ABSTRACT Well-balanced nutrition is important for the successful cultivation of healthy plants. In this paper, we demonstrate a nondestructive optical method that can sense a deficiency of certain nutrients. The setup was tested on hydroponically grown Ocimum basilicum. The plants were subjected to nutrient deficiency by the exclusion of one of the essential elements (Fe, Mg, P, N) from the hydroponic

ABSTRACT The identification of high-yielding and stable genotypes for cultivation across differential production regions is among the key breeding objectives in cowpea improvement programs. This study was aimed to determine genotype-by-environment interaction (GEI) for grain yield to select high-yielding and stable cowpea genotypes for production in South Africa and identical agro-ecologies, and for

ABSTRACT Under the current context of reducing chemical N input in agriculture, it is important to investigate better N allocation to different growth stages of crops. The plants were subjected to sufficient and reduced soil water regimes in interaction with two N application proportions applied at the vegetative and reproductive growth stages of tomato plants, respectively. In terms of the soil water

ABSTRACT Common bean is an important legume consumed as a source of food and used as a cash crop worldwide. However, its production and productivity are mainly constrained by bacterial and fungal diseases. A field survey was conducted to determine the prevalence, incidence, severity and association of factors influencing common bacterial blight (CBB) and anthracnose epidemics in major bean growing

ABSTRACT Earthworms are a major component of soil fauna communities with positive effects on soil chemical, biological and physical processes. A study was carried out to investigate the medium-term effects of cultural practices on earthworm communities in an agricultural field. Data were collected in the 2018/2019 cropping season from a six-year-old experiment with tillage system, fertiliser application

ABSTRACT Soil organic carbon (SOC) was studied at 0–45 cm depth after 28 years of cropping with arable and mixed dairy rotations on a soil with an initial SOC level of 2.6% at 0–30 cm. Measurements included both carbon concentration (SOC%) and soil bulk density (BD). Gross C input was calculated from yields. Averaged over all systems, topsoil SOC% declined significantly (−0.20% at 0–15 cm, p = 0.04

ABSTRACT Sorghum (Sorghum bicolo [L.] Moench) production has considerable socio-economic values in sub-Saharan Africa for food security and to serve the increased industrial demands due to high population pressure and climate change. However, the production and productivity of the crop are yet to be expounded in Nigeria for economic gains. Therefore, the objective of this study was to present the current

ABSTRACT Maize is an essential staple food crop and is vulnerable to diseases. Maize streak disease is one of the serious illnesses that affect maize, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where the disease is endemic. We developed a stochastic epidemic model with three control measure types (mechanical, chemical and preventative) that mitigate the disease. A dynamical system analysis of the deterministic

ABSTRACT Natural rubber consumption has led to the expansion of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations which affects the deforestation and ecosystem. However, no study of the long-term effect of rubber plantations on soil biodiversity has been carried out yet. This study aimed to assess the long-term impact of continuous rubber monocropping on soil biodiversity, focusing on soil macrofauna and nematode

ABSTRACT Methodology for analysing textural properties of sugar beet roots in the laboratory has previously been established. It has been shown to be reliable and of value in exploring relationships between textural properties, damage rates, and storability of varieties. In this paper, a methodology for the assessment of textural properties in-field, prior to harvest, using an inexpensive handheld

ABSTRACT This paper uses the WIOD database combined with the global value chain decomposition to measure the value added of the crop industry and other industries included in the US crop exports. Use the employment coefficient to further analyze the impact of US crop exports on the employment of its own industry and other industries and the impact of exports from other industries on employment in the

ABSTRACT The soil organic matter (SOM) and soil total nitrogen (STN) is a significant concern in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China. This study analysed the spatial distribution of SOM and STN and determined their influencing factors to support the conservation of cultivated soil and development of sustainable agricultural strategies in the Plateau. In total, 120 soil samples were collected from the 0–20-cm

ABSTRACT In Central European cropping systems, there is increasing interest in winter faba bean (Vicia faba L. minor), which is traditionally used as a spring crop. But limited knowledge on yield and yield formation and optimum seeding rate exist. Therefore, the purpose of this assessment was to compare soil coverage, yield and yield components of two winter faba bean varieties (Diva and Hiverna) with

ABSTRACT As a representative industry of agricultural product quality and safety, food is an important cornerstone of stable social development and international status. However, frequent food quality and safety incidents reveal the complexity and difficulty of governance. Therefore, it is urgent to treat and solve food quality and safety problems through comprehensive, multi-level and multi perspective

ABSTRACT The effect of policy-oriented agricultural insurance on increasing farmers’ income has been controversial all the time. In light of this, this paper first clarifies the operation mechanism of policy-oriented agricultural insurance and its influence mechanism on farmers’ income from the theoretical level. Secondly, the fixed-effect model and panel quantile regression are used to empirically

ABSTRACT Precision agriculture (PA) research aims to design decision systems based on agricultural site control and management. These systems consist of observing fields and measuring metrics to optimize yields and investments while preserving resources. The corresponding applications can be found on large agricultural areas based on satellites, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and sol robots. All

ABSTRACT Ethiopia is the primary wheat producer in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) owing to the suitable agro-ecological conditions. Despite wheats economic potential for food security, the actual yield under smallholder farmers conditions is low due to various production constraints. Thus, the objectives of this study were to assess the present wheat production opportunities and constraints and identify

ABSTRACT With the continuous development of society and the continuous improvement of people's living standards, leisure agricultural tourism based on agricultural production has gradually become popular, which takes agricultural landscape, agricultural experience and agricultural product shopping as content, and leisure agricultural tourist attractions have emerged. At present, some ecological agriculture

ABSTRACT The breeding of new cultivars is a powerful approach to increase both the quantity and quality of potato harvest per land unit. The aim of this research was to determine using multi-site testing the progress made by the genetic enhancement of potato in Sweden in the last 1.5 decades by comparing advanced breeding clones (T4 upwards) bred in Sweden (Svensk potatisförädling hereafter) versus

ABSTRACT Root rot disease of cassava is one of the major diseases in Thailand, widespread incidence of soil-borne pathogens has been found to affect more than 80%. The research aims to investigate the effect of elicitors as salicylic acid and Bacillus subtilis strain JN2-007 for inducing resistance against root rot disease by Fusarium solani in cassava. The experiment was carried out in a susceptible

ABSTRACT The adoption of maize hybrids is essential to contribute to maize productivity and ensure self-sufficiency and food security. However, the adoption of improved varieties hybrids technology including in Ghana is very low. Farmers’ socio-economic characteristics in relation to the adoption of maize hybrids, farmers constraints and readiness to adopt maize hybrids were assessed using a cross-sectional

ABSTRACT Corn rust disease can be classified into four types: common corn rust, southern corn rust, tropical corn rust and stem corn rust. In this paper, 270 samples of corn rust gathered from Yunnan province were identified by observation of symptom and pathogen morphology, detection of specific molecular markers between Puccinia sorghi Schw and Puccinia polysora Unedrw. The results showed that 180

ABSTRACT Zanthoxylum schinifolium Sieb. Et Zucc. (green pepper), a well-known traditional Chinese spice, recent studies found that the water extract of Z. schinifolium could significantly enhance the innate immune system, and Z. schinifolium peel polysaccharide (ZSPP) in the water extract is one of the active ingredients where antioxidant and anti-aging properties of ZSPP is yet to be determined. Caenorhabditis

ABSTRACT Aim In the agricultural field, weeds are grown irrespective of the required species, which spoils the growth of paddy plants. The presence of weeds is to be detected and should be classified in the earlier stage to improve the growth of species. This research work considers paddy cultivation and detection of weeds in the paddy field. Methods The modelling of the automatic weed predictor model

ABSTRACT Mineral fertilisers differ in changing soil properties, and revealing how the rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere respond could provide a robust assessment of fertiliser regimes. Rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soils were sampled from five fertilisation treatments in a long-term (24 year) experiment. Enzyme activities and total phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA) content in the rhizosphere soil were

ABSTRACT In order to study the planning effects of modern agricultural tourism bases, this paper combines ecological agriculture to carry out regional planning innovations for agricultural tourism bases based on the analysis of traditional rural cultural tourism. Moreover, this paper analyses the current situation of regional planning of agricultural tourism base in China through comparative analysis

ABSTRACT In order to improve the effect of precision intelligent agricultural decision support system, this paper combines big data technology to carry out precision mining of agricultural data, and combines decision tree algorithm to carry out data classification processing. Moreover, this paper obtains the most effective agricultural decision reference data through data mining, combines the agricultural

ABSTRACT The core of agricultural product supply chain management is to emphasise the use of integrated thoughts and concepts to guide the management practices of enterprises. That is, the operation of the entire supply chain is guided by consumer demand rather than the individual management of links, and the entire supply chain is strictly controlled as a system. Based on big data technology, this

ABSTRACT The application of insufficient amounts of mineral fertiliser, coupled with unreliable precipitation, has caused a drastic reduction in the yield of sorghum in the smallholder-farming areas of Zimbabwe. This calls for innovative interventions to improve production under changing climatic conditions. This study evaluated the effect of contour-based rainwater-harvesting methods and the use of

