Recent Advances of Carbon Dots: Synthesis, Plants Applications, Prospects, and Challenges

ACS Applied Bio Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 14, 2025

Nanomaterials and nanotechnology have garnered significant attention in the realm of agricultural production. Carbon dots (CDs), as a class nanomaterials, play crucial role field plant growth due to their excellent properties. This review aims summarize recent achievements on CDs, focusing methods preparation applications plants systems. The effects CDs seed germination, growth, photosynthesis, nutritional quality, stress resistance were studied. It has been demonstrated that can promote germination well improve photosynthetic efficiency, ultimately leading increase yield. quality treated with was significantly improved. Specifically, levels essential mineral elements, vitamins, amino acids, other constituents are beneficial human health increased notably. Additionally, show positive augmenting against environmental stresses, such drought conditions, heavy metal toxicity, high salinity. Finally, prospects challenges application systems also discussed, which provide scientific basis for future

Language: Английский

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AI and Related Technologies in the Fields of Smart Agriculture: A Review

Information, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(2), P. 100 - 100

Published: Feb. 2, 2025

The integration of cutting-edge technologies—such as the Internet Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and various emerging technologies—is revolutionizing agricultural practices, enhancing productivity, sustainability, efficiency. objective this study is to review literature regarding development evolution AI well other technologies in fields Agriculture they are developed transformed by integrating above technologies. areas examined open field smart farming, vertical indoor zero waste agriculture, precision livestock greenhouses, regenerative agriculture. This paper links current research, technological innovations, case studies present a comprehensive these being context for benefit farmers consumers general. By exploring practical applications future perspectives, work aims provide valuable insights address global food security challenges, minimize environmental impacts, support sustainable goals through application new

Language: Английский

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A Review of Research Progress in Vertical Farming on Façades: Design, Technology, and Benefits

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(3), P. 921 - 921

Published: Jan. 23, 2025

The surging global population and urbanization trends present new challenges to food production systems energy, especially in resource-limited urban environments. Vertical farming on façades (VFOF) is an innovative strategy address this challenge by growing crops building skins, efficiently using space, increasing self-sufficiency, reducing the environmental impact of carbon emissions. This article a comprehensive review VFOF closely related topics based 166 journal articles. It covers latest research advances design, technology, social impact, benefits. In addition enhancing autonomy supply improving residents’ quality life, also has potential optimize thermal performance buildings promote energy conservation having some qualities vertical greening (VGS). planting system design technical support factors for different façade locations are explained detail. symbiotic relationship between architecture examined enhance sustainability. popularity terms acceptance, government, together with private sector communities, play vital role promoting its development. addition, collates cases implementation recent years. Research shows that many advantages, when considering future under climate change scenarios need provide solutions achieve neutral cities. Still, high initial investment, operating costs, complexity, security issue, policy regulatory constraints, public acceptance all overcome. Further should be carried out above fields.

Language: Английский

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Microgreens Production: Exploiting Environmental and Cultural Factors for Enhanced Agronomical Benefits

Plants, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(18), P. 2631 - 2631

Published: Sept. 20, 2024

An exponential growth in global population is expected to reach nine billion by 2050, demanding a 70% increase agriculture productivity, thus illustrating the impact of crop production on environment and importance achieving greater agricultural yields. Globally, variety high-quality microgreens increasing through indoor farming at both small large scales. The major concept Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) seeks provide an alternative traditional cultivation. Microgreens have become popular twenty-first century as food salad category that can fulfil some nutrient requirements. are young seedlings offer wide spectrum colours, flavours, textures, characterised “functional food” due their nutraceutical properties. Extensive research has shown profile be desirably tailored preharvest cultivation postharvest practices. This study provides new insight into two categories, (i) environmental (ii) cultural, responsible for microgreens’ aims explore various agronomical factors involved production. In addition, review summarises recent studies show these significant influence development nutritional composition.

Language: Английский

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Implications of Land Ownership Heterogeneity on Household Food Security: A Case Study of Urban Farming in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal Province

Land, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(2), P. 236 - 236

Published: Jan. 23, 2025

Understanding the impact of land ownership on household food security is crucial for achieving sustainable rural and agricultural development in developing countries through improved farm performance. Using a multistage sampling technique to collect data from 156 urban farmers, this study analysed farmers Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal Province South Africa. This employed probit model evaluate drivers among while marginal treatment effects was address selection bias attributed observed unobserved characteristics. The analysis status reveals varying degrees insecurity, with majority households experiencing mild insecurity smaller proportion facing moderate insecurity. Our results show that likelihood positively significantly influenced by monthly income, age, membership cooperative, gender distance market have negative significant impacts. empirical also reduces 50%. In conclusion, interplay educational level, size, access water, credit, shapes outcomes. A comprehensive understanding these relationships essential effective policies aimed at enhancing security, particularly regions where critical determinant productivity availability.

