Trends in the global commercialization of genetically modified crops in 2023
December 2024
The commercialization of genetically modified (GM) crops has increased food production, improved crop quality, reduced pesticide use, promoted changes in agricultural production methods, and become...
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Potato late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans: From molecular interactions to integrated management strategies
December 2022
Over 170 years after the infamous Irish Potato Famine, potato late blight (PLB) caused by Phytophthora infestans remains the single most devastating disease of global potato production, causing up to...
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What factors control plant height?
June 2024
Plant height (PH) is one of the most important components of the plant ideotype, and it affects plant biomass, yield, lodging resistance, and the ability to use mechanized harvesting. Since many complex...
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Advances in Effects of Sound Waves on Plants
February 2014
Sound waves technology has been applied to different plants. It has been found that sound waves were at different frequencies, sound pressure levels (SPLs), exposure periods, and distances from the...
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Integrating artificial intelligence and high-throughput phenotyping for crop improvement
June 2024
Crop improvement is crucial for addressing the global challenges of food security and sustainable agriculture. Recent advancements in high-throughput phenotyping (HTP) technologies and artificial intelligence...
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A review of rural transformation studies: Definition, measurement, and indicators
December 2023
The paper reviews studies of rural transformation in three dimensions - definition, measurement, and indicators - and summarises the findings of rural transformation research. The scope of rural transformation...
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E-commerce development in rural and remote areas of BRICS countries
April 2021
E-commerce plays an essential role in modern trade today. It is expected that e-commerce volume amounted to 29 trillion USD in the world in 2017, and would grow with the spread of the Internet and information...
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Crop photosynthetic response to light quality and light intensity
January 2021
Under natural conditions, plants constantly encounter various biotic and abiotic factors, which can potentially restrict plant growth and development and even limit crop productivity. Among various...
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Mapping and identification of QTLs for seed fatty acids in soybean (Glycine max L.)
December 2024
Soybean is one of the most important sources of vegetable oil. The oil content and fatty acid ratio have attracted significant attention due to their impacts on the shelf-life of soybean oil products...
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Karyotype establishment and development of specific molecular markers of Aegilops geniculata Roth based on SLAF-seq
December 2024
The constant evolution of pathogens poses a threat to wheat resistance against diseases, endangering food security. Developing resistant wheat varieties is the most practical approach for circumventing...
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CRISPR-based genetic control strategies for insect pests
March 2023
Genetic control strategies such as the sterile insect technique have successfully fought insect pests worldwide. The CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) technology, together...
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A comparative study on the role of conventional, chemical, and nanopriming for better salt tolerance during seed germination of direct seeding rice
December 2024
Salinity is one of the most significant risks to crop production and food security as it harms plant physiology and biochemistry. The salt stress during the rice emergence stages severely hampers the...
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Optimizing nitrogen management can improve stem lodging resistance and stabilize the grain yield of japonica rice in rice–crayfish coculture systems
December 2024
Nitrogen (N) significantly affects rice yield and lodging resistance. Previous studies have primarily investigated the impact of N management on rice lodging in conventional rice monoculture (RM); however,...
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Advances in the study of waterlogging tolerance in plants
September 2024
Waterlogging is one of the major abiotic stresses threatening crop yields globally. Under waterlogging stress, plants suffer from oxidative stress, heavy metal toxicity and energy deficiency, leading...
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Effects of water and nitrogen rate on grain-filling characteristics under high-low seedbed cultivation in winter wheat
December 2024
A high-efficiency mode of high-low seedbed cultivation (HLSC) has been listed as the main agricultural technology to increase land utilization ratio and grain yield in Shandong Province, China. However,...
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Improvement of soil fertility and rice yield after long-term application of cow manure combined with inorganic fertilizers
July 2023
Fertilization is an effective technique to improve soil fertility and increase crop yield. The long-term effects of different fertilizers on soil considerably vary. Over 38 consecutive years of different...
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In vitro meat production: Challenges and benefits over conventional meat production
February 2015
In vitro meat production system is the production of meat outside the food animals by culturing the stem cells derived from farm animals inside the bioreactor by using advanced tissue engineering techniques....
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Factors affecting farmers’ choice to adopt risk management strategies: The application of multivariate and multinomial probit models
December 2024
This study investigates the factors that impact farmers’ adoption of risk management strategies (RMS) in Pakistan during times of uncertainty. The study examines farmers’ adoption of RMS using both...
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Abiotic stress responses in crop plants: A multi-scale approach
Available online 11 September 2024
Population stress has compelled the whole world to think about increasing, protecting, and finding ways to develop the best plant species for assured productivity in spite of all environmental odds....
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The impact of demographic dynamics on food consumption and its environmental outcomes: Evidence from China
February 2024
With increasing population and changing demographics, food consumption has experienced a significant transition in quantity and quality. However, a dearth of knowledge remains regarding its environmental...
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What is artificial meat and what does it mean for the future of the meat industry?
February 2015
The meat industry cannot respond to increases in demand by ever increasing resource use. The industry must find solutions to issues regarding animal welfare, health and sustainability and will have...
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Ovule number as a rising star for regulating seed yield: Hope or hype
November 2024
Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is the second most widely grown premium oilseed crop globally, mainly for its vegetable oil and protein meal. One of the main goals of breeders is producing high-yield rapeseed...
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Long-term combined application of organic and inorganic fertilizers increases crop yield sustainability by improving soil fertility in maize–wheat cropping systems
January 2025
•NPKM improves the sustainability of crop grain yield and soil quality.•NPKS accelerates acid soil acidification, reduces soil quality and crop productivity.•Crop grain yield and its sustainability...
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IPM - Biological and integrated management of desert locust
December 2022
Locusts have caused periodic disasters in the recorded history of humankind. Up to now, locust disaster is still the biggest threat to the world's agricultural production. The desert locust Schistocerca...
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Agricultural remote sensing big data: Management and applications
September 2018
Big data with its vast volume and complexity is increasingly concerned, developed and used for all professions and trades. Remote sensing, as one of the sources for big data, is generating earth-observation...
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