Cereals

Evaluating optimal farm management of phosphorus fertilizer inputs with partial observability of legacy soil stocks

- AbstractDecades of intensive fertilizer application have led to the accumulation of phosphorus in cropland soils across the US. An empirical question is: Why does fertilizer use remain high even...

Valorisation of Prosciutto di Parma PDO by-products for the development of protein-rich snacks

- IntroductionThere is a growing demand for high-protein products from people who play sports, want to lose weight, or need to gain muscle mass. Among the most useful protein sources are meat-processed...

Correction to “Nitrogen?Starved Wheat: A Multi?Omics Perspective from Epigenome Regulation to Grain Quality”

- ABSTRACTSoil organic carbon (SOC) is central to soil health, crop productivity, and agroecosystem resilience because of its influence on soil physical, chemical, and biological properties and...

Unlocking Soil Organic Carbon Potential in Sustainable Agriculture

- ABSTRACTSoil organic carbon (SOC) is central to soil health, crop productivity, and agroecosystem resilience because of its influence on soil physical, chemical, and biological properties and...

Scientific assessment of the 2024 post?market environmental monitoring report on the cultivation of genetically modified maize MON 810 in the EU

- AbstractAt the request of the European Commission, EFSA assessed the 2024 post?market environmental monitoring (PMEM) report on the cultivation of genetically modified maize MON 810, which expresses...

Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance 8?methyldecan?2?yl propanoate

- AbstractThe conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State...

Genetic dissection of southern corn leaf blight resistance in sweet corn through genome?wide association studies and genomic selection

- AbstractSouthern corn leaf blight (SCLB) is caused by the fungal pathogen Bipolaris maydis (syn. Cochliobolus heterostrophus Drechsler) and is a common disease of fall crops of sweet corn....

19. How does cattle grazing of corn residues affect soil health in the long term?.

10/07/2026 - Corn residue grazing is widely practiced in beef production systems in the western corn belt; however, most studies evaluating its impacts on soil health have been short term ( < 5?yr) and...

Henbit is an attainable cover crop

- Henbit is a short?season plant that grows through the winter. It seeds itself in the spring with seeds that stay dormant through the summer and germinate in the fall. Winter growth makes henbit a...

Supplementation of Corn Stover With Oak Leaves and Wheat Bran for the Cultivation of Pleurotus ostreatus

- ABSTRACTThe use of wheat bran (WB) as a supplement in mushroom cultivation presents economic and sustainability concerns due to its competition with human food and livestock feed. This reliance...

Replacement of Corn by Perennial Cellulosic Bioenergy Crops on Sloping Farmland: Implications for Water Quality and Economic Benefits

06/06/2026 - AbstractPerennial cellulosic bioenergy crops have the potential to control nutrient losses from agriculture while providing biomass for biofuel production. This study employed a rigorously calibrated...

Correction to “Corn and Switchgrass Derived Sustainable Aviation Fuel Carbon Intensity”

- A time?explicit framework based on atmospheric impulse–response functions quantifies the CO2 removal required to offset methane warming within 20?years. Constant, variable, and increasing carbon...

Correction to Biosurveillance of Invasive Southern Corn Rust: Insights Into Recent Migration Patterns and Virulence Variation

- The DENN domain?containing protein SsSMD1 is highly conserved across phytopathogenic fungi. Functioning as a putative GEF for RAS GTPase SsYPT1, SsSMD1 orchestrates its activation to regulate cell...

Assessing robustness and transferability of image?based semantic segmentation models for major field crops

- AbstractPlant breeding is essential for crop improvement, yet progress is often hindered by slow, laborious, and subjective field phenotyping methods. High?throughput phenotyping (HTP), particularly...

Irrigation Expansion in the US Corn Belt: Patterns and Yield Impacts

14/05/2026 - AbstractAgricultural irrigation is steadily expanding in the traditionally non?irrigated US Corn Belt, a globally important region for maize and soybean production. While irrigation boosts crop...

Corn and Switchgrass Derived Sustainable Aviation Fuel Carbon Intensity

- Life cycle inventory details by ecosystem boundaries for the life cycle assessments (LCA) conducted in this study and timeline of primary data used in LCAs. Abbreviations: SOC, soil organic carbon;...

Self-described stakeholder approaches toward western bean cutworm IPM in corn in the Great Plains

17/04/2026 - The western bean cutworm, Striacosta albicosta ((Smith); Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a key pest of corn in North America. Management takes the form of the prophylactic use of transgenic corn or the...

From waste to wealth: how rearing substrates affect growth and nutritional value of black soldier fly larvae

- IntroductionBlack soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae have emerged as a promising sustainable solution for organic waste management and alternative protein production. However, their growth...

Exploring the Role of Intercropping and Mulching on Modulating Lettuce Biomass and Rhizosphere Microbiome

- ABSTRACTModern agriculture faces the dual challenge of maintaining high yields while minimising environmental impact, all under increasingly difficult climatic conditions. Practices such as...

Exotic Genetic Lineages Rapidly Replace Established Exserohilum turcicum Populations in the Swiss Rhine Valley

- A metagenomic survey of northern corn leaf blight in Swiss maize revealed a temporal shift from a dominant European clonal lineage to genetically diverse tropical lineages between 2016–2017 and...

Visualitzar més novetats