water Bodies from Agricultural Sources: The Role of Training in Enhancing Awareness and Knowledge in Andalusia

  • Aurora Moreno-Lora,
  • Samir Sayadi-Gmada,
  • M. Milagros Fernández-Fernández and
  • Elisa M. Suárez-Rey

13 November 2025

Nitrate pollution from agricultural activities is a major cause of surface and groundwater degradation across Europe. In Andalusia, southern Spain, approximately 26% of the regional territory is affected by this type of contamination. To mitigate and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
77 Citations
18,906 Views
23 Pages

Data-Driven Analysis and Machine Learning-Based Crop and Fertilizer Recommendation System for Revolutionizing Farming Practices

  • Christine Musanase,
  • Anthony Vodacek,
  • Damien Hanyurwimfura,
  • Alfred Uwitonze and
  • Innocent Kabandana

13 November 2023

Agriculture plays a key role in global food security. Agriculture is critical to global food security and economic development. Precision farming using machine learning (ML) and the Internet of Things (IoT) is a promising approach to increasing crop...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,854 Views
12 Pages

21 March 2022

Antibacterial substances such as sulfonamides are widely used in veterinary medicine to treat many bacterial diseases. After their administration to animals, up to 90% of the initial dose of the antibiotic is excreted in the feces and/or urine, which...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,271 Views
20 Pages

Navigating Fertility Preservation Options in Gynecological Cancers: A Comprehensive Review

  • Elena Chitoran,
  • Vlad Rotaru,
  • Madalina-Nicoleta Mitroiu,
  • Cristiana-Elena Durdu,
  • Roxana-Elena Bohiltea,
  • Sinziana-Octavia Ionescu,
  • Aisa Gelal,
  • Ciprian Cirimbei,
  • Mihnea Alecu and
  • Laurentiu Simion

13 June 2024

(1) Background: Currently, an increasing number of women postpone pregnancy beyond the age of 35. Gynecological cancers affect a significant proportion of women of reproductive age, necessitating the development of fertility preservation methods to f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
484 Views
24 Pages

16 October 2025

Accurate assessment of forest soil nitrogen from hyperspectral spectra is critical for precision fertilization, yet conventional preprocessing and baseline CNNs constrain predictive accuracy. We introduce streamlined spectral preprocessing and an opt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,129 Views
16 Pages

Simulating the Impact of Long-Term Fertilization on Basic Soil Productivity in a Rainfed Winter Wheat System

  • Ting Wang,
  • Ningping Ding,
  • Lili Li,
  • Xiaodong Lyu,
  • Qiang Chai and
  • Xuecheng Dou

11 October 2020

Basic soil productivity (BSP) is the ability of a soil, in its normal environment to support plant growth. However, the assessment of BSP remains controversial. The aim of this study is to quantify and analyze the trends of BSP in winter wheat season...

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