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2025-10-08Article
Participatory Selection of Bambara Groundnut Landraces in Burkina Faso: Effects of Gender and Participant Diversity
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)The centre of origin of Bambara groundnut (BGN; <i>Vigna subterranea</i> L.) is Western Sub-Saharan Africa. Due to its high nutritional value and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses, this neglected and underutilised ... -
2025-10-08Article
Design and Experiment of Monomer Profiling Strip Tillage Machine with Straw-Strip-Collecting and Subsoiling Functions
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)Aiming at the problems of intensified soil compaction under the conditions of no-tillage operations and machine blockage caused by large-scale straw returning to the field, an operation mode of “straw strip collecting-strip ... -
2025-10-08Article
Peak Soil Erosion Risk in Mixed Forests: A Critical Transition Phase Driven by Moso Bamboo Expansion
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)Driven by climate change and human activities, the expansion of highly invasive moso bamboo (<i>Phyllostachys edulis</i>) into coniferous forests induces a serious ecological imbalance. Its rapidly spreading underground ... -
2025-10-08Article
The Evolution of Global Food Trade Systems and Their Resilience in Response to COVID-19: Performance Across Nations
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)A resilient food trade system is crucial for global food security. The spatiotemporal changes in the trade of four main cereals (soybean, wheat, rice, and maize) and their responses to COVID-19 may serve as an efficient ... -
2025-10-08Article
Estimation of Genetic Parameters and Weighted Single-Step Genome-Wide Association Study for Indicators of Colostrum Quality in Chinese Holstein Cattle
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)Colostrum is the milk harvested during the first few hours after calving, which contains high levels of immunoglobulins, antimicrobial peptides, and growth factors essential for the health of neonates. The primary objective ... -
2025-10-08Article
Intramammary Pectin Therapy for Clinical Mastitis in Dairy Cows: A Field Pilot Study
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)The rise in antimicrobial resistance and strict milk withdrawal regulations drive the search for safe, non-antibiotic intramammary therapies. This pilot field study focused on clinical parameters, including the somatic ... -
2025-10-08Article
Shade Nets Increase Plant Growth but Not Fruit Yield in Organic Jalapeño Pepper (<i>Capsicum annuum</i> L.)
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)Colored shade nets have gained attention due to their ability to reduce light intensity and alter the light spectrum, thereby influencing vegetable crop quality and yield. However, limited research has examined their effects ... -
2025-10-08Article
Local or Ecological? An Agri-Food Choice Experiment for Extra Virgin Olive Oil
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)Agricultural production systems and certificates of origin determine consumers’ preferences for agri-food products, attributes which have mainly been investigated separately. In this study, we examined the joint effect of ... -
2025-10-08Article
Ecological Responses of Mercury to Selenium in Farmland: Insights from Metal Transport in Crops, Soil Properties, Enzyme Activities, and Microbiome
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)Selenium (Se) is a natural detoxifier of the heavy metal mercury (Hg), and the interaction between Se and Hg has been widely investigated. However, the ecological response of Hg to Se in Hg-contaminated farmland requires ... -
2025-10-08Article
Design and Experiment for a Crawler Self-Propelled Potato Combine Harvester for Hilly and Mountainous Areas
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)Aiming at key issues in harvesting film-covered potatoes in hilly and mountainous areas—incomplete residual film collection, poor potato–soil separation, and high damage from potato-collecting devices—this study developed ... -
2025-10-08Article
Assessment of Rice Productivity and Solar Power Generation in Agriphotovoltaic Systems
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and benefits of integrating photovoltaic (APV) systems with rice cultivation, focusing on growth characteristics, chlorophyll content and fluorescence, yield components, and ... -
2025-10-08Article
Multi-Scale Cross-Domain Augmentation of Tea Datasets via Enhanced Cycle Adversarial Networks
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)To tackle phenotypic variability and detection accuracy issues of tea shoots in open-air gardens due to lighting and varietal differences, this study proposes Tea CycleGAN and a data augmentation method. It combines ... -
2025-10-08Article
A GIS-Driven, Machine Learning-Enhanced Framework for Adaptive Land Bonitation
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)Land bonitation, or land rating, is a core instrument in agricultural policy used to evaluate land productivity based on environmental and climatic indicators. However, conventional Bonitation Coefficient (BC) methods are ... -
2025-10-08Article
Ecological Modeling of the Potential Distribution of the Mistletoe <i>Phoradendron nervosum</i> (Viscaceae) Parasitism in Ecuador
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)This study characterizes <i>Phoradendron nervosum</i>, a hemiparasitic mistletoe species prevalent in Ecuador, using morphological, molecular, and ecological modeling approaches. Morphological analysis revealed that <i>P. ... -
2025-10-08Article
Study and Testing of a Front-Blowing and Rear-Suction Enhanced Cleaning Technology for Grain Combine Harvesters
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)To address the issue in high-throughput longitudinal axial-flow grain combine harvester cleaning systems, in which the extended length of the cleaning chamber results in airflow velocity attenuation and makes it difficult ... -
2025-10-08Article
Deep Learning Empowers Smart Animal Husbandry: Precise Localization and Image Segmentation of Specific Parts of Sika Deer
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)In precision livestock farming, synchronous and high-precision instance segmentation of multiple key body parts of sika deer serves as the core visual foundation for achieving automated health monitoring, behavior analysis, ... -
2025-10-08Article
An Ensemble of Heuristic Adaptive Contract Net Protocol for Efficient Dynamic Data Relay Satellite Scheduling Problem
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)Task scheduling in data relay satellite networks (DRSNs) is subject to dynamic disruptions such as resource failures, sudden surges in task demands, and variations in service duration requirements. These disturbances may ... -
2025-10-08Article
A Long Sequence Time-Series Forecasting Method for Early Warning of Long Landing Risks with QAR Flight Data
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)Long landings can reduce runway utilization and increase the probability of runway incursions and excursions. Previous studies on long landings often lacked support from actual operational data and primarily relied on ... -
2025-10-08Article
Assessment of Oscillating Wings to Deliver Air Mass Flow Under Power and Thrust Constraints
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)An oscillating wing was evaluated for its ability to deliver air mass flow. The evaluation was based on exploring the oscillation parameters that provide a given mass flow rate at the least power requirement with the highest ... -
2025-10-08Article
Comparative Study of Hybrid Electric Distributed Propulsion Aircraft Through Multiple Powertrain Component Modeling Approaches
(MDPI AG, 01-08-2025)Aircraft design is an ever-expanding field of research. Disruptive aircraft architectures and the long-standing need for fast design processes are the main drivers behind the domain growth. Novel concepts like distributed ...