Many soil functions and processes are controlled by the soil particle size distribution. Accordingly, nationwide geoinformation on this soil property is required to enable climate-smart and resilient land management. This study presents a new deep learning approach to simultaneously model the contents of the three particle sizes of sand, silt, and clay and their variations with depth throughout the landscape. The approach allows for the consideration of the natural soil horizon boundaries and the inclusion of the surrounding landscape context of each soil profile to investigate the soil&nd ..read more

Abscisic acid (ABA) is a well-known phytohormone that initiates seed dormancy. This is the first study elucidating the variability and relationship in the accumulation of phenolics, melatonin, and momilactones A (MA) and B (MB) during a rice (Oryza sativa L. var. Koshihikari, Akisakari, and Akiroman) seed dormancy process treated by ABA with concentrations of 0 (control), 10, 50, and 100 µM over 8 days. Accordingly, increased concentrations of ABA resulted in an extended dormancy period of rice seeds, along with reducing fresh weight while maintaining stable dry weight in all varieti ..read more

Soil fumigation is considered a method to control soil-borne diseases and solve crop continuous cropping obstacles. However, fumigant residues in the soil are detrimental to soil health. Though substrate cultivation is a cultivation mode that can promote plant growth, studies to date on whether substrate cultivation can replace soil fumigation for the control of soil pathogens are limited. In this study, the effects of chloropicrin fumigation (Pic) and substrate cultivation (SC) on yam growth, soil pathogens, soil nutrients, and microbial communities were demonstrated using a 2-year field expe ..read more

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges the planet confronts today and is predicted to continue to face in the future. It is one of the greatest threats to humanity, seriously affecting human health, the natural environment, and security. This research aims to investigate the factors related to the perception of Greek citizens regarding climate change and green development and the obstacles that exist in Greece in the transition to enhanced green growth. For this reason, four cases related to communication and education, energy, actions to protect the environment, and each one&rsqu ..read more

Agriculture, Vol. 14, Pages 1221: Regeneration of Sesuvium portulacastrum through Indirect Shoot Organogenesis and Influence of an Endophytic Fungus on Rooting of Microshoots Agriculture doi: 10.3390/agriculture14081221 Authors: Xiuli Jiang Dan Wang Jianjun Chen Weihong He Boya Zhou Ziling Li Lingyan Chen Donghui Peng Qiang Chen Xiangying Wei Sesuvium portulacastrum L. is a dicotyledonous halophyte belonging to the family Aizoaceae. Its young leaves are highly nutritious, and many ecotypes are used as leafy vegetable and medicinal crops. Additionally, due to their tolerance to soil salinity, f ..read more

Agriculture, Vol. 14, Pages 1223: Volatile Organic Compound Emission Inventory for Pesticide Spraying in an Agricultural City of Northeast China: Real-Time Monitoring and Method Optimization Agriculture doi: 10.3390/agriculture14081223 Authors: Ruimin Li Zixuan Xia Bo You Bowen Shi Jing Fu Atmospheric volatile organic compounds (VOCs), such as olefins and aromatics, released from synthetic chemical pesticide sprays can increase regional air pollution, public health risks, and food security risks. However, significant uncertainties remain regarding the measurement methods and chemical profiles ..read more

Agriculture, Vol. 14, Pages 1222: Social-Ecological Spatial Analysis of Agroforestry in the European Union with a Focus on Mediterranean Countries Agriculture doi: 10.3390/agriculture14081222 Authors: Dimitrios Fotakis Ilias Karmiris Diogenis A. Kiziridis Christos Astaras Thomas G. Papachristou Agroforestry has a long history of evolution in Europe and has been especially selected under the unfavorable socioeconomic and environmental conditions of the Mediterranean region. The recent changes in social-ecological conditions have increased the interest in the contribution of agroforestry to the ..read more

Agriculture, Vol. 14, Pages 1224: A Study of the Income Effect of Continuous Adoption of Rice–Crayfish Co-Culture Technology: Based on the Moderating Effect of Non-Farm Employment Agriculture doi: 10.3390/agriculture14081224 Authors: Zhuoya Tian Xicong Wang Zekui Lei Zhenhong Qi Zhe Liu The income effect of rice–crayfish co-culture technology (RCT) is directly related to rate of adoption of farmers and the process of China’s green development of agriculture. The aim of this study is to explore the income effect and income growth mechanism of rice&n ..read more

Agriculture, Vol. 14, Pages 1227: Flexible Hand Claw Picking Method for Citrus-Picking Robot Based on Target Fruit Recognition Agriculture doi: 10.3390/agriculture14081227 Authors: Xu Xiao Yaonan Wang Bing Zhou Yiming Jiang In order to meet the demand of the intelligent and efficient picking of fresh citrus fruit in a natural environment, a flexible and independent picking method of fresh citrus fruit based on picking pattern recognition was proposed. The convolutional attention (CA) mechanism was added in the YOLOv7 network model. This makes the model pay more attention to the citrus fruit re ..read more

Agriculture, Vol. 14, Pages 1226: Research and Design of a Hybrid DV-Hop Algorithm Based on the Chaotic Crested Porcupine Optimizer for Wireless Sensor Localization in Smart Farms Agriculture doi: 10.3390/agriculture14081226 Authors: Hao Wang Lixin Zhang Bao Liu The efficient operation of smart farms relies on the precise monitoring of farm environmental information, necessitating the deployment of a large number of wireless sensors. These sensors must be integrated with their specific locations within the fields to ensure data accuracy. Therefore, efficiently and rapidly determining the posit ..read more