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  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
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22 Pages

Global Sensitivity Analysis of the Advanced ORYZA-N Model with Different Rice Types and Irrigation Regimes

  • Ya Gao,
  • Chen Sun,
  • Tiago B. Ramos,
  • Junwei Tan,
  • Ana R. Oliveira,
  • Quanzhong Huang,
  • Guanhua Huang and
  • Xu Xu

17 January 2024

Identifying important parameters in crop models is critical for model application. This study conducted a sensitivity analysis of 23 selected parameters of the advanced rice model ORYZA-N using the Extended FAST method. The sensitivity analysis was a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,106 Views
12 Pages

9 June 2022

The objective of our present work was to explore the possible enhanced anti-neuroinflammatory ability of Aspergillus oryzae fermented hemp seed in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated N9 microglial cells and elucidate its underlying mechanism. The wat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,346 Views
19 Pages

11 April 2025

The precision estimation of N fertilizer application according to the nitrogen nutrition index (NNI) using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) multi-spectral measurements remains to be tested in different rice cultivars and planting areas. Therefore, two f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,408 Views
19 Pages

MoSnf5 Regulates Fungal Virulence, Growth, and Conidiation in Magnaporthe oryzae

  • Xiao-Wen Xu,
  • Rui Zhao,
  • Xiao-Zhou Xu,
  • Liu Tang,
  • Wei Shi,
  • Deng Chen,
  • Jun-Bo Peng,
  • Vijai Bhadauria,
  • Wen-Sheng Zhao and
  • Jun Yang
  • + 1 author

22 December 2022

Snf5 (sucrose nonfermenting) is a core component of the SWI/SNF complexes and regulates diverse cellular processes in model eukaryotes. In plant pathogenic fungi, its biological function and underlying mechanisms remain unexplored. In this study, we...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
7,452 Views
25 Pages

Estimating Rice Agronomic Traits Using Drone-Collected Multispectral Imagery

  • Dimitris Stavrakoudis,
  • Dimitrios Katsantonis,
  • Kalliopi Kadoglidou,
  • Argyris Kalaitzidis and
  • Ioannis Z. Gitas

6 March 2019

The knowledge of rice nitrogen (N) requirements and uptake capacity are fundamental for the development of improved N management. This paper presents empirical models for predicting agronomic traits that are relevant to yield and N requirements of ri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,230 Views
13 Pages

Anti-Obesity Effects of Traditional and Commercial Kochujang in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • A Lum Han,
  • Su-Ji Jeong,
  • Myeong-Seon Ryu,
  • Hee-Jong Yang,
  • Do-Youn Jeong,
  • Do-Sim Park and
  • Hee Kyung Lee

6 July 2022

Kochujang shows anti-obesity effects in cell and animal models. Kochujang is traditionally prepared via slow fermentation or commercially using Aspergillus oryzae. We analyze the anti-obesity effects of two types of Kochujang in overweight and obese...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
7,982 Views
18 Pages

Optimizing Nitrogen Options for Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Rice under Different Water Regimes

  • Fazli Hameed,
  • Junzeng Xu,
  • Shah Fahad Rahim,
  • Qi Wei,
  • Anis ur Rehman Khalil and
  • Qi Liao

21 January 2019

Major challenge in rice production is to achieve the goal of enhancing both food production and fertilizer use efficiency. Rice growth simulation model, ORYZA (v3) was used in the present study to evaluate the model under continuous flooded (CF) and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,109 Views
16 Pages

Influence of Nitrogen Application Rate on Stem Lodging Resistance Rice under Dry Cultivation

  • Meikang Wu,
  • Hao Jiang,
  • Zhiheng Wei,
  • Wanchun Li,
  • Kaiyu Gao,
  • Dongchao Wang,
  • Xiaoshuang Wei,
  • Ping Tian,
  • Jingjing Cui and
  • Yuting Di
  • + 2 authors

31 January 2023

High grain yields of rice (Oryza sativa) under dry cultivation are primarily obtained through high levels of nitrogen (N) input. However, excessive inputs of N increase the risk of lodging. This study aimed to clarify the effect of N application rate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,130 Views
15 Pages

