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Developments in physical weed control in Northwest Europe

Julius-Kühn-Archiv, 2016
In North West Europe there is an increasing need for advanced weed control methods. This paper gives an overview of the developments in physical weed control methods.
Riemens, Marieen
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Atmospheric Water Harvesting Through Polymer Hydrogel Sorbents: Materials Chemistry, Design Strategies, and Applications

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Polymer‐based hydrogels have emerged as promising materials for atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) due to their high water affinity, tunable network structure, and excellent moisture adsorption‐desorption performance. Functional hydrogel systems enable efficient water capture and controlled release under low‐energy conditions, offering a sustainable ...
Swagata Datta, Sushmit Sen, Nilanjan Dey, Amrita Chatterjee, Ananya Sadhu, Sudipta Sarkar, Pradip K. Maji   +6 more
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Voluntary Collective Action to Address Growing Agricultural Challenges in Two Countries: Experimental Insights and Commonalities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
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Assessing Government Subsidies for Reducing Pesticide Use: A Meta‐Analysis

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the efforts being made by governments to reduce pesticide use, subsidies are an important instrument to encourage farmers to adopt more sustainable practices. Yet, their effectiveness remains uncertain due to diverse designs and contexts.
Gaëlle Leduc, Douadia Bougherara, Thi Thanh Mai Ha, Laure Latruffe   +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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Assessment and Economic Aspects of Pivoting Arm Intra-Row Weeder [PDF]

Madras Agricultural Journal
Weeding is a tedious process and labor-intensive task, but it is a challenging task to do weeding in an intra-row zone. Manual weeding demands extensive labour and generates discomfort due to bending posture, time consumption, and the non-availability of
K. RAJU YADAV, A. SURENDRAKUMAR, DHANANCHEZHIYAN P, R KAVITHA, SD SIVAKUMAR, MR DURAISAMY   +5 more
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Mechanical Control with a Deep Learning Method for Precise Weeding on a Farm

Agriculture, 2021
This paper presents a mechanical control method for precise weeding based on deep learning. Deep convolutional neural network was used to identify and locate weeds.
Chung-Liang Chang, Bo-Xuan Xie, Sheng-Cheng Chung   +2 more
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Agronomic and Nutritional Perspectives on Vegetable Crops in Africa

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Vegetable production plays a key role in food security, nutrition, and livelihoods across Africa. Moreover, African indigenous vegetables emerge as underutilized yet highly valuable crops, rich in macro‐ and micronutrients, as well as bioactive compounds with an array of health benefits.
Đorđe Vojnović, Pamela Owusu Osei, Sina Siavash Moghaddam, Issiake Konate, Jelena Popović‐Đorđević   +4 more
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Design and Experimental Validation of a Weeding Device Integrating Weed Stem Damage and Targeted Herbicide Application

Agronomy
In view of the problems of high weed regeneration rate in traditional mechanical weeding and environmental risk in chemical weeding, a synergetic strategy of “mechanical damage + wound spraying mechanism” was proposed, and an intelligent weeding device ...
He Li, Chenxu Li, Jiajun Chai, Lele Wang, Zishang Yang, Yechao Yuan, Shangshang Cheng   +6 more
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Investigation on the Field Performance of Four Weeding Methods for Peanut

Journal of Agricultural Machinery, 2011
In this research, field performance of four weeding methods for peanut crop was investigated in Kiashahr located at Guilan province. The weeding methods were included weeding by two types of motorized weeders (power tiller operated cultivator and power ...
S Firouzi, M.N Safarzad vishgaei, M.R Alizadeh   +2 more
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