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10/12/2025

🚩 Latest Paper Published in : Seed Dormancy and Germination Characteristics in Six Solanum Species Distributed on the Korean Peninsula
👉 Check the paper via the following link:https://brnw.ch/21wYdZo
This article belongs to the Special Issue Effect of Agronomic Treatment on Seed Germination and Dormancy: 2nd Edition: https://brnw.ch/21wYdZp

Crop wild relatives (CWRs) are critical resources for crop improvement and addressing food security. The genus Solanum includes many wild species genetically related to major crops. However, seed propagation methods for Solanum taxa distributed on the Korean Peninsula are not well-established. In th...

10/12/2025

We are glad to announce the Final Program of IECAG 2025(The 5th International Electronic on Agronomy MDPI) 🙌

A short overview of the conference:

-DAY1(15th December) Biotic Interactions & Basic Science
-DAY2(16th December) and Strategies & and Selection Technologies
-DAY3(17th December) Precision and Digital Agriculture & Sustainable Systems and Management
-DAY4(18th December) Crop and Management & "New" Crops for Adaptation to Climate Change

☘️ Find our speakers here:

https://sciforum.net/event/IECAG2025?section=

10/12/2025

Highly Accessed Articles of
✨ Maize Leaf Disease Identification Based on YOLOv5n Algorithm Incorporating Attention Mechanism
🔗 Accessible at: https://brnw.ch/21wYdNd
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Maize diseases are reported to occur often, and are complicated and difficult to control, which seriously affects the yield and quality of maize. This paper proposes an improved YOLOv5n model incorporating a CA (Coordinate Attention) mechanism and STR (Swin Transformer) detection head, CTR_YOLOv5n, ...

09/12/2025

We are pleased to announce the Special Issue: Resistance-Related Gene Mining and Genetic Improvement in Crops—2nd Edition in Agronomy MDPI. Edited by Dr. Panfeng Yao (Gansu Agricultural University, China) and Dr. Chen Lin (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China).

This Special Issue invites research articles on novel and underexplored stress-resistance genes, as well as comprehensive reviews offering new insights into resistance against abiotic stressors in major crops.

Manuscripts can be submitted until 25 July 2026. For submission guidelines and more information, please visit: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/agronomy/special_issues/B889W61I48

09/12/2025

🚩 Latest Paper Published in : dvances in Tillage Methods to Improve the Yield and Quality of Crops
👉 Check the paper via the following link:https://brnw.ch/21wYc1I
This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Tillage Methods to Improve the Yield and Quality of Crops: https://brnw.ch/21wYc1H

Against the backdrop of intensifying global climate change, continuous population growth, and increasing pressure on natural resources and the environment, traditional extensive agricultural practices are no longer sustainable [...]

09/12/2025

Highly Accessed Articles of
✨ Maize Leaf Disease Identification Based on YOLOv5n Algorithm Incorporating Attention Mechanism
🔗 Accessible at: https://brnw.ch/21wYbQ2
👉See more about：https://brnw.ch/21wYbQ3

Maize diseases are reported to occur often, and are complicated and difficult to control, which seriously affects the yield and quality of maize. This paper proposes an improved YOLOv5n model incorporating a CA (Coordinate Attention) mechanism and STR (Swin Transformer) detection head, CTR_YOLOv5n, ...

08/12/2025

🚩 Latest Paper Published in : Determination of Soil Micronutrient Critical Values Using Mehlich 3 Extractant for Principal Field Crops
👉 Check the paper via the following link:https://brnw.ch/21wYa6r
This article belongs to the Special Issue Conservation Agricultural Practices for Improving Crop Production and Quality—2nd Edition:https://brnw.ch/21wYa6s

Reliable soil critical values (SCVs) for micronutrients are essential for accurate fertilizer recommendations. This study established crop-specific SCVs for boron (B), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), and zinc (Zn) extracted with Mehlich-3 under Polish soil and climatic conditions. Extensive....

08/12/2025

Highly Accessed Articles of
✨ Maize Leaf Disease Identification Based on YOLOv5n Algorithm Incorporating Attention Mechanism
🔗 Accessible at: https://brnw.ch/21wY9UI
👉See more about：https://brnw.ch/21wY9UJ

Maize diseases are reported to occur often, and are complicated and difficult to control, which seriously affects the yield and quality of maize. This paper proposes an improved YOLOv5n model incorporating a CA (Coordinate Attention) mechanism and STR (Swin Transformer) detection head, CTR_YOLOv5n, ...

06/12/2025

We invite you to explore the following insightful papers published in 2024.

🌟Weed Management Methods for Herbaceous Field Crops: A Review
https://brnw.ch/21wY7YQ

🌟Progress in the Management of Rice Blast Disease: The Role of Avirulence and Resistance Genes through Gene-for-Gene Interactions

https://brnw.ch/21wY7YR

🌟Seed Priming: Molecular and Physiological Mechanisms Underlying Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance
https://brnw.ch/21wY7YP

05/12/2025

🚩 Latest Paper Published in : Impact of Foliar Application of Copper, Manganese, Molybdenum, and Zinc on the Chemical Composition and Malting Quality of Barley Cultivars
👉 Check the paper via the following link:https://brnw.ch/21wY6d9
This article belongs to the Special Issue Nutrient Enrichment and Crop Quality in Sustainable Agriculture: https://brnw.ch/21wY6d8

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of foliar application of selected micro-nutrients on the chemical composition and malting quality of spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). The scientific literature lacks in-depth studies that assess the effect of foliar application of micronutrients on...

05/12/2025

We invite you to explore the following insightful papers published in 2024.

🌟Integration of and for : A Comprehensive Perspective on Applications

https://brnw.ch/21wY6cJ

🌟Starch Extraction Methods in Tubers and : A Systematic Review
https://brnw.ch/21wY6cI

🌟Fertilizers Based on Nanoparticles as Sources of Macro- and Microelements for Growth: A Review
https://brnw.ch/21wY6cK

05/12/2025

Highly Accessed Articles of
✨ Edge Device Detection of Tea Leaves with One Bud and Two Leaves Based on ShuffleNetv2-YOLOv5-Lite-E
🔗 Accessible at: https://brnw.ch/21wY5YV
👉See more about： https://brnw.ch/21wY5YW

In order to solve the problem of an accurate recognition of tea picking through tea picking robots, an edge device detection method is proposed in this paper based on ShuffleNetv2-YOLOv5-Lite-E for tea with one bud and two leaves. This replaces the original feature extraction network by removing the...