Hierarchical Self‐Assembled Nanoparticles for Efficient and Eco‐Friendly Herbicide Delivery
Aggregate, Volume 7, Issue 2, February 2026.Hierarchical host–guest and electrostatic self‐assembly of Diuron/SBE‐β‐CD@CSH for enhanced herbicide efficacy and environmentally safe delivery. ABSTRACT Herbicides are indispensable for safeguarding global crop production, yet their effectiveness is often undermined by extensive environmental losses during application.
Yuntian Xiao +6 more
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Addition of silicon to boron foliar spray in cotton plants modulates the antioxidative system attenuating boron deficiency and toxicity. [PDF]
BMC Plant Biol, 2022 de Souza Júnior JP +6 more
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Applied AI Letters, Volume 7, Issue 1, February 2026.Proposed model achieves 99.14% accuracy with near‐perfect precision, recall, and F1 across all classes; Grad‐CAM visualizations confirm focus on biologically relevant symptom‐associated regions. ABSTRACT For identifying foliar diseases in crops at an early stage, accurate detection is necessary in maintaining food security, minimizing economic losses ...
MD Jiabul Hoque, Md. Saiful Islam
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Effects of jasmonic acid in foliar spray and an humic acid amendment to saline soils on forage sorghum plants' growth and antioxidant defense system. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Ali AYA +8 more
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The Application of Carbon Dots in Crops for Sustainable Agriculture
ChemistryEurope, Volume 4, Issue 2, February 2026.Carbon dots serve as versatile nanoagents across the crop life cycle. They promote plant growth and photosynthesis, enhance resilience to biotic and abiotic stresses, aid in postharvest preservation, and enable sensitive detection of contaminants.
Xue Li +4 more
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Global Challenges, Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT A study conducted in Egypt evaluated the effectiveness of chemical and microbial agents in enhancing sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum var. annuum) defenses against major pests Aphis gossypii and Thrips tabaci and their natural predators, Chrysoperla carnea and Orius insidiosus. Five foliar treatments were tested under greenhouse conditions during
Mohamed S. Zayed +6 more
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Retraction: Appraisal of foliar spray of iron and salicylic acid under artificial magnetism on morpho-physiological attributes of pea (Pisum sativum L.) plants. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 PLOS ONE Editors.
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MicrobiologyOpen, Volume 15, Issue 1, February 2026.The Italian population structure of P. oryzae was analyzed using SSR genotyping to identify possible determinants shaping its local genetic diversity, including spatial, temporal, environmental, and biological factors. ABSTRACT Rice blast disease, caused by Pyricularia oryzae Cavara, is the most threatening rice pathogen in Italy.
Simone Bosco +8 more
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Plant-Environment Interactions, Volume 7, Issue 1, February 2026.ABSTRACT The legume, Faba bean (Vicia faba L.), offers high nutritional value with consumer market appeal as an affordable plant‐based protein source. Ranking third in global importance after soybean and pea, faba bean provides significant amounts of carbohydrates and essential micronutrients.
Shahram Torabian +2 more
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Foliar Spray of Micronutrients Alleviates Heat and Moisture Stress in Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik) Grown Under Rainfed Field Conditions. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2022 Venugopalan VK +10 more
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