2+ hour, 3+ min ago   (457+ words) Modern smart agriculture increasingly relies on edge computing for real-time, high-concurrency tasks such as wide-area drone-based crop monitoring. However, highly volatile workloads and severe environmental noise in agricultural Internet of Things (IoT) networks often lead to resource congestion and high…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (582+ words) The intensification of global pig production has increased the pressure to reconcile productivity with animal health, food safety, and environmental sustainability. Phytogenic feed additives (PFAs)—plant-derived compounds including essential oils, oleoresins, phenolics, and polyphenol-rich extracts—have emerged as candidate alternatives…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (443+ words) Historical mining districts are long-term sources of environmental contamination, especially where agriculture and grazing occur near mining areas. This study evaluates mercury (Hg) and other potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in soils from Solana de Peñarrubia, within the Almadén mining district…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (444+ words) Phytophthora root and crown rot causes irreversible canopy decline in citrus before ground-level symptoms appear, yet UAV-based detection still relies almost exclusively on RGB imagery and, in citrus, on leaf-level classification rather than field-scale localisation. This work addresses that gap…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (563+ words) This controlled proof-of-concept study evaluated whether interpretable RGB histogram descriptors extracted from smartphone images can be used to estimate nominal syrup addition within a single experimentally prepared honey-adulterant series. Eleven concentration-specific physical mixtures containing 0–50% syrup in 5% increments were prepared, and…...

3+ day, 21+ hour 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…...

5+ day, 9+ 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…...

6+ day, 3+ 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…...

6+ day, 4+ 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…...

1+ week, 8+ 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,…...