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Genetic Analysis of East African Sorghum Genotypes for Yield Components and Iron and Zinc Composition

Plant Breeding, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is a vital cereal crop in dry regions worldwide. However, in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), grain yields from currently grown varieties remain low (< 1 ton/ha) and exhibit variable nutrient composition. Therefore, the objective of this study was to undertake a genetic analysis of selected East African‐adapted ...
Charles Andiku, Hussein Shimelis, Mohammed Riyazaddin, Jacob Mashilo   +3 more
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Technology to utilise and suppress weeds for sustainable maize production

Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Throughout agricultural history, controlling weeds to prevent yield loss has been a longstanding focus. However, a practical technology that leverages weeds as a beneficial biological resource without compromising crop yields has remained elusive.
Kaixian Wu, Shiyong Zhou, Guang Zeng, Hongli Yang, Bozhi Wu   +4 more
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Early‐Stage Phenotypic Variation, Repeatability and Multivariate Profiling of Macauba (Acrocomia spp.) Hybrids

Plant Breeding, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Macauba (Acrocomia spp.) is an underutilised palm, native to Brazil and other tropical regions of the Americas, with substantial potential for vegetable oil and bioenergy production. However, its long juvenile phase delays the identification of promising parents and hybrid combinations. This study characterised the early vegetative performance
Femi Patrick Oyedoyin, Miria Grasiele Casado da Silva, Ana Carolina Melo Ribeiro, Pauliana Aparecida da Silva, Evellyn Giselly de Oliveira Couto, Leonardo Duarte Pimentel, Sérgio Yoshimitsu Motoike, Lucilene Silva de Oliveira, Diego Ismael Rocha   +8 more
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Beneath the Drought: Rhizosphere Processes Shape Genotype‐Specific Sorghum Responses to Drought‐Induced N Limitation

Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Droughts increasingly threaten crop productivity in nutrient‐depleted tropical soils. We investigated how water limitation influences rhizomicrobial traits (microbial biomass and functional community composition, enzyme activities) and nitrogen (N) uptake in three sorghum genotypes Makueni local (Mkl), Gadam (Gd), and IESH 22012 (IESH) under ...
Rosepiah Munene, Osman Mustafa, Sara Loftus, Vincent O. Suba, Nipuna Withanage, Niklas Schmücker, Peter Bulli, Reimund P. Rötter, Dennis O. Otieno, Mutez A. Ahmed, Michaela A. Dippold   +10 more
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Diversity and Plasticity of Hydraulic Traits Across a Relative Moisture Supply Gradient: Results From Multiple Common Gardens

Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Maintaining cellular hydration is essential for plant metabolic activity and carbon gain. Plants typically maintain hydration through efficiency of water transport networks, the ability to avoid network disruption, and retention of water via accumulation of osmotica. Given their global domain and their enduring presence across geological eras,
Duncan D. Smith, Thomas J. Givnish, Mark A. Adams, Katherine A. McCulloh   +3 more
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Integrating biomass productivity and forage quality to identify superior inbred sorghum lines grown in Egyptian sandy soils

Agrosystems, Geosciences &Environment, Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2026.
Abstract Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is a globally significant cereal crop, increasingly favored over maize for forage due to its superior tolerance to abiotic stresses and cost‐effectiveness. However, high lignin content remains a primary constraint for livestock digestibility.
Muziri Mugwanya, Shireen K. Assem, Walid M. Fouad   +2 more
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Implementation of precision planting in winter wheat improves seeding uniformity, yield, and grain quality

Crop, Forage &Turfgrass Management, Volume 12, Issue 2, December 2026.
Abstract Proper placement of seed in a seedbed is crucial for maximizing crop yield potential. However, winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is typically planted using a low‐precision, conventional spill‐type seed drill. This can result in nonuniform seeding depth and within‐row spacing, leading to poor emergence, root growth, and tillering and ...
Maninder P. Singh, Kalvin Canfield, Dennis Pennington, J. Patrick Copeland   +3 more
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Design and Experimental Evaluation of a Smart Intra-Row Weed Control System for Open-Field Cabbage

Agronomy
Addressing the challenges of complex structure, limited modularization capability, and insufficient responsiveness in traditional hydraulically driven inter-plant mechanical weeding equipment, this study designed and developed an electric swing-type ...
Shenyu Zheng, Xueguan Zhao, Hao Fu, Haoran Tan, Changyuan Zhai, Liping Chen   +5 more
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Unmanned aerial vehicle–based spatiotemporal phenotyping and growth modeling for forecasting potato yield

The Plant Phenome Journal, Volume 9, Issue 1, December 2026.
Abstract Monitoring spatial variations in plant growth and forecasting yield before harvest provides valuable insights for optimizing agronomic decision‐making in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivation. Although unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)‐based remote sensing has recently enabled the development of tuber fresh weight (TW) estimation models, their
Yuto Imachi, Kunihiro Tanaka, Minato Miyauchi, Kyosuke Miyamoto, Masahiro Okada, Pieter M. Blok, Wei Guo, Hiroyoshi Iwata   +7 more
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A comparative applied analysis of six robotic-assisted weeding systems in sugar beets

Plant, Soil and Environment
Effective weed management is crucial in the critical period of sugar beet production, but often lacks sustainability and environmental protection. Recent advancements in sensor-based weed control systems have rendered the latter a realistic prospect ...
Sonja I. Kimmel, Matthias Schumacher, Michael Spaeth, Markus Sökefeld, Oyebanji O. Alagbo, Alicia Allmendinger, Dionisio Andujar, Therese W. Berge (ORCID: 0000-0002-8780-   +7 more
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