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 +4 more
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Analysis of Microbial Communities Associated with Drought-Resistant Plants Using 16S rRNA Sequencing. [PDF]
MicroorganismsLyapina I +6 more
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Does Contract Farming Reduce Pesticide Use? Panel Data Evidence From Smallholder Farmers in China
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The inappropriate and excessive use of pesticides poses a major threat to human and ecosystem health in the agri‐food sector. While existing studies have examined the potential of contract farming to address this issue, most have focused on large‐scale farms and relied on small or transactional datasets, often leaving the role of crop‐specific
Zhihui Liang, Shan Jin, Matthew Gorton
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Autonomous AI‐Driven Design for Skin Product Formulations
Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.This review presents a comprehensive closed‐loop framework for autonomous skin product formulation design. By integrating artificial intelligence‐driven experiment selection with automated multi‐tiered assays, the approach shifts development from trial‐and‐error to intelligent optimisation.
Yu Zhang +5 more
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Regionally Divergent Relationships Between Microbial Communities and Environmental Gradients in Potato Production Systems. [PDF]
Environ Microbiol RepShan S, George I, Kinkel LL, Lankau RA.
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Environmentally Symbiotic Plant Robot
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.An environmentally symbiotic plant robot is presented that externalizes its drive system to plants and soil. By converting germination and growth forces into locomotion, the robot sustains a closed cycle of seeding, germination, growth, and reseeding, autonomously traveling on soil for 30 days using only environmental resources while distributing seeds
Kazuya Murakami +3 more
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Stabilizing Functional Nucleic Acids for Real‐Sample Diagnostics
Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.Functional nucleic acids enable programmable real‐sample diagnostics, but often lose function in complex biological matrices. This review highlights four stabilization levers—chemical, topological, architectural, and microenvironment/interface engineering—that preserve aptamer and DNAzyme performance in saliva, serum, urine, and stool, reframing ...
Soyeon Lee +4 more
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Holobiomes in succession: post-glacial microbial communities are structured by hosts, time, and habitat heterogeneity. [PDF]
FEMS Microbiol EcolRuka AT +11 more
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The role of venture‐financed startups in innovation for US agriculture
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract To evaluate the role played by startup companies in the innovation ecosystem of US agriculture, we compile a unique dataset of 6024 new entrants founded 1987–2019 that details their financing lifecycles, annual economic performance, and patenting activities.
Gregory D. Graff +2 more
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Microbial Communities Across Sports Surfaces: Exploring the Biology of Athletic Environments. [PDF]
Int J Mol SciDowgiałło M +3 more
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