Pigeonpea is one of the important pulse crops grown in many states of India and plays a major role in sustainable food and nutritional security for the smallholder farmers. In order to overcome the productivity barrier the Translational Pigeonpea Gen...
The Translational Chickpea Genomics Consortium (TCGC) was set up to increase the production and productivity of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). It represents research institutes from six major chickpea growing states (Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andh...
The accurate delineation of mega-environments (MEs) and the rigorous evaluation of test locations are critical for optimizing regional variety trial schemes, particularly when addressing unbalanced datasets from multi-year, multi-location wheat (Trit...
Understanding the detailed timing of crop phenology and their variability enhances grain yield and quality by providing precise scheduling of irrigation, fertilization, and crop protection mechanisms. Advances in information and communication technol...
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) developed in Madagascar has spread to many parts of the world, including India. This study assessing insect pest prevalence on rice grown with SRI vs. conventional methods at multiple locations in India was pr...
Biplot analysis has emerged as a crucial statistical method in plant breeding and agricultural research. The objective of this research was to identify the best-performing genotype(s) for the environments in three distinct regions of Nigeria while al...
Environmental variability poses major challenges to bread wheat production in arid regions. This study evaluated the adaptation, productivity, and grain quality of fifteen diverse bread wheat genotypes. The evaluated germplasm comprised advanced bree...
Lentil is a versatile and profitable pulse crop with high nutritional food and feed values. The objectives of the study were to determine suitable locations for high yield and quality in terms of production and/or breeding, and to identify promising...
Potatoes are a strategic crop in Poland, particularly important for agriculture in the southern and southeastern parts of the country. Environmental variability makes assessing yield stability and quality traits of varieties crucial for food security...
Developing improved food crop cultivars requires time-consuming field trials, and the selection of experimental planting locations plays a key role. In early experiments, a plant breeder may prefer locations that have the best ability to discriminate...
The rapid assessment of maize yields in a smallholder farming system is important for understanding its spatial and temporal variability and for timely agronomic decision-support. We assessed the predictability of maize grain yield using unmanned aer...
Microbial bio-inoculants have been proposed as management tools to enhance crop performance under variable environmental conditions; however, their effectiveness is often influenced by site-specific factors. This study evaluated the effects of bio-in...
Background: Foliar fertilization is a crucial practice in modern viticulture to enhance grape yield and fruit quality. Micronized calcite is a fine-particle mineral fertilizer that potentially improves vine performance; however, its treatment timing...
Kaempferia galanga is an endangered plant whose recognition as a flavoring agent and perfumery ingredient has increased its demand greatly. Therefore, the present investigation aimed at the identification of high-rhizome-yielding varieties of K. gala...
Identifying adopted Green Super Rice (GSR) under different agro-ecological locations in Pakistan is crucial to sustaining the high productivity of rice. For this purpose, the multi-location trials of GSR were conducted to evaluate the magnitude of ge...
The polymers of wheat glutenins are studied here using asymmetric flow field flow fractionation (A4F). Molecular mass (Mw), gyration radius (Rw), and the polydispersity index (PI) of polymers were measured over a four-year, multi-local wheat trial in...
Soybean is a crop in high demand, in particular as a crucial source of plant protein. As a short-day plant, soybean is sensitive to the latitude of the growing site. Consequently, varieties that are well adapted to higher latitudes are required to ex...
To identify upland cotton varieties with consistently high yields and stable performance across variable growing seasons in Xinjiang, we evaluated yield data for 11 varieties over 4 consecutive years (2022–2025). Among the tested varieties, 02...
Cassava is an economically important crop in Colombia, particularly along the Caribbean Coast, where major processing industries are located. Seasonality in cassava production poses a major challenge for both industry and farmers, as current commerci...
This study presents a comprehensive synthesis of molybdenum (Mo) research from 1999 to 2025, analyzing 500 peer-reviewed publications from the Web of Science, with a detailed analysis of 200 documents focusing on Mo’s role in plant nutrition an...
Sub-optimal wheat productivity in the eastern Indo-Gangetic plain of India can largely be attributed to delayed sowing and the use of short duration varieties. The second week of November is the ideal time for sowing wheat in eastern India, though fa...
The multi-faceted benefits of growing crops under protected cultivation are gradually establishing it as a promising technology for vegetable cultivation in India. However, the adoption of successive cropping patterns in soil-based closed structures...
The extent to which the quality and yield of plant varieties are influenced by the environment is important for their successful uptake by end users particularly as climatic fluctuations are resulting in environments that are highly variable from one...
Genetic diversity of 130 forage-type hybrid parents of pearl millet was investigated based on multiple season data of morphological traits and two type of markers: SSRs (Simple sequence repeats) and GBS identified SNPs (Genotyping by sequencing-Singl...
Conventional agriculture, focusing on productivity rather than sustainability, have long abandoned hulled wheats. With them not only striking genetic diversity but valuable, health-promoting food sources became lost. Although einkorn and emmer—...
