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New Insights into the Formation Mechanism of Continuous Cropping Obstacles in Dioscorea opposita Thunb. cv. Tiegun Yam from Rhizosphere Metabolites and Microflora

Agronomy
Continuous cropping (CC) poses serious challenges to the sustainable production of Dioscorea opposita Thunb. cv. Tiegun yam. The aim of this study is to illustrate the formation mechanisms of CC obstacles by analyzing rhizosphere soil from yam fields ...
Pengfei Zhang, Wanghui Guan, Lili Han, Xiaoli Hu, Ailing Xu, Hui Wang, Xiaomin Wang, Xiaoyan Jiao   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Is This Edible Anyway?” The Impact of Culture on the Evolution (and Devolution) of Mushroom Knowledge

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Mushrooms are a ubiquitous and essential component in our biological environment and have been of interest to humans around the globe for millennia. Knowledge about mushrooms represents a prime example of cumulative culture, one of the key processes in human evolution.
Andrea Bender, Åge Oterhals
wiley   +1 more source

The Cultural Evolution of Human Goals

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Humans pursue remarkably diverse goals that vary over time and across cultures. These goals are both drivers and products of cultural evolutionary dynamics, yet most theories of cultural evolution have focused on the influence of culture on how individuals reach their goals, rather than on which goals they pursue.
Jérémy Perez, Cédric Colas, Gaia Molinaro, Pierre‐Yves Oudeyer, Maxime Derex, Clément Moulin‐Frier   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Impacted Bones: Can Extant Primates Help Identify Tool Use in Early Hominins?

Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, Volume 35, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Despite recent advances pushing back the earliest record of tool use, how and when it first emerged in hominins, and the extent to which it featured amongst the numerous co‐existing species, remain critical questions in paleoanthropology. In addition to analyzing fossils and lithic toolkits, novel strides in understanding this might be made by
Rachel M. Hurwitz, Katarina Almeida‐Warren, Susana Carvalho, Thomas A. Püschel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating indigenous crops in agroforestry systems: Lesser yam and teak mixed systems are more profitable than monocultures in Indonesia

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1662-1674, September 2026.
Major staple crops are often introduced and cultivated in monocultures. Yams are staple crops native to the majority of low‐ and middle‐income countries and can provide an alternative to introduced staple crops. We showed that lesser yams cultivated together with teak trees (planted at the border of the farm) are more profitable than lesser yam ...
Budiadi, Sawitri, Enggal Primananda, Aqmal Nur Jihad, Marco Campera, Rika Bela Rahmawati   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The molecular regulation of axillary bud fate determination and outgrowth into branch crown in strawberry involves BRC1

New Phytologist, Volume 251, Issue 5, Page 3021-3038, September 2026.
Proposed regulatory model for the axillary bud (AXB) fate determination of outgrowth into stolon and branch crown (BC) in strawberry. Summary In strawberry, the axillary bud (AXB) can produce either an elongated stem called stolon giving a daughter‐plant (asexual reproduction) or an inflorescence‐bearing branch crown (BC; sexual reproduction).
Marie Alonso, Pierre Prévost, Aline Potier, Pascal GP Martin, Yves Caraglio, Michael Nicolas, Michel Hernould, Christophe Rothan, Béatrice Denoyes, Amèlia Gaston   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Root-Cutting Treatment on Biomass, Photosynthetic Characteristics, and Soil Nutrients in Jerusalem Artichoke

Agriculture
Helianthus tuberosus L. tubers are the primary part utilized by humans for bioenergy and bioproduct production. Therefore, achieving high tuber yield is a core issue in Jerusalem artichoke cultivation and management.
Hanyu Xu, Xin Li, Tiexia Zhu, Entian Zhang, Siyu Liu, Rongyu Dai, Jingkun Qin, Kai Gao   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wild Edible Plants in Angola: Diversity, Traditional Uses, Phytochemical Properties, and Socio‐Economic Potential

eFood, Volume 7, Issue 4, August 2026.
Wild edible plants (WEP) in Angola: number of species recorded by family and their distribution ranges; four of the most used WEP: Tamarindus indica (Fabaceae), Carissa spinarum (Apocynaceae), Adansonia digitata (Malvaceae), and Vitex doniana (Lamiaceae).
Claudete Bastos, Ângela Liberal, Margarida Moldão, Lillian Barros, Luís Catarino   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non-destructive real-time monitoring of underground root development with distributed fiber optic sensing

Plant Methods
Crop genetic engineering for better root systems can offer practical solutions for food security and carbon sequestration; however, soil layers prevent the direct visualization of plant roots, thus posing a challenge to effective phenotyping.
Mika Tei, Fumiyuki Soma, Ettore Barbieri, Yusaku Uga, Yosuke Kawahito   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source