Among abiotic stresses, salinity is a major global threat to agriculture, causing severe
damage to crop production and productivity. Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is regarded as a …

Background Leaf chlorophyll content plays an important role in indicating plant stresses and
nutrient status. Traditional approaches for the quantification of chlorophyll content mainly …

Hyperspectral acquisitions have proven to be the most informative Earth observation data
source for the estimation of nitrogen (N) content, which is the main limiting nutrient for plant …

This study investigated the effects of seaweed extract (SWE) made from the brown algae
Durvillaea potatorum and Ascophyllum nodosum on plants and soil. The application of SWE …

The full dependency on chemical fertilizers in oil palm plantation poses an enormous threat
to the ecosystem through the degradation of soil and water quality through leaching to the …

Cereal grains have the main role in human world food because of carbohydrates, proteins,
lipids, vitamins, and minerals which affected by genetic and environmental conditions. Field …

Chemical nitrogen (N) fertilizers are regarded as one of the environmental contaminants in
addition to the necessity for fossil sources for their production. Conversely, it is impossible to …

Wheat is the third most producing crop in China after maize and rice. In order to enhance the
nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and grain yield of winter wheat, a two-year field experiment …

Cereals have large nitrogen requirement, but the demand for fertilizer is variable.
Divergence between the supply and requirement of nitrogen can potentially hamper the crop …

Food availability is a very important problem to be resolved due to the growing world
population. The problem faced is how to increase agricultural production. In addition, how to …