A recently published Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) research article indicates that fall-applied residual herbicides are among the best available options to use for glyphosate-resistant (GR) Italian ryegrass control. The article is among several newly published articles found online in the WSSA  Weed Technology journal.

A review study by Professor Weifeng Zhang from the College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, pointed out that stabilized fertilizers added with urease or nitrification inhibitors provide an effective path to solve this contradiction. China has achieved technological breakthroughs in this field and become a major global producer. The related paper has been published in Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (DOI: 10.15302/J-FASE-2025635).

Wenchao Li from Hebei Agricultural University and Lingling Hua from Beijing University of Agriculture et al. have developed an online monitoring system for NPS pollution in continuous cropping farmland based on a serial pipeline. The system, with diversion trenches, online flowmeters, and dynamic acquisition devices as the core, realizes real-time monitoring and automated sampling of farmland runoff through innovative design. Compared with traditional runoff pools, the design of diversion trenches and transmission pipelines in the new system significantly reduces the project scale, lowers construction costs and land occupation, and avoids interference with agricultural production activities. The related paper had been published in Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (DOI: 10.15302/J-FASE-2024596).

From agriculture and urban land clearance to loss of habitat and feral animal predation, native wild animals and their food sources face a rising tide of threats caused by human activities.

A new study led by Flinders University warns traffic noise is one more pressure faced by one of southern Australia’s rare songbirds, the threatened Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus).