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agriculture

1212 papers

📄 agriculture

Functional stabilization of sodium-dominated soils through biologically integrated management: Field-scale evidence and implications for sustainable agronomy

This field-scale study demonstrates that a biologically integrated management strategy, combining mycorrhizal fungi, rhizosphere bacteria, organic inputs, and nutrient optimization, can significantly restore maize productivity and stabilize sodium-dominated soils in Romania without the need for chemical amendments like gypsum.

Dirk Osada2026-07-06
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Integrating deep fuzzy clustering and multivariate analysis to assess rice milling quality under combined drought stress and thermal drying

This study integrates deep fuzzy clustering and multivariate analysis to demonstrate how the interaction between pre-harvest drought stress and post-harvest thermal drying creates genotype-specific trade-offs between drying efficiency and milling quality, thereby establishing a framework for optimizing rice processing systems through informed genotype selection and temperature control.

Gulnoza Djakhangirova, Djabborov Baxtiyor, Mohsen Shokouhifard, Sherzod Rakhimov, Kurbonalijon Zokirov, Gulnihol Sharipo (…)2026-07-06
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Optimizing the Ammonium to Nitrate Ratio in Nutrient Solution Enhances Vase Life and Stem Strength of Gerbera Cut Flowers

This study demonstrates that optimizing the ammonium-to-nitrate ratio in hydroponic nutrient solutions to 20:80 significantly extends the vase life and stem strength of gerbera cut flowers by enhancing calcium uptake and improving water relations, thereby offering a practical solution to reduce postharvest losses in the floriculture industry.

Mohammad Ali Khalaj, Mostafa Koozehgar Kaleji, Nasim Safari2026-07-06
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Multi-omics network modeling reveals rumen-to-serum metabolic axes associated with multi-trait performance in Hu sheep

This study utilizes multi-omics network modeling to identify two distinct rumen enterotypes in Hu sheep that drive divergent rumen-to-serum metabolic axes, ultimately linking specific microbial communities and metabolite profiles to superior or inferior growth performance and carcass traits.

Qijia Dai, Yukun Zhang, Fadi Li, Xiaoxue Zhang, Chong Li, Deyin Zhang, Huibin Tian, Weimin Wang2026-07-06
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Mitigation of Cd accumulation in rice by the combined of Mg-modified biochar/attapulgite materials and foliar inhibitors

This study demonstrates that the combined application of Mg-modified biochar/attapulgite soil amendments and foliar inhibitors effectively reduces cadmium accumulation in rice grains by increasing soil pH and organic matter, transforming cadmium into less bioavailable forms, and ultimately enhancing crop yield.

Jilei Fang, Wenxuan Luo, Jizhuang Wu, Kunpeng Yang, Yaping Zhang2026-07-06
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Genome-wide association study of wheat quality traits

This study utilized genome-wide association analysis, meta-QTL mapping, and genomic prediction on 314 wheat accessions to identify stable marker-trait associations for ten quality traits, revealing a genetic trade-off between dough rheological properties and yield while providing valuable molecular markers and resources for high-quality wheat breeding.

Haoran Gu, Yahui Tong, Mengde Tian, Yuhan Li, Mingyang Xu, Bin Zhang, Ningze Wang, Han Sun, Ran Qin, Yongzhen Wu, Chunhu (…)2026-07-06
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A Lightweight Attentive CNN with Explainable AI for Crop-Weed Classification on CWD30

This paper proposes a lightweight, two-stage attentive CNN based on MobileNetV3-Large that achieves state-of-the-art accuracy and computational efficiency for crop-weed classification on the CWD30 dataset while leveraging explainable AI to ensure the model focuses on discriminative plant features rather than background clutter.

Guggilam Venkata vidyalakshmi, Maruthi Sai Sasank Thunuguntla, Jayadeep Siddhartha Volla, Vasudha MVK, Kowshik Sree Baha (…)2026-07-06
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Effects of Irradiation Pretreatment Combined with Bacillus subtilis Fermentation on the Composition of Crayfish Byproducts

This study demonstrates that combining ⁶⁰Co-γ irradiation pretreatment (40 kGy) with *Bacillus subtilis* YS-45 fermentation significantly enhances the degradation efficiency and nutritional composition of *Procambarus clarkii* byproducts compared to single treatments, providing a viable strategy for their high-value utilization.

Liangfeng Zou, Jianyu Zhu, Xian Li, Wenxin Zhang, Yuping Zhang, Guiping Guan, Zhaohui Zou2026-07-06
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Physiological and Biochemical Responses of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) to Polyethylene Microplastic Exposure

This study demonstrates that polyethylene microplastic exposure induces dose-dependent toxicity in tomato plants, significantly inhibiting growth and photosynthesis while triggering oxidative stress through elevated antioxidant enzyme activity and lipid peroxidation.

Marvellous Oluwatosin Kudabo, Success Philip Olagbile, Gabriel Kehinde Olawepo, Oluwatobiloba Amos Olagbile2026-07-06