Editorial Material
Agricultural Engineering
Shengye You, Yijing Huang, Ruiting Mao, Yajing Xiang, Erya Cai, Yujun Chen, Jianliang Shen, Wei Dong, Xiaoliang Qi
Summary: This study presents a multifunctional polysaccharide hydrogel dressing for accelerating wound healing in diabetic patients.
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
(2022)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Ashvinder K. Rana, Fabrizio Scarpa, Vijay Kumar Thakur
Summary: Polyaniline, a special class of intrinsic conducting polymers, has potential applications in various fields. By blending with biomaterials like cellulose, the degradation rate and processibility of polyaniline can be improved. These biodegradable and environmentally friendly conducting polymers have significant potential in water treatment, electronic devices, and biomedical applications.
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Guangxin Zhang, Dehao Zhao, Shiju Liu, Yuncheng Liao, Juan Han
Summary: The study found that controlled-release urea (CRU) has excellent performance in replacing split applications of normal urea (NU), leading to increased crop yield and nitrogen fertilizer use efficiency. However, the substitution effect of CRU on split-NU varies depending on regional factors and crop types, and should be chosen accordingly for optimal results.
FIELD CROPS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Shan Wan, Huixu Wei, Ruixuan Quan, Zhigang Luo, Huan Wang, Bokai Liao, Xingpeng Guo
Summary: This study investigated the corrosion inhibition characteristics of soybean extract (SE) on carbon steel in sulfuric medium. The results showed that SE + I inhibitors had outstanding corrosion inhibition efficiency, and the inhibition mechanism was analyzed. This novel corrosion inhibitor has promising industrial application prospects.
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Xing Yu, Xu Tao, Jun Liao, Sicheng Liu, Le Xu, Shen Yuan, Zuolin Zhang, Fei Wang, Nanyan Deng, Jianliang Huang, Shaobing Peng
Summary: Ratoon rice (RR) is more efficient and sustainable than single-season rice (SR) and double-season rice (DR), with enormous potential to expand its cultivation area in China for increasing rice production. The suitable cultivation region and paddy area for RR were estimated using the Maxent model, showing significant differences in potential areas compared to DR, indicating opportunities for growth in RR cultivation without reducing current DR planting area.
FIELD CROPS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Minaxi Sharma, Shehzad Hussain, Tatsiana Shalima, Riina Aav, Rajeev Bhat
Summary: The study focused on the extraction of carotenoids from seabuckthorn pomace using green extraction technologies, which exhibited high total carotenoid content in ultrasound- and microwave-assisted extraction. The extracts showed promising antioxidant properties and high total phenolic content, suggesting potential applications in the food industry.
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Ruonan Qiu, Xing Li, Ge Han, Jingfeng Xiao, Xin Ma, Wei Gong
Summary: The frequency and severity of drought are increasing in the context of global warming. This study used satellite-derived data to evaluate the impacts of the 2012 drought on crop productivity in the U.S. Midwest. The results showed that SIF and vegetation indices were able to capture the changes in photosynthesis due to water and heat stresses, with GOSIF data being the most effective in monitoring crop response to drought.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Zhuping Zha, Rui Tang, Chuang Wang, Ya-li Li, Shuang Liu, Li Wang, Ke Wang
Summary: This study demonstrates that LED-based riboflavin treatment is an effective strategy for preserving the quality of fresh-cut apples. It effectively controls browning, microbial growth, weight loss, and softening, while improving whiteness and soluble solid content. The application of riboflavin represses the enzymatic activities of polyphenol oxidase and peroxidase, but enhances the phenolic content, thereby strengthening the antioxidant system and reducing membrane peroxidation.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Xingjie Wu, Ye Liu, Yiwei Shang, Duo Liu, Werner Liesack, Zhenling Cui, Jingjing Peng, Fusuo Zhang
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of different types of organic material amendments in combination with chemical fertilizer on maize farming, and found that peat-vermiculite amendment significantly increased soil organic carbon content, aboveground plant biomass, and grain yield. The peat-vermiculite treatment also promoted changes in soil microbiota composition, enhancing the abundance of beneficial microbes in the root compartment.
Article
Agronomy
Minghan Cheng, Xiyun Jiao, Yadong Liu, Mingchao Shao, Xun Yu, Yi Bai, Zixu Wang, Siyu Wang, Nuremanguli Tuohuti, Shuaibing Liu, Lei Shi, Dameng Yin, Xiao Huang, Chenwei Nie, Xiuliang Jin
Summary: The combination of UAV-based multimodal data fusion and machine learning algorithms provides relatively accurate and repeatable estimates of soil moisture content (SMC), which can be used for monitoring SMC and designing precision irrigation systems.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Muhammad Azeem, Muhammad Zulqurnain Haider, Sadia Javed, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Aishah Alatawi
Summary: The aim of this study was to promote plant growth characteristics by inoculating indigenously isolated Bacillus spp. strains, which included mineral uptake and phytohormone production. The results showed that the inoculation of specific Bacillus spp. strains effectively ameliorated the effects of drought stress on plants, leading to increased biomass and nutrient uptake.
Article
Agronomy
Mahbub Ul Islam, Zichun Guo, Fahui Jiang, Xinhua Peng
Summary: The impact of straw return on crop yield depends on climate conditions, management practices, and soil properties, with a more significant positive effect observed in the mono-cropping system compared to the double-cropping system.
FIELD CROPS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Michal Dudek, Ruta Spiewak
Summary: This paper analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global food systems, with a focus on the economic, legal, and social aspects in Poland. The research shows that the pandemic has caused disruptions in the functioning of the Polish food system, resulting in uncertainty, financial losses, and interrupted transactions. However, it also highlights the relative resilience of the food system and the adaptive skills of food producers and consumers.
Review
Agronomy
Honghong Wu, Zhaohu Li
Summary: Nano-enabled agriculture is an emerging field that focuses on the application of nanotechnology in agricultural production. This review discusses various topics in plant nanobiotechnology for agriculture, including improving stress tolerance, stress sensing and early detection, targeted delivery of agrochemicals, transgenic events in non-model crop species, and seed nanopriming. The review also highlights the use of nanomaterials to enhance photosynthetic performance and maintain plant photosynthesis under light-insufficient conditions. The aim of this review is to provide researchers with valuable insights into the use of plant nanobiotechnology for improving agricultural production.
Article
Agronomy
Genzhu Wang, Yuguo Liu, Ming Cui, Ziyuan Zhou, Qian Zhang, Yajin Li, Wenxiu Ha, Danbo Pang, Jiufu Luo, Jinxing Zhou
Summary: The study revealed significant changes in soil bacterial and fungal diversities and compositions during secondary succession in karst areas. Microbial diversity was determined by soil properties, while compositions were jointly driven by plant and soil properties.
Review
Agricultural Engineering
Gonzalo Ortiz de Elguea-Culebras, Enrique Melero Bravo, Raul Sanchez-Vioque
Summary: This review compiles information on the recovery of phenolic compounds from the residues of essential oil distillation of 47 cultivated or wild-collected aromatic plants in the Mediterranean region, emphasizing new techniques for more efficient recovery. The study highlights the impact of distillation techniques and residue processing on the composition and biological properties of the phenolic fraction. The feasibility of recovering specific phenolic fractions is discussed based on residue availability, industry implementation cost, and sustainability factors such as the use of less polluting solvents like water or ethanol.
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Thijs Van Gerrewey, Nico Boon, Danny Geelen
Summary: Vertical farming is a supplement to conventional agriculture that improves sustainable food production through technological advancements and research on water quality and microbial life. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria play a crucial role in enhancing plant resistance and resilience, offering opportunities to reduce chemical fertilizer and pesticide dependency in vertical farming systems with lower usage.
Article
Agronomy
Hongjun Wang, Yiyan Lin, Xiujin Xu, Zhaoyi Chen, Zihao Wu, Yunchao Tang
Summary: This study proposes a strategy for robotic fruit picking to enhance the accuracy of the vision system by remote and precise location methods. Different algorithms are used to determine the location of fruit bunches and bifurcate stems, guiding the robotic arm for picking and achieving a success rate of 88.46%.
Review
Agronomy
Pei Li, Yu-Hao Chen, Jun Lu, Chang-Quan Zhang, Qiao-Quan Liu, Qian-Feng Li
Summary: With the increase in people's living standards and rice trade globally, there is a growing demand for high-quality rice. However, the improvement in rice grain quality has lagged behind the increase in rice yield. This review focuses on recent progress in cloning key genes and understanding their functions in regulating rice seed structure and composition, and their impact on rice grain quality. The findings from this review will contribute to future high-quality rice breeding programs.
Article
Agronomy
Gunnar Lischeid, Heidi Webber, Michael Sommer, Claas Nendel, Frank Ewert
Summary: This study utilized machine learning methods to investigate the impact of climatic and soil hydrological factors on the yield of four crops, highlighting the uniqueness of key predictors. Random Forest and Support Vector Machine models achieved between 50% and 70% capture of spatial and temporal variance, with different sets of predictors performing similarly. In light of climate change, excess precipitation and heat effects are seen as important factors in crop breeding and modeling.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