ABSTRACT Cancer bush (Sutherlandia frutescens), which is facing extinction, can be conserved through cultivation using best agricultural practices that include nodulation with effective rhizobia bacteria. The objective of the study was to compare the efficacy of commercial and native nodulation bacteria on productivity of S. frutescens over two seasons. Seasonal interaction on productivity variables

ABSTRACT Traditional rural cultural heritage is not only the crystallisation of China’s long agricultural history but also can guide the development of modern agriculture to some extent. It has its values for scientific research, education, tourism and other aspects. About exploration on the value of agricultural cultural heritage, there are some problems such as landscape homogenisation as well as

ABSTRACT Salinity is one of the most severe factors that can affect agricultural productivity worldwide particularly in the arid and semi-arid agro-ecological zones. Chickpea seedlings were grown in the field and subjected to different NaCl concentrations (0, 50 and 150 mM) and P application (90 kg ha–1). The experimental design was based on a completely randomised design with three replications. Salinity

ABSTRACT The accounting of the performance of the new agricultural business entity and the choice of future strategic planning are all directly affected by the quality of its accounting work. Therefore, it is very important to strengthen the accounting supervision of the new agricultural business entity. This article combines big data technology to construct an accounting work quality improvement model

ABSTRACT Cover cropping provides versatile benefits for sustainable agriculture, but many cover crops are potential host plants for pathogens such as Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary. Therefore, 14 cover crops were investigated for their interaction with sclerotia, topsoil moisture and temperature in two consecutive field trials in East Austria. In July, after the cover crops were sown, sclerotia

ABSTRACT The theoretical and practical research of industrial integration provides new directions for the development of many industries and new ideas for the reform of many technologies. In particular, it provides new impetus for the development of agricultural modernisation. This paper takes the rural development of Inner Mongolia as the research object, discusses the integration of the primary,

ABSTRACT The number of rural populations is increasing year by year, but the rural economy is developing slowly and lacking certain vitality, and resources are wasted excessively in the process of agricultural production. As a result, the agro-ecological complex system is inefficient, unreasonable in structure, low in output, and slow in regional economic growth. This paper uses the spatial panel model

ABSTRACT This paper empirically analyses the promotional effect of preferential fiscal and tax policies on the performance of agricultural enterprises in the straw power generation industry chain through the small- and medium-sized enterprises in the straw gasification cogeneration project industry chain. It has a positive effect. This paper discusses the implementation of agricultural enterprises

ABSTRACT In recent years, greenhouse development has been innovative in agriculture based on information systems guidance with accelerated growth. The IoT provides an intelligent system and remote access technologies such as green infrastructure. The usability of information systems for effective training and producing intelligent systems and predictive models in organizational real-time based on machine

ABSTRACT The U.S. policy toward North Korea has always been issue of great concern and research focus. According to the grain production data of North Korea, and combined with perspectives from experts of China, the United States and South Korea, this paper tries to make a tentative judgment of the hawk/dove tendency of the five U.S. Presidents' remarks on North Korea from 1989 to 2019. The results

ABSTRACT The impact of the epidemic and a series of strict prevention and control measures taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic will have a significant impact on the entire chain and various fields of agricultural production and operation. Based on the realistic basis of China’s current international cooperation in agricultural ecological environmental protection, this paper proposes an international

ABSTRACT As the electronic process of land management is accelerating, the research on the construction of land use planning system tends to be intensified. This paper combines the concept of traditional farming culture to construct a rural land planning system, and proposes a stacked combination collaborative filtering recommendation algorithm to process traditional farming cultural data and promote

ABSTRACT In order to improve the effect of intelligent fertilisation, according to actual fertilisation needs, this paper combines big data technology to perform data analysis, and designs a variable fertilisation mechanical structure that can be used for mixed fertilisation to realise mixed fertilisation of multiple crops. Moreover, from the perspective of precise fertilisation, this paper combines

ABSTRACT Organic pollution of agricultural land will cause environmental problems and agricultural economic effects. To explore the reliable effect of remediation of organic pollution in agricultural land, wheat straw biochar was prepared in this paper. Moreover, this paper uses experimental research and comparison methods to study the difference in the adsorption performance of biochar at different

ABSTRACT The quality and safety of agricultural products is not only related to the health of consumers, but also to the sustainable and stable development of the economy, and even to the harmony and stability of the society. The application of the theory model of multiple co-governance of agricultural product quality and safety has certain theoretical support. This paper applies big data technology

ABSTRACT In order to promote the development of agro-ecological economy and improve the reliability of the development model of agricultural circular economy, this paper explores the general framework of the coordinated development of the agricultural logistics ecosystem from the perspective of the construction of the agricultural logistics ecosystem, the composition of the ecosystem, the synergy stage

ABSTRACT In order to promote the integration of leisure agriculture and red cultural tourism, this paper improves the big data technology and combines the actual needs of tourism data fusion to construct an integrated analysis system of leisure agriculture and red cultural tourism-based big data. Through the data collection layer and the data information provided by the third party, this paper uses

ABSTRACT China has developed into the world’s largest producer of peanuts; however, it remains unable to achieve self-sufficiency. We assessed China’s peanut production performance and determined the crucial influential factors to improve the efficiency and productivity of peanut production. In this article, the performance of ten main peanut producing areas was evaluated from 2009 to 2018 through

ABSTRACT Root-knot nematodes pose a severe threat to worldwide agricultural development. Due to the high toxicity of chemical nematicides, eco-friendly control strategies against root-knot nematodes need to be established. A pot and in vitro experiment were performed to estimate nematicidal potential of Pochonia chlamydosporia. P. chlamydosporia was used alone or in combination with two botanicals

ABSTRACT Improving cost efficiency is one of the main ways to reduce the production cost of agricultural products and increase farmers' income. Human capital is an important way to improve cost efficiency. This article takes five major corn production areas as an example, uses data envelopment analysis to measure the cost efficiency and makes an empirical analysis of the impact of human capital on

ABSTRACT A study was conducted to evaluate the adaptability, yield performance and nutritional value, and to identify farmers preferred lupine genotypes. Four lupine genotypes were evaluated using participatory approach at Arbegona and Bule districts of Ethiopia on the farmer’s plots. The experimental layout followed a randomised complete block design with four replications. Farmers as well as researchers

ABSTRACT Integrating forage legumes with maize has the potential to restore soil fertility and increase grain yield among smallholder farming systems. A study was conducted over two cropping seasons to determine the effect of intercropping maize with forage legumes on soil fertility restoration, weed biomass and maize yield. Treatments involved: four cropping systems (sole maize, maize-velvet bean

ABSTRACT In Sweden, drainage and the construction of water infrastructure have influenced agriculture in the last few centuries both positively and negatively. Recently, a trend has set in where wetlands are constructed to retain water, retain and reduce nutrients and to enhance the biodiversity. This study aimed to use remote sensing techniques to study landscape water retention over time. In this

ABSTRACT Globally, the guava root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne enterolobii) is becoming an emerging threat of note in crops with or without Mi resistance genes. Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) cultivars are highly susceptible to Meloidogyne species, with all cultivars without genotypes with resistance to the genus. In contrast, nematode management options for watermelon production had since the withdrawal

ABSTRACT In order to explore the impact of trade uncertainty on the national grain supply, based on the BP neural network algorithm, this paper combines the characteristics of grain supply and trade data to construct an intelligent analysis model. Moreover, this paper uses historical data as the basic data to study the trade uncertainty and the relevant characteristics of grain supply, and combine

ABSTRACT In 2019, we conducted a field experiment to test the effects of three different granular fertilizers on the salicylic acid and total phenolic contents in five different sport turfgrass mixtures under natural conditions. It was one of the first experiments assessing the natural resistance of sport turfgrass in Europe. In five terms, before and after fertilizers applications, we randomly collected

ABSTRACT In order to improve the effect of agricultural data collection and transmission, based on the technology adopted by the mainstream agricultural environmental information monitoring system on the market, this paper uses game theory to innovatively improve the algorithm mechanism of wireless sensor nodes, optimise the clustering structure and routing method of wireless sensor networks, design

ABSTRACT This paper combines the intelligent computer-assisted technology to carry out the architectural design and planning of the agricultural sightseeing area, and mainly plans the electricity consumption system of the agricultural sightseeing area to ensure that the agricultural sightseeing area can provide tourists with a good sightseeing experience at night. Moreover, this paper conducts an end-point

ABSTRACT To improve the roof waterproof construction effect of agricultural construction projects, this paper applies big data technology to construction management and construction decision-making of construction projects. Moreover, this paper improves the traditional big data technology, and from the perspective of the roof waterproof construction requirements of agricultural construction projects

ABSTRACT The planning and management of water resources are becoming more and more important, and the forecast of water demand as the prerequisite and foundation of the entire planning has become a very important task in agricultural development. This paper combines the particle swarm algorithm to construct the agricultural water resource demand forecasting model, analyzes the shortcomings of the traditional

ABSTRACT The changes in weather have beneficial and harmful effects on crop yields. There will be a loss of yield because of the diseases in crops. With the growing population, the fundamental want of food is growing. That is why agriculture gains a prominent position all around the world. It eventually ends up by a massive defeat for the farmers and the financial boom of India. The article’s primary