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Salt, Sediment, and Biofilm: A Review of Composite Emitter Clogging and Its Mitigation in Saline Drip Irrigation

This review synthesizes current research on the mechanisms, diagnostics, and mitigation of composite emitter clogging caused by salts, sediment, and biofilms in saline drip irrigation, while highlighting the urgent need for improved modeling and field validation of sustainable solutions tailored to India's agricultural landscape.

Nikkhil D, Vasanthi R, Sivaraman G, Abinaya S2026-07-28
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Serum mineral profiling as a tool for predicting bovine fertility in the central Ganga plain of India

This study demonstrates that serum mineral profiling, particularly of calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, iron, copper, zinc, and manganese, serves as an effective predictive tool for identifying reproductive disorders in dairy cattle within the central Ganga plain of India.

Ankur Mishra, Dharmesh Tewari, V.K. Singh, Pallavi Maurya, Shubham Tripathi, Manish Singh, Sandeep Kumar Chaudhary2026-07-28
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Transplanting date shifts the P optimum in lowland rice on P- deficient acid soil

This study demonstrates that delaying the transplanting of lowland rice on P-deficient acid soil significantly reduces yield and phosphorus recovery, necessitating a downward shift in the agronomic optimum phosphorus application rate from approximately 25.5 kg ha⁻¹ to 21.8 kg ha⁻¹.

Sushree Pandaᵃ, Vishram Ramᵇ, Preetinanda Patiᶜ, Somanath Mishraᵃ, Dwipendra Thakuriaᵇ, Preety Rajkumariᵈ, Shantanu Chai (…)2026-07-28
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Effects of Starch Type and Concentration on the Physicochemical, Antioxidant, Textural, and Sensory Properties of Tomato Juice–Incorporated Gwapyeon

This study demonstrates that while tomato juice–incorporated Gwapyeon can be successfully formulated using various starch types and concentrations to create a modern Korean confection with distinct physicochemical and textural profiles, achieving high consumer acceptance requires further optimization of flavor, texture, and storage stability.

WonTaek NamGung, Minseo Cho, Jiwoo Lee, Seongjin Yoon, Bong-Hyun Kim, Chung-Bae Oh, Miae Doo, Jung-Heun Ha2026-07-28
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Global and local shape perception in cattle: Evidence from a novel dishabituation paradigm

Using a novel dishabituation paradigm that measures transit times to objects, this study demonstrates that untrained cattle spontaneously differentiate objects based on global shape and local contours rather than size, highlighting their natural reliance on shape information and offering an ecologically valid method for assessing large animal cognition.

Grant T. Fairchild, Stella F. Lourenco, Gregory S. Berns2026-07-28
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Indigenous Food Biodiversity and Food Security in the Tea-Forest Ecosystem of the Blang People in Jingmai Mountain, China

This study documents the rich biodiversity and cultural significance of the Blang people's traditional food system in Jingmai Mountain's tea-forest ecosystem, highlighting its potential for food security while warning that rapid economic shifts driven by tea production and tourism threaten to undermine these sustainable practices and Indigenous knowledge.

Zeyuan Wang, Mengyao Ma, Xiaohui Liu, Yatong Carris Jiang, Tong Lin, Yuxue Zeng, Zhenda Xu, Chaohui Li, Nam Kang, Kaiyu (…)2026-07-28
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Effects of Varying Manganese Concentrations on Growth Performance and Proximate Composition of Amaranthus hybridus L.

This study demonstrates that while adequate manganese is essential for *Amaranthus hybridus*, excessive concentrations significantly inhibit both vertical and radial growth parameters, highlighting the critical need for regulated soil manganese levels to ensure optimal biomass production and food safety.

Anthony Oluwadamilola Ogungbemi, Emmanuel Esther Ebikaboere2026-07-28
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Individual differences in post-release behaviour and survival shape outcomes in a headstarting programme for the critically endangered gharial

This study challenges the core assumption of gharial headstarting programs that larger captive-reared individuals have better survival outcomes, revealing instead that smaller gharials were more likely to establish residency while larger ones suffered high mortality from gill-net bycatch, suggesting that release strategies should prioritize smaller sizes, upstream locations, and bycatch reduction.

Phoebe Griffith, Prakash Basnet, Haribhadra Acharya, Alina Chaudhary, Babu Ram Lamichhane, Laxman Prasad Poudyal, Bhogen (…)2026-07-28
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Soil Intelligence System (SIS): A Hierarchical AI Framework for Multimodal Edge Fusion and Explainable Agronomy

The Soil Intelligence System (SIS) is a novel, hardware-agnostic, hierarchical AI framework that enables real-time, offline agronomic decision-making through multimodal edge sensor fusion, explainable rule-based and ensemble learning, and continuous local adaptation, thereby overcoming the latency and privacy limitations of traditional cloud-dependent agricultural systems.

Parsina Mohammad Tabar Shobi2026-07-28