Language: Английский

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Harnessing artificial intelligence for advancements in Rice / wheat functional food Research and Development

Food Research International, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 116306 - 116306

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Artificial Intelligence-Based color Reconstruction of Mogao Grottoes Murals Using Computer Vision Techniques

International Journal of Computational and Experimental Science and Engineering, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(2)

Published: April 9, 2025

The Mogao Grottoes murals have deteriorated over centuries due to environmental exposure, pigment degradation, and natural ageing, making cultural heritage preservation difficult. AI computer vision can identify, classify, reconstruct faded pigments, revolutionizing color restoration. This reconstructs mural sections using deep learning, image processing, data implemented through TensorFlow, PyTorch OpenCV. study uses high-resolution Digital Dunhuang database images of 50 pigments categorized by color, stability, chemical composition. CNNs learning-based mapping algorithms detect fading suggest restorations pigments. reconstructions along with history accuracy expert evaluations records. Artificial intelligence-driven conservation detects precisely missing sections, matches restored colors historical authenticity, improving accuracy, efficiency, scalability. Scientifically, AI-based digital outperforms manual preserves faithfully sites artworks global learning-driven restoration models. first reproducible scientific model (CNN, GAN algorithms) analysis in was created.

Language: Английский

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Industrial Production of Functional Foods for Human Health and Sustainability

Foods, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(22), P. 3546 - 3546

Published: Nov. 6, 2024

Functional foods significantly affect social stability, human health, and food security. Plants microorganisms are high-quality chassis for the bioactive ingredients in functional foods. Characterised by precise nutrition provision of both nutritive medicinal value, serve a as key extension agriculture offer assurance availability future space exploration efforts. This review summarises main their functions, describes strategies used nutritional fortification industrial production foods, provides insights into challenges developments applications plants Our aims to provide theoretical basis development ensure successful new products, support U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, including no poverty, zero hunger, good health well-being.

Language: Английский

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Analysis of the effects of various light spectra on microgreen species

Folia Horticulturae, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 36(2), P. 197 - 209

Published: June 4, 2024

ABSTRACT Light conditions, such as spectral composition, intensity and photoperiod, can affect the photosynthetic apparatus content of beneficial bioactive compounds. The experiments realised under randomised experimental design tested seedlings 21 genotypes, including 12 genotypes Brassicaceae family, lettuce, amaranth, onion, spinach, fenugreek two beet basil which were cultivated in three light environments narrow-band red blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) broad-band white LEDs. Responsiveness to spectra was assessed based on fresh dry weight, total chlorophyll carotenoid contents non-invasive assessment specific compounds using fluorescence excitation ratios. In light, we observed a higher weight compared that monochromatic environments, especially light. most species, had positive effect concentration carotene plants Blue associated with highest values ratios, indicating significant increase flavonoids anthocyanin contents. Individual microgreens responded differently all traits, We also clustering similar responses LED spectra. conclusion, plant multispectral LEDs positively influenced quantitative qualitative traits frequently used slightly improved quality, but suppressed growth. Nevertheless, some species differently, emphasising need optimise improve microgreens’ production nutritional value.

Language: Английский

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Effect of Pre-Harvest Intermittent UV-B Exposure on Growth and Secondary Metabolites in Achyranthes japonica Nakai Microgreens in a Vertical Farm

Horticulturae, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(10), P. 1040 - 1040

Published: Sept. 30, 2024

Achyranthes japonica Nakai (AJN) is a medicinal plant known to be beneficial for the joints. Since it takes at least two years from sowing harvesting in an open field, new AJN cultivation strategies are needed shorten production period and improve quality. In this study, high-quality produced as microgreens vertical farm using commercial ginseng soil mix (Myeongpum-Insamsangto, Shinsung Mineral Co., Ltd., Goesan, Republic of Korea) controlled environmental conditions. The conditions included temperature 23 ± 2 °C, relative humidity 50 10%, photosynthetic photon flux density 170 15 µmol·m−2·s−1. Pre-harvest intermittent UV-B exposure, with intensity 1.0 0.3 W/m−2, was applied one day before harvest evaluate its effects, farm. Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) irradiation increases secondary metabolite levels plants; however, effect on 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E), indicator AJN, unclear. Therefore, we aimed investigate whether treatment affected growth metabolites. group set 12 h continuous during day, 6 treatments, four 3 treatments confirm effectiveness regular recovery. Short-term increased phenols, flavonoids, antioxidant capacity, 20E without affecting biomass. recovery time stimulated content by approximately 1.4 times compared control. These study findings indicate that short-term harvesting, appropriate time, exposure more effective increasing than treatment. This approach provides promising strategy improving nutritional health benefits farming systems.

Language: Английский

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