This study investigates the physiological trade-off between biomass yield and sugar concentration in five sweet sorghum genotypes to evaluate how carbon partitioning influences bioethanol potential. Field experiments were conducted over the 2019&ndas...
Rising temperatures threaten cereal productivity through reproductive injury, altered carbon balance, and changes in water and nutrient availability. This critical narrative review evaluates whether cereal-associated microbes, especially bacterial en...
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) has been identified in the USA as an ideal biomass crop, in relation to its wide environmental suitability, mainly linked to the availability of both upland and lowland ecotypes, allowing the possibility of growing t...
Mungbean (Vigna radiata) is an important short-season legume widely cultivated in Asia, particularly India. It is highly susceptible to bruchids and developing bruchid resistance is an important goal in mungbean breeding programs. In the present stud...
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) are crucial cereal crops worldwide, facing increasing challenges from abiotic stresses such as heat, cold, drought, salinity, and waterlogging. Biostimulants present a promising strategy to...
To increase self-sufficiency in sweet corn production in Malaysia, a long-term breeding study was conducted to develop merit inbred lines using conventional and molecular techniques toward production of superior local hybrid varieties. A germplasm co...
The current study aimed to improve the nitrogen recovery efficiency (NRE) of maize under the application of balanced proportions of ammoniacal-nitrogen (NH4+-N) and nitrate-nitrogen (NO3−-N) (1:1), as well as to determine economic impacts of su...
Oat is a dual-purpose crop valued for both grain and forage. The stay-green (SG) trait, which delays leaf senescence and prolongs photosynthesis, has been shown to increase yield and quality in several crop species, yet its performance across diverse...
This systematic review synthesizes evidence on upland rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes resistant to neck blast disease caused by Magnaporthe oryzae, focusing on resistant lines, screening methods, and genetic factors underlying resistance. Empirical...
Low productivity in sub-Saharan Africa is closely linked to declining soil fertility and suboptimal fertilizer use. While balanced fertilization can improve yields and sustain soil fertility, evidence for fertilizer optimization in smallholder maize...
Abiotic stresses increasingly threaten crop productivity, whereas reliance on chemical and resource-intensive interventions can compromise environmental sustainability. Existing literature identifies Trichoderma spp. as multifunctional biocontrol age...
Fusarium basal rot (FBR) of onion, caused by the soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cepae (FOC), results in a substantial storage loss of marketable bulbs. Seedling and field screening methods, which were used to generate FBR resistant long-d...
Smallholders in Asia and Africa require low-cost seed drills for minimal soil disturbance while establishing various crops. A seed drill that can be drawn by the widely-available two-wheel tractor (2WT) is an attractive option for mechanization of no...
Water scarcity is a recurrent constraint to durum wheat production in semi-arid Mediterranean-type environments, yet genotype performance can change sharply with the timing and severity of seasonal drought. This study quantified phenological, chlorop...
The consistently low yield turnout of maize on farmers’ fields owing to drought and the nutritional challenges attributable to the consumption of white endosperm maize pose a major threat to food and nutritional security in Sub-Saharan Africa (...
The escalating challenges of climate change, soil degradation, and the need to ensure global food security are driving the transition towards more sustainable agricultural practices. Biostimulants, a diverse category of substances and microorganisms,...
Wheat production in arid and semi-arid regions faces increasing pressure from water scarcity, climate change, and abiotic stresses. This review compares wheat production systems in Egypt and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of northwestern China to...
Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is a traditional oilseed crop whose seeds are rich in unsaturated fatty acids and antioxidants. In central China, sesame leaves are also consumed as a seasonal vegetable, and increasing leaf biomass could raise farm income...
The shortage of high-quality forage and the need for alternative protein sources are critical challenges for livestock production in northern China, where cold winters and saline–alkaline soils limit crop options. Mulberry (Morusalba L.) is a p...
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) is an important leafy vegetable crop, and its leaf characteristics are important for spinach germplasm innovation and new variety breeding. In this study, spinach inbred lines P1 and P2 were used as parents to construct...
European corn borer (ECB), Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner, 1796 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), is an important maize pest in Serbia and the wider Western Balkan region, where chemical control remains a common management practice. This study evaluated the...
Lodging is a major constraint limiting wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) yield and quality globally. Despite dwarfing genes reducing plant height and mitigating lodging risk and losses, lodging still severely limits wheat yield. Few studies have examined...
Methanotrophs offer promising avenues for sustainable agriculture and climate mitigation. This study evaluates the efficacy of indigenously isolated methanotrophs, particularly Methylomonas Kb3, as bioinoculants in rice cultivation. Kb3-treated plant...
Maize is a staple crop supporting global food security. Comprehensive evaluation of its phenotypic variation and environmental adaptability is urgently needed. In this study, three mutually independent maize germplasm panels with a total of 1197 hybr...
The steady turning motion of merchant ships is modeled according to industry specifications. However, challenges arise when motorboats are modeled. This study proposes a novel data-driven multi-block fuzzy cognitive map (FCM) model trained based on s...
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