Cereals

Computer Vision for Site-Specific Weed Management in Precision Agriculture: A Review

04/11/2025 - Weed management is always a challenge in crop production, exacerbated by the issue of herbicide resistance. Excessive herbicide application not only leads to the development of herbicide resistance...

Estimate the Pre-Flowering Specific Leaf Area of Rice Based on Vegetation Indices and Texture Indices Derived from UAV Multispectral Imagery

03/11/2025 - Rice ranks among the most significant staple crops worldwide. Precise and dynamic monitoring of specific leaf area (SLA) provides essential information for evaluating rice growth and yield. While...

Antifungal Mechanisms of Plant Essential Oils: A Comprehensive Literature Review for Biofungicide Development

05/11/2025 - Plant pathogenic fungi pose a persistent global threat to food security, causing severe yield losses in staple crops and increasing dependence on chemical fungicides. However, the ecological and...

A Method for Paddy Field Extraction Based on NDVI Time-Series Characteristics: A Case Study of Bishan District

07/11/2025 - Rice, as one of the world's three major staple crops, provides a food source for nearly half of the global population. Timely and accurate acquisition of rice cultivation information is crucial for...

Biofuel Production Assessment of Crop Rotation Systems and Organic Residues in Agricultural Management

07/11/2025 - Ten-field crop rotation systems reduce the environmental impact of sustainable agriculture by reducing pollutant emissions, helping to reduce the agricultural sector's dependence on imported natural...

Effects of Staggered Application of Chemical Defoliants on Cotton Fiber Quality

04/11/2025 - Chemical defoliation is an important management practice in cotton to facilitate mechanical harvesting and leaf removal and maintain lint quality. Recent advances in precision agriculture have...

Combining Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing to Enhance the Estimation of Peanut Pod Maturity

03/11/2025 - The mechanized harvesting of peanut crops results in both visible and invisible losses. Therefore, monitoring and accurately determining pod maturation are essential to minimizing such losses. The...

A Machine Learning Framework for Classifying Thermal Stress in Bean Plants Using Hyperspectral Data

07/11/2025 - Rising global temperatures pose a significant threat to agricultural productivity, making the early detection of plant stress crucial for minimizing crop losses. While hyperspectral remote sensing is...

Benchmarking YOLO Models for Crop Growth and Weed Detection in Cotton Fields

05/11/2025 - Reliable differentiation of crops and weeds is essential for precision agriculture, where real-time detection can minimize chemical inputs and support site-specific interventions. This study presents...

Remotely Piloted Aircraft Spraying in Coffee Cultivation: Effects of Two Spraying Systems on Drop Deposition

08/11/2025 - The use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) for spraying coffee crops has expanded due to their practicality and cost reduction. This study aimed to evaluate spray rate effects on coffee crops using...

A Soft Robotic Gripper for Crop Harvesting: Prototyping, Imaging, and Model-Based Control

07/11/2025 - The global agricultural sector faces escalating labor shortages and post-harvest losses, particularly in delicate crop handling. This study introduces an integrated soft robotic harvesting system...

Ionomic Profile and Nutrient Use Efficiency in Sunflower Plants Treated with Plant-Derived Biostimulant Rich in Trigonelline

04/11/2025 - In recent decades, the use of biostimulants has increased with the aim of creating an alternative to the use of chemical fertilizers and achieving sustainable agriculture. In this study, sunflower...

Using Freshwater Cladophora glomerata to Develop Sustainable Farming

03/11/2025 - Cladophora glomerata is a species of green algae from the Cladophoraceae family belonging to the class Ulvophyceae. This filamentous macroalga is generally associated with freshwater habitats,...

New Proposal to Increase Soybean Seed Vigor: Collection Based on Pod Position

06/11/2025 - The seed lots were evaluated based on their viability and vigor, which vary according to their origin and the locations where the seeds were produced. However, differences in vigor can be observed...

Long-Term Organic Fertilization and Straw Return Affect Shajiang Black Soil (Vertisol) Nutrient Availability, Aggregate Stability, and Crop Yield with the Winter Wheat&ndash;Summer Maize Double-Cropping System in Northern China

05/11/2025 - Long-term fertilization affects soil nutrient levels and aggregate stability, eventually altering crop yield. However, their responses to organic fertilizer application and straw returning are still...

Evaluation of Biochar and Humus Amendments and Early-Season Insect Netting on Soil Properties, Crop Yield, and Pest Management in Organic Vegetable Production in Maine

07/11/2025 - Effective implementation and optimization of organic amendments and other management practices is essential for sustainable organic vegetable production, yet needed information is lacking on the...

Weed Detection: Innovative Hyperspectral Image Analysis for Classification and Band Selection of Site-Specific and Selective Weeding Robot

09/11/2025 - Weeding in melon and watermelon fields requires selective and pinpoint operation because the crop plants are sensitive to herbicides and tend to grow on the ground in all directions. Hyperspectral...

Multi-Omics Insights into the Impact of Fermented Wheat Bran-Soybean Meal-Broussonetia papyrifera Mixture Substance on the Gut Microbiota of Late Gestation Sows In Vitro

03/11/2025 - Comprehensive maternal nutritional interventions, particularly during late gestation, enhance perinatal outcomes and support long-term maternal-offspring health by modulating the microbiota....

Sustainability of Animal Production Chains: Alternative Protein Sources as an Ecological Driver in Animal Feeding: A Review

08/11/2025 - Sustainability of animal production requires reducing reliance on soybean meal by identifying viable alternative protein sources. Within the framework of the Italian Agritech National Research...

Recent Advances in Inks for 3D Food Printing: A Review

08/11/2025 - The integration of 3D printers into food production represents an unprecedented innovation, envisaging applications from the industry to missions in space to home cooking, with no geographical or...

Rooting for sustainability: Pantoea ananatis D1-28 volatiles boost tomato growth and rhizosphere microbial diversity

07/11/2025 - Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), a vital global crop rich in bioactive compounds, faces sustainability issues due to agrochemical overuse, necessitating eco-friendly biofertilizers like plant...

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