19 August 2021

The mineralization of soil organic nitrogen (N) is the key process in the cycling of N in terrestrial ecosystems. Land-use change to bamboo (Phyllostachys praecox) cultivation that later entails organic material mulching combined with chemical fertil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,288 Views
17 Pages

Development of Chlorophyll-Meter-Index-Based Dynamic Models for Evaluation of High-Yield Japonica Rice Production in Yangtze River Reaches

  • Ke Zhang,
  • Xiaojun Liu,
  • Syed Tahir Ata-Ul-Karim,
  • Jingshan Lu,
  • Brian Krienke,
  • Songyang Li,
  • Qiang Cao,
  • Yan Zhu,
  • Weixing Cao and
  • Yongchao Tian

22 February 2019

Accurate estimation of the nitrogen (N) spatial distribution of rice (Oryza sativa L.) is imperative when it is sought to maintain regional and global carbon balances. We systematically evaluated the normalized differences of the soil and plant analy...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
237 Citations
12,473 Views
22 Pages

Improving Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Remote Sensing-Based Rice Nitrogen Nutrition Index Prediction with Machine Learning

  • Hainie Zha,
  • Yuxin Miao,
  • Tiantian Wang,
  • Yue Li,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Weichao Sun,
  • Zhengqi Feng and
  • Krzysztof Kusnierek

8 January 2020

Optimizing nitrogen (N) management in rice is crucial for China’s food security and sustainable agricultural development. Nondestructive crop growth monitoring based on remote sensing technologies can accurately assess crop N status, which may...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
6,183 Views
13 Pages

Using an Active-Optical Sensor to Develop an Optimal NDVI Dynamic Model for High-Yield Rice Production (Yangtze, China)

  • Xiaojun Liu,
  • Richard B. Ferguson,
  • Hengbiao Zheng,
  • Qiang Cao,
  • Yongchao Tian,
  • Weixing Cao and
  • Yan Zhu

24 March 2017

The successful development of an optimal canopy vegetation index dynamic model for obtaining higher yield can offer a technical approach for real-time and nondestructive diagnosis of rice (Oryza sativa L) growth and nitrogen (N) nutrition status. In...

  • Article
  • Open Access
69 Citations
6,996 Views
15 Pages

13 September 2017

Nitrogen (N) is important for the growth of crops. Estimating leaf nitrogen concentration (LNC) accurately and nondestructively is important for precision agriculture, reduces environmental pollution, and helps model global carbon and N cycles. Leaf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,351 Views
13 Pages

7 August 2024

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder in the aging population. An accumulation of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles causes degeneration of neurons, leading to neuronal cell death. The anthocyanin-rich...

  • Article
  • Open Access

Stable Isotope and Elemental Characteristics for Origin Identification of Rice from China and Thailand

  • Xiaofan Xing,
  • Fengmei Sun,
  • Weigui Zhang,
  • Weixing Zhang,
  • Yongzhi Zhang,
  • Karyne M. Rogers,
  • Chunlin Li and
  • Yuwei Yuan

23 December 2025

China, as the primary importer of Thailand’s high-quality rice (Oryza sativa L.), has an urgent need for effective origin discrimination methods between premium aromatic rice from China and Thailand to prevent origin mislabeling issues. In this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,508 Views
18 Pages

Chemo-Enzymatic Baeyer–Villiger Oxidation Facilitated with Lipases Immobilized in the Supported Ionic Liquid Phase

  • Anna Szelwicka,
  • Anna Wolny,
  • Miroslawa Grymel,
  • Sebastian Jurczyk,
  • Slawomir Boncel and
  • Anna Chrobok

22 June 2021

A novel method for chemo-enzymatic Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of cyclic ketones in the presence of supported ionic liquid-like phase biocatalyst was designed. In this work, multi-walled carbon nanotubes were applied as a support for ionic liquids whic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
177 Citations
12,073 Views
17 Pages

25 May 2018

Unmanned aerial system (UAS)-based remote sensing is one promising technique for precision crop management, but few studies have reported the applications of such systems on nitrogen (N) estimation with multiple sensors in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,250 Views
13 Pages

Porous Carbon Fabricated by Microbial Pretreatment of Brewer’s Grain for the Improvement of Toluene Adsorption Performance

  • Jingxin Wang,
  • Xiaohong Wang,
  • Xiaoping Lin,
  • Ziyi Yu,
  • Davide Vione,
  • Haomin Huang,
  • Xiaohong Zhang,
  • Yanhong Zhang,
  • Jiaqi He and
  • Yun Xia
  • + 1 author

16 December 2024

Porous activated carbons (AC-AN and AC-AO) for toluene adsorption were prepared starting from brewer’s grain biomass pretreated with microorganisms (Aspergillus niger van Tieghem for AC-AN and Aspergillus oryzae RIB40 for AC-AO). The structures...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,887 Views
16 Pages

Signaling of Plant Defense Mediated by Receptor-like Kinases, Receptor-like Cytoplasmic Protein Kinases and MAPKs Triggered by Fungal Chitin in Horticultural Crops

  • Orlando Reyes Zamora,
  • Rosalba Troncoso-Rojas,
  • María Elena Báez-Flores,
  • Martín Ernesto Tiznado-Hernández and
  • Agustín Rascón-Chu

Fresh horticultural products are economically significant foods that are highly demanded by consumers worldwide; however, they are highly perishable and susceptible to deterioration by fungi, which contribute to their short shelf-life and cause signi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
16,440 Views
15 Pages

Canopy Hyperspectral Sensing of Paddy Fields at the Booting Stage and PLS Regression can Assess Grain Yield

  • Kensuke Kawamura,
  • Hiroshi Ikeura,
  • Sengthong Phongchanmaixay and
  • Phanthasin Khanthavong

8 August 2018

Canopy hyperspectral (HS) sensing is a promising tool for estimating rice (Oryza sativa L.) yield. However, the timing of HS measurements is crucial for assessing grain yield prior to harvest because rice growth stages strongly influence the sensitiv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,850 Views
19 Pages

11 March 2025

Rice (Oryza sativa L.), a staple crop vital to global food security, faces escalating threats from climate change and inefficient nitrogen management. This study employed least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression to analyze t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2,963 Views
14 Pages

23 August 2024

Rice–Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola (Xoc) is one of the commonly used rice models of host–pathogen interactions. Xoc causes bacterial leaf streak (BLS) and has quarantine status. As a Gram-negative pathogen, Xoc usually employs typ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
801 Views
15 Pages

Sodium Chloride Enhances Nitrogen Use Efficiency but Reduces Yield Benefits Under Elevated CO2 in Upland Rice

  • Daniel Amorim Vieira,
  • Mayra Alejandra Toro-Herrera,
  • João Paulo Pennacchi,
  • Marília Mickaele Pinheiro Carvalho,
  • Flavia Barbosa Silva Botelho,
  • Paulo Eduardo Ribeiro Marchiori and
  • João Paulo Rodrigues Alves Delfino Barbosa

16 May 2025

Climate-change-driven elevation of atmospheric CO2 (e[CO2]) disrupts rice physiology by impairing nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and leaf carbon balance. This study investigated how sodium chloride (NaCl) amendment modulates these processes in upland...

  • Article
  • Open Access
Sustainability2026, 18(1), 182;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18010182 
(registering DOI)

24 December 2025

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) production in the Philippines remains highly vulnerable to recurrent outbreaks of the Rice Black Bug (RBB; Scotinophara coarctata F.) and White Stemborer (WSB; Scirpophaga innotata W.), two of the most destructive pests in Sout...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,567 Views
15 Pages

Impact of Long Term Nutrient Management on Soil Quality Indices in Rice-Wheat System of Lower Indo-Gangetic Plain

  • Nirmalendu Basak,
  • Biswapati Mandal,
  • Sunanda Biswas,
  • Piu Basak,
  • Tarik Mitran,
  • Bholanath Saha,
  • Arvind Kumar Rai,
  • Md. Khairul Alam,
  • Arvind Kumar Yadav and
  • Ashim Datta

26 May 2022

Globally, soil degradation is an important issue for sustainable crop production. Soil quality indicators are the soil attributes that address the ecological functions of soil. Therefore, indicator-based soil quality assessment has been emphasized fo...