Frontiers in Climate,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
7
Published: Feb. 3, 2025
This
bibliometric
and
systematic
review
assesses
research
progress
climate
change
adaptation
strategies
to
control
invasive
crop
pests
in
sub-Saharan
Africa.
Scientific
publications
on
pest
management
Africa
a
context
of
were
extracted
from
papers
published
between
1991
2024.
A
literature
search
was
conducted
Scopus,
dimension,
google
scholar,
followed
by
screening
data
extraction
compliance
with
ROSES
standards.
Findings
indicated
that
such
as
armyworms,
fruit
flies
coffee
berry
borer
cause
huge
losses.
Communities
are
adopting
integrated
management,
water
harvesting,
drip
irrigation,
resistant
varieties,
improving
production
efficiency.
Agro-ecological
practices
reduce
invasions
while
preserving
the
environment.
Meanwhile,
chemical
insecticide
use
remains
an
emergency
solution
its
effects
would
be
more
efficient.
However,
promising
approaches
emerge
around
biocontrol,
agroforestry
integrating
gender-tailored
strategies.
Nevertheless,
regional
disparities
persist
scientific
output.
In
conclusion,
represent
major
plant
health
crisis
Africa,
this
highlights
innovative
Their
development
will
require
coordinated
mobilization
catalyze
sustainable
agro-ecological
transition
needs
address
these
multidimensional
challenges.
Future
should
assess
farmer’s
perception
effectiveness
existing
for
pests.
Agronomy,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(7), P. 1360 - 1360
Published: June 24, 2024
Global
warming
is
one
of
the
greatest
threats
to
social
development
human
beings.
It
a
typical
example
global
climate
change,
and
has
profoundly
affected
production
life
in
various
aspects.
As
foundation
existence,
agricultural
particularly
vulnerable
which
altered
environmental
factors
such
as
temperature,
precipitation,
wind
speed,
crop
growth
cycles,
frequency
extreme
weather
events,
occurrence
patterns
pests
diseases
directly
or
indirectly,
ultimately
influencing
yield
quality.
This
article
reviews
latest
research
progress
this
field,
summarizes
impact
change
on
well
feedback
mechanisms
activities
proposes
strategies
for
cope
with
change.
paper
aims
provide
scientific
basis
suggestions
ensuring
sustainable
production.
Plants,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14(5), P. 653 - 653
Published: Feb. 21, 2025
The
automated
recognition
of
disease
in
tomato
leaves
can
greatly
enhance
yield
and
allow
farmers
to
manage
challenges
more
efficiently.
This
study
investigates
the
performance
YOLOv11
for
leaf
recognition.
All
accessible
versions
were
first
fine-tuned
on
an
improved
dataset
consisting
a
healthy
class
10
classes.
YOLOv11m
was
selected
further
hyperparameter
optimization
based
its
evaluation
metrics.
It
achieved
fitness
score
0.98885,
with
precision
0.99104,
recall
0.98597,
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0.99197.
model
underwent
rigorous
using
one-factor-at-a-time
(OFAT)
algorithm,
focus
essential
parameters
such
as
batch
size,
learning
rate,
optimizer,
weight
decay,
momentum,
dropout,
epochs.
Subsequently,
random
search
(RS)
100
configurations
performed
results
OFAT.
Among
them,
C47
demonstrated
0.99268
(a
0.39%
improvement),
0.99190
(0.09%),
0.99348
(0.76%),
0.99262
(0.07%).
suggest
that
final
works
efficiently
is
capable
accurately
detecting
identifying
diseases,
making
it
suitable
practical
farming
applications.
Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
43(6), P. 428 - 486
Published: Oct. 10, 2024
New
approaches
are
required
in
the
agricultural
sector
to
keep
pace
with
ever-growing
demand
for
food
context
of
climate
change
and
resource
deterioration
avoiding
further
negative
impact
on
environment.
Nonthermal
plasma
is
an
environmentally-friendly
technology
which
could
make
a
difference
future
production.
This
review
intends
introduce
topic
agriculture
broad
audience
by
describing
detail
various
sources
potential
applications,
as
well
effects
exposure
seeds,
both
at
macroscopic
scale,
concerning
intimate
mechanisms
occurring
inside
plant.
Examples
meant
illustrate
effect
seeds
plants
have
been
selected
among
extensively
investigated
species,
such
cereals
legumes,
few
species
that
less
often
reported
literature,
medicinal
woody
plants.
Generally,
main
all
types
consist
increased
germination,
higher
plant
yield,
seed
decontamination,
sometimes
tolerance
stress
factors.
These
due
physical
chemical
interaction
followed
response
cell
mechanisms,
addressed
paper.
Finally,
crucial
aspects
regarding
practical
application
nonthermal
discussed
challenges
perspective
treatments.
Environmental Science and Ecotechnology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 100557 - 100557
Published: March 1, 2025
The
widespread
and
indiscriminate
use
of
biocides
poses
significant
threats
to
global
health,
socioeconomic
development,
environmental
sustainability
by
accelerating
antibiotic
resistance.
Bacterial
resistance
development
is
highly
complex
influenced
significantly
factors.
Increased
biocide
usage
in
households,
agriculture,
livestock
farming,
industrial
settings,
hospitals
produces
persistent
chemical
residues
that
pollute
soil
aquatic
environments.
Such
contaminants
contribute
the
selection
proliferation
resistant
bacteria
antimicrobial
genes
(ARGs),
facilitating
their
dissemination
among
humans,
animals,
ecosystems.
In
this
review,
we
conduct
a
critical
assessment
four
issues
pertaining
topic.
Specifically,
(i)
role
exerting
selective
pressure
within
resistome,
thereby
promoting
microbial
populations
contributing
spread
(ARGs);
(ii)
triggering
transient
phenotypic
adaptations
bacteria,
including
efflux
pump
overexpression,
membrane
alterations,
reduced
porin
expression,
which
often
result
cross-resistance
multiple
antibiotics;
(iii)
capacity
disrupt
make
genetic
content
accessible,
releasing
DNA
into
environment
remains
intact
under
certain
conditions,
horizontal
gene
transfer
determinants;
(iv)
bacterial
cells,
enhancing
interactions
between
biofilms
environment,
strengthening
biofilm
cohesion,
inducing
mechanisms,
creating
reservoirs
for
microorganisms
ARG
dissemination.
Collectively,
review
highlights
public
health
implications
use,
emphasizing
an
urgent
need
strategic
interventions
mitigate
proliferation.
Plant Stress,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11, P. 100381 - 100381
Published: Feb. 2, 2024
Globally,
biotic
factors
like
insect
pests
and
diseases
as
well
abiotic
fire,
windstorms,
droughts
influence
the
global
forest
ecosystem.
Wood-boring
(WBPs)
pose
a
considerable
threat
to
ecosystems
worldwide
owing
their
capacity
of
remaining
unnoticed
during
early
stages,
resulting
in
vast
pervasive
infestations
later
eventually
significant
tree
death.
Therefore,
it
is
crucial
promptly
effectively
treat
early-stage
WBPs
by
timely
detection.
The
prompt
detection
requires
use
advanced
effective
methods,
such
remote
sensing.
This
paper
provides
an
overview
many
uses
several
sensing
devices,
platforms,
algorithms
context
monitoring
infestations.
Modern
lightweight
sensors
light
ranging
(LiDAR),
hyperspectral
imagers,
thermal
cameras,
radio
(Radar)
combined
with
unmanned
aerial
vehicles
(UAVs)
versatile
capabilities
offer
comprehensive
method
for
gathering
data.
purpose
this
study
examine
current
capabilities,
limits,
potential
future
advancements
accurately
identifying
WBPs.
