4+ hour, 21+ min ago   (439+ words) Accurate and non-destructive assessment of drought stress is important for improving lettuce production and supporting timely crop management. This study presents a detection-guided deep learning framework for plant-level drought-stress assessment in hydroponically grown lettuce using bird’s-eye-view RGB images. The study…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (465+ words) Sustainable poultry nutrition is increasingly challenged by feed variability, environmental constraints, resource competition, and the growing demand for precision feeding strategies. Conventional feed evaluation systems based on proximate analysis, static nutrient tables, and empirical formulation are often insufficient to predict…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (453+ words) To address large fluctuations in fertilizer flow and the difficulty of real-time quantitative blockage monitoring during fertilization by an integrated tillage, land preparation, and seeding machine, a fertilization monitoring system combining real-time detection and intelligent alarm functions was designed and…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (310+ words) Fruit and vegetable waste (FVW) from large-scale retail is an abundant, relatively homogeneous feedstock for black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae, an alternative to composting. This study assessed, by life cycle assessment (LCA), the environmental performance of a pilot plant…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (427+ words) Nickel release from metallic items is the leading cause of allergic contact dermatitis, and preventive strategies require both reliable detection tools and materials capable of limiting skin exposure. In this work, we propose dual-function bioplastic coatings based on starch, glycerol,…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (518+ words) Fruit production represents a major agricultural sector worldwide; however, it is severely affected by pests that reduce fruit yield, quality, and marketability. The intensive use of chemical insecticides has generated environmental contamination, resistance in pest populations, and risks to human…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (164+ words) Cropland fragmentation affects regional ecosystem functioning and biodiversity conservation, making the spatio-temporal coupling between cropland fragmentation (CLF) and habitat quality (HQ) a key basis for land management and ecological protection. However, the reported CLF–HQ coupling differs in sign between…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (483+ words) The moisture sorption isotherms of corn extrudates fortified with ultrafiltration (UF) concentrate derived from rose wastewater (RWW) were examined. Two formulations containing 4 g (sample S4) and 11 g (sample S11) of retentate, respectively, per 100 g of semolina were prepared and subsequently extruded. Adsorption…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (438+ words) How elevation and topography structure floristic diversity, endemic plant distribution, life-form composition, and taxonomic filtering remains poorly documented for the Levantine ranges of the Eastern Mediterranean, where explicit ecological hypotheses have not been tested. We surveyed 169 plots (1067–2436 m) on the…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (406+ words) The transition towards a circular economy of agri-food wastes requires innovative strategies for transforming them into value-added products. This study evaluates the environmental and economic sustainability of a laboratory-scale process that converts 100 g of pomegranate waste, experimentally processed and defined…...