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Drones, DNA, and weather: A phase-oriented hybrid engine to predict sugar beet disease

American Phytopathological Society
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in Phytopathology shows how combining drone imagery, weather data, and qPCR-based airborne spore monitoring can reveal where disease is present and what the pathogen is likely to do next—giving growers a critical edge in timing control measures.

Journal: Phytopathology
Funder: German Research Foundation, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Federal Office for Agriculture and Food, Federal Office for Agriculture and Food

Call for Nominations: The Inaugural Ken Seng Tan Award 2026

KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Grant and Award Announcement

Risk Sciences is a general-interest journal that publishes academic research and industry practices on risks and disruptive technologies across all fields including agriculture, economics, engineering, environmental science, finance, health, law, management, natural sciences, and public administration.

Journal: Risk Sciences

FI-R model, a novel remote sensing method for fine-scale extraction of vegetation

KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from China developed the FI-R model, a novel flowering spectral index for the fine-scale extraction of angiosperms over large areas in complex multi-regional backgrounds, using rapeseed as an example. FI-R shows low sensitivity to background complexity and rapeseed varieties, and it has good applicability to multiple multi-spectral sensor images.

Journal: Journal of Integrative Agriculture
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Bureau of Science and Technology of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

Biochar triggers long-term soil recovery by reshaping microbes and metabolism, five-year field study shows

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A five-year field study reveals that biochar can do far more than improve soil chemistry. It can reorganize entire soil ecosystems, creating lasting benefits for agriculture and environmental sustainability.

Journal: Biochar

Tailored biochar strategies boost alfalfa growth and resilience in saline soils

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Soil salinization is a growing global threat that reduces crop yields and limits sustainable agriculture, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. A new study shows that carefully designed biochar amendments can significantly improve plant growth and soil health in these challenging environments by reshaping both plant metabolism and soil microbial communities.

Journal: Biochar

Biochar reshapes climate-driven soil emissions, but effects depend on soil type

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study reveals that biochar, a carbon-rich material increasingly used in agriculture, can significantly influence how soils respond to warming when releasing nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas. The findings highlight that biochar does not act uniformly across environments, but instead produces sharply different outcomes depending on soil type and conditions.

Journal: Biochar

Green tea and biochar combine to create smarter fertilizers that boost crops and cut emissions

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study reveals an innovative fertilizer technology that could make agriculture more efficient, sustainable, and climate-friendly by combining biochar, natural polymers, and green-synthesized iron nanoparticles.

Journal: Biochar

New farming strategy boosts rice yields while saving water and cutting pollution

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study offers a promising solution to one of agriculture’s toughest challenges: how to grow more food while using less water and reducing environmental harm. Researchers have demonstrated that combining a water-saving irrigation technique with an engineered biochar fertilizer can significantly improve rice production while lowering nitrogen pollution.

Journal: Biochar

Two NAC factors team up to drive banana ripening

Maximum Academic Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team has uncovered how two banana transcription factors, MaNAC029 and MaNAC19, work together to coordinate two of the most important events in fruit ripening: ethylene production and sucrose accumulation.

Journal: Plant Hormones

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