With the advancement of remote sensing imagery and multimodal sensing technologies, monitoring plant trait dynamics has emerged as a critical area of research in modern agriculture. Traditional approaches, which rely on handcrafted features and shall...
In virtual power plants, diverse business scenarios involving user data, such as queries, transactions, and sharing, pose significant privacy risks. Traditional attribute-based encryption (ABE) methods, while supporting fine-grained access, fall shor...
The ornamental horticulture industry is a highly dynamic and rapidly changing market. Constant development of novel cultivars with elite traits is essential to sustain competitiveness. Conventional breeding has been used to develop cultivars, which i...
Plant-based milk alternatives (PBMA) have emerged as popular substitutes for cow milk, driven by health, environmental, and ethical considerations. However, their ability to replicate the sensory and physicochemical properties of dairy remains a crit...
Estimating forest structural attributes of planted forests plays a key role in managing forest resources, monitoring carbon stocks, and mitigating climate change. High-resolution and low-cost remote-sensing data are increasingly available to measure...
Carbon emissions from the production of beef account for the majority of carbon emissions from animal husbandry, and animal husbandry, in turn, is the main driver of global carbon emissions. At present, there are relatively few studies of consumer pr...
In the fields of dermatology and skin biomaterials, polynucleotides (PN) and polydeoxyribonucleotides (PDRN) typically refer to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-based polymers or heterogeneous DNA-fragment mixtures rather than ribonucleic acid (RNA) polyn...
Plant-based diets (PBDs) are associated with environmental benefits, human health promotion and animal welfare. There is a worldwide shift towards PBDs, evident from the increased global demand for fresh plant-based products (PBPs). Such shifts in di...
Several agronomic factors, including planting density, affect plant growth and final yield. New soil suffers from severe fertility shortage and crop productivity. Potassium humate (KH) application improves soil fertility and plant performance under n...
Promoting the transition from animal meat to plant-based food consumption has significant benefits for public health and environmental sustainability. This study, involving 526 consumers from Beijing, China, explores how food attributes and informati...
Phosphorus (P) is one of the most important nutrients to plants, but its bioavailability in agricultural soils is often limited by its low mobility and strong fixation in soil colloids, thus reducing crop productivity and phosphorus use efficiency (P...
Incessant development and introduction of novel cultivars with improved floral attributes are vital in the dynamic ornamental industry. Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium) is a highly favored ornamental plant, ranking second globally in the cut...
The analysis of genetic gain and changes in economic traits among modern and older cultivars is important to estimate breeding progress, evaluate the effectiveness of selection methods, identify optimised and neglected attributes, detect trade-offs,...
This study attempts to predict plant-based yogurt consumers’ intention to consume plant-based yogurt alternatives in Denmark employing Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour as a theoretical framework. An online survey was conducted among 26...
Nitrogen (N) fertilization promotes morphofunctional attributes that enhance plant performance under stress conditions, but the amount and form supplied modify the magnitude of plant responses. We assessed several morpho-physiological and biochemical...
This study investigated the effects of planting density and site index on stand attributes and soil nutrients in mature Chinese fir [Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook.] plantations across Fujian and Sichuan Provinces, elucidating the pathways thro...
Amidst a global discourse on energy resources, it is imperative to provide decision makers with a comprehensive overview of energy consumption (EC) associated with various projects, particularly wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Ensuring complianc...
Justicia adhatoda, also known as Adulsa or Vasaka, is a notable member of the family Acanthaceae, with a broad geographic distribution across varied climatic conditions, and is known for its extensive medicinal properties for treating respiratory dis...
Since the early 20th century, silviculturists have recognized the importance of planting seedlings with desirable attributes, and that these attributes are associated with successful seedling survival and growth after outplanting. Over the ensuing ce...
We address information fusion and spatial structure modeling in high-dimensional fuzzy multi-attribute decision-making by proposing a novel framework that couples Triangular Intuitionistic Fuzzy Numbers (TIFNs) with the Plant Growth Simulation Algori...
Long-term influent flow projection governs the sizing of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), yet conventional practice estimates future flows using per capita generation rates and coefficients assumed to remain constant over time, neglecting the fac...
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) has emerged as a climate-resilient, nutrient-dense crop with increasing global popularity because of its adaptability under current environmental variations. To address the limited understanding of quinoa’s ge...
International interest is growing in biodiversity conservation and sustainable use in drylands. Desert ecosystems across arid Central Asia are severely affected by global change. Understanding the changes in a plant community is an essential prerequi...
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) play a crucial role in plant health due to their ability to improve tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Our aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of a pool of native AMF from a harsh environment on plant perfo...
A primary strategy led by the food industry to improve the sustainability of the agricultural food supply is the development of modern plant-based alternatives. The information provided via marketing and product packaging provides consumers with the...
