This review investigates the research effort, developments and innovation in agricultural
robots for field operations, and the associated concepts, principles, limitations and gaps …

To face future challenges in crop production dictated by global climate changes, breeders
and plant researchers collaborate to develop productive crops that are able to withstand a …

Uncertain climate changes and increasing energy and food production demands lead to
food insecurity, especially for drought-prone areas like the study region, Iran. This study …

Vegetable production with grafted seedlings was originated in Japan and Korea to avoid the
serious crop loss caused by infection of soil-borne diseases aggravated by successive …

While much recent science has focused on understanding and exploiting root traits as new
opportunities for crop improvement, the use of rootstocks has enhanced productivity of …

Due to limited availability of arable land and high market demand for off-season vegetables,
cucurbits (plants in the family Cucurbitaceae) are continuously cultivated under unfavorable …

Grafting is a centuries-old technique used in plants to obtain economic benefits. Grafting
increases nutrient uptake and utilization efficiency in a number of plant species, including …

Salinity in soil or water is a serious threat to global agriculture; the expected acreage
affected by salinity is about 20% of the global irrigated lands. Improving salt tolerance of …

Methyl bromide is an effective pre-plant soil fumigant used to control nematodes in many
high-input, high-value crops in the United States, including vegetables, nursery plants …

If agriculture is the main stay towards the emission of greenhouse gases induced climate
change, horticultural crops have a much bigger role to play in countering the negative …