The current reliance on pesticides and synthetic fertilizers has been vital to sustain and increase agricultural production. The continuous, excessive use of these traditional practices has negatively affected consumer health and burdened the ecosyst...
The effect of stand density on the soil bacterial community and diversity remains unclear. Spectrophotometry and full-length 16S rRNA sequences were used to determine the effects of planting density on soil physicochemical attributes and the diversit...
Endophytic microbiota are being researched as a vital source of beneficial attributes that are of immense importance for enhancing agroecological crop production. In this study, two endophytic strains: Pseudomonas carnis NWUBe30 and Stenotrophomonas&...
Although plant-based diets are promoted for healthy outcomes, these diets are not synonymous with high-quality diets. Plant-based diets can include highly processed, less healthful foods, including savory snacks, pastries, and sugary fruit drinks. Th...
This study aimed to compare selected quality attributes of three types of minced meat—beef, pork, and chicken—with those of three specific commercial plant-based minced-meat alternatives available on the Polish market. The plant-based pro...
Pre-sowing seed priming is one of the methods used to improve the performance of tomato plants under salt stress, but its effect photosynthesis, yield, and quality have not yet been well investigated. This experiment aimed to alleviate the impact of...
The objective of this study was to characterize descriptive sensory attributes and volatile compounds among ground beef (GB) and plant-based meat alternatives (PBMA). The Beyond Burger, Impossible Burger, a third brand of PBMA, regular GB, and lean G...
The modern food system is seeing a change in consumption patterns provoked by several drivers—including ethical, health, and environmental concerns—that are increasing the sales of meat analog foods. This change is accompanied by increased research a...
The influence of seed priming with varying levels (50 and 100 mg L−1) of alpha-tocopherol (Toc) was investigated in carrot plants under water-deficit conditions. For this purpose, two cultivars of carrot, DC4 and DC90, were selected and subjected to...
The purpose of this study was to investigate sensory attributes identified using a CATA questionnaire and consumer acceptance of cookies using plant-based oils and to determine which sensory attributes influence and improve purchase intention of cook...
Knot-related defects are the major cause of timber quality degradation, and diminishing this kind of defects is an important issue in forest management. For the purpose of clear-wood production, knot attributes and branch occlusion of Betula alnoides...
Investigating the impact of field plot size on the performance of estimation models for forest inventory attributes could help optimize the technical schemes for an operational airborne LiDAR-assisted forest resource inventory. However, few studies o...
Cotton is a major cash crop of Pakistan that provides high foreign exchange and plays an important role in agriculture, industry, and economic development. The plant population is important in achieving high cotton yield and fiber quality attributes...
Botanical tourism is a growing niche within nature-based travel, yet little is known about tourists who travel specifically to observe plants in their natural habitats. This study addresses this gap by examining the travel motivations of internationa...
In today’s time, agricultural productivity is severely affected by climate change and increasing pollution. Hence, several biotechnological approaches, including genetic and non-genetic strategies, have been developed and adapted to increase ag...
Salinity is a major constraint in improving agricultural productivity due to its adverse impact on various physiological and biochemical attributes of plants, and its effect on reducing nitrogen (N) use efficiency due to ion toxicity. To understand t...
The increasing demand for plant-based foods has led to significant growth in the availability, at a retail level, of plant-based cheese analogue products. This study presents the first comprehensive benchmarking of commercially available plant-based...
Peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) is an underutilized Amazonian crop with emerging relevance for plant-based food systems. Global demand for plant-based products continues to expand, reaching USD 28.38 billion in 2024, yet current formulations rely on a...
Vegetation indices (VIs) are among the oldest tools in remote sensing studies. Although many variations exist, most of them ratio the reflection of light in the red and NIR sections of the spectrum to separate the landscape into water, soil, and vege...
The remediation of potentially toxic element-polluted soils can be accomplished through the use of microbial and plant-assisted bioremediation. A total of 32 bacteria were isolated from soil samples contaminated with potentially toxic elements. The i...
A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the role of thiourea exogenous application (0 mg/L and 100 mg/L) on the morphological, physiological, and yield traits of two varieties of tomato (Naqeeb and Nadir) under different salt stress treatments...
This study aimed to assess, for the first time, the exogenous application of a new formulation of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) developed for agricultural use at different concentrations as a strategy to trigger color development in tab...
Native garden plants significantly contribute to the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem functions in urban environments. This study aimed to identify the physiochemical differences among native herbaceous plants subjected to drought or salini...
Silage maize is cultivated due to its high nutritional value as a forage. China’s recent agricultural policy promotes the popularization and cultivation of silage maize. The production of silage maize is affected by planting density and nitroge...
Recently, agricultural and horticultural sectors have shown an increased interest in the use of biopolymers and their derivatives as growth biostimulators. So far, coating is a little known method of applying the biostimulators. Our three-year study...
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