Impacts of Climate Change and Mitigation Strategies for Some Abiotic and Biotic Constraints Influencing Fruit Growth and Quality

Plants, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(14), P. 1942 - 1942

Published: July 15, 2024

Factors such as extreme temperatures, light radiation, and nutritional condition influence the physiological, biochemical, molecular processes associated with fruit development its quality. Besides abiotic stresses, biotic constraints can also affect growth Moreover, there be interactions between stressful conditions. However, it is challenging to predict generalize risks of climate change scenarios on seasonal patterns growth, development, yield, quality species because their responses are often highly complex involve changes at multiple levels. Advancements in genetic editing technologies hold great potential for agricultural sector, particularly enhancing crop traits. These improvements tailored meet consumer preferences, which crucial commercial success. Canopy management innovative training systems key factors that contribute maximizing yield efficiency improving quality, essential competitiveness orchards. creation habitats support pollinators a critical aspect sustainable agriculture, they play significant role production many crops, including fruits. Incorporating these strategies allows growers adapt changing conditions, increasingly important stability food production. By investing areas, stay ahead challenges opportunities industry, ultimately leading increased success profitability. In this review, we aim provide an updated overview current knowledge topic. We recommendations future research.

Language: Английский

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Agricultural subsoil microbiomes and functions exhibit lower resistance to global change than topsoils in Chinese agroecosystems

Nature Food, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 3, 2025

Language: Английский

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Harnessing soil biodiversity to promote human health in cities

npj Urban Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 3(1)

Published: Feb. 14, 2023

Abstract Biodiversity is widely linked to human health, however, connections between health and soil biodiversity in urban environments remain poorly understood. Here, we stress that reductions elevate risks but can improve through pathways including suppressing pathogens, remediating soil, shaping a beneficial microbiome promoting immune fitness. We argue targeted enhancement of could support both outdoor indoor settings. The potential enhanced benefit reflects an important yet understudied field fundamental applied research.

Language: Английский

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Reducing Agricultural Land Use Through Plant-Based Diets: A Case Study of Romania

Nutrients, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(1), P. 175 - 175

Published: Jan. 2, 2025

Background/Objectives: Agricultural systems face increasing global pressure to address sustainability challenges, particularly regarding land use and environmental protection. In Romania, where traditional diets are heavily dependent on animal-based products, optimizing is critical. This study investigates the potential of plant-based reduce agricultural use, examining scenarios partial complete replacement animal protein with plant sources (soy, peas, potatoes). Methods: The research modeled three dietary transition scenarios—replacing 33%, 50%, 100% protein—using data from Romanian National Institute Statistics, FAO, international sources. Land was calculated for each scenario using formulas that take into account content intensity simulations quantify reduction in at per capita national levels. Results: reveals significant land-saving across all scenarios. At level, reductions ranged 84,020 hectares (33% replacement) 1,067,443 (100% replacement). High-impact products such as beef dairy continue dominate even Conversely, replacing pork chicken proteins shows substantial savings. findings highlight inefficiency production ecological benefits transitioning diets. Conclusions: A shift towards Romania could achieve contributing Sustainable Development Goals. not only supports conservation resource optimization, but also provides public health by reducing consumption red processed meat. These results provide a basis policies promote sustainable nutritionally balanced food

Language: Английский

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Soil-derived Nature's Contributions to People and their contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 376(1834), P. 20200185 - 20200185

Published: Aug. 4, 2021

This special issue provides an assessment of the contribution soils to Nature's Contributions People (NCP). Here, we combine this and previously published relationships between NCP delivery on UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) infer contributions SDGs. We show that in addition contributing positively all NCP, also have a role underpinning While highlighting great potential contribute sustainable development, it is recognized poorly managed, degraded or polluted may negatively both The positive contribution, however, cannot be taken for granted, must managed carefully keep them healthy capable playing vital role. A priority soil management include: (i) natural ecosystems, protect from conversion degradation; (ii) soils, manage way enhance biodiversity, health sustainability prevent (iii) restore full health. enough knowledge now move forward with implementation best practices maintain improve analysis shows not just desirable, essential if are meet SDG targets by 2030 achieve development more broadly decades come. article part theme 'The delivering People'.

Language: Английский

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Potential of Meta-Omics to Provide Modern Microbial Indicators for Monitoring Soil Quality and Securing Food Production

Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: June 30, 2022

Soils are fundamental resources for agricultural production and play an essential role in food security. They represent the keystone of value chain because they harbor a large fraction biodiversity-the backbone regulation ecosystem services "soil health" maintenance. In face numerous causes soil degradation such as unsustainable management practices, pollution, waste disposal, or increasing number extreme weather events, it has become clear that (i) preserving biodiversity is key to security, (ii) biodiversity-based solutions environmental monitoring have be developed. Within reservoir, microbial diversity including Archaea, Bacteria, Fungi protists functioning resilience. Microbial communities also sensitive various drivers practices; result, ideal candidates quality assessment. The emergence meta-omics approaches based on recent advances high-throughput sequencing bioinformatics remarkably improved our ability characterize its potential functions. This revolution substantially filled knowledge gap about ecology, but provided new robust indicators quality. We reviewed how replaced traditional methods allowed developing modern biological Each approach described general principles, methodologies, specificities, strengths drawbacks, illustrated with concrete applications monitoring. development metabarcoding last 20 years led collection now operational available farming sector. Our review shows despite huge advances, some (e.g., metatranscriptomics meta-proteomics) still need developments bio-monitoring. As regards prospects, we outline importance building up repositories indicators. These objective diagnosis, help actors stakeholders improve management, view contribute combining next-generation systems context agroecological transition.

Language: Английский

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Mainstreaming Ecosystem Services from Indonesia’s Remaining Forests

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 14(19), P. 12124 - 12124

Published: Sept. 25, 2022

With 120 million hectares of forest area, Indonesia has the third largest area biodiversity-rich tropical forests in world, and it is well-known as a mega-biodiversity country. However, 2020, only 70 percent this remained forested. The government consistently undertaken corrective actions to achieve Sustainable Development Goal targets, with special focus on Goals #1 (no poverty), #2 (zero hunger), #3 (good health well-being), #7 (affordable clean energy), #8 (decent work economic growth), #13 (climate action), #15 (life land). Good environmental governance core concept Indonesia’s management includes mainstreaming ecosystem services framework for sustainable management. This paper analyzes efforts mainstream remaining services. We review state relation deforestation dynamics, climate change, service potential options provide recommendations strategies regarding aspects policy, planning, implementation, well process articulation their alternative funding.

Language: Английский

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Enhancing Sustainable Agriculture in China: A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Straw and Manure on Crop Yield and Soil Fertility

Agriculture, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(3), P. 480 - 480

Published: March 16, 2024

As the main organic materials, straw and manure play a critical role in soil carbon (SOC) sequestration crop yield China. This meta-analysis evaluated impact of amendments, both individually combined, on yield, SOC, nutrients China by collecting 173 studies. The findings this study revealed that return application increased yields 14.4% 70.4%, respectively, overall. Combined gained better improvement effect than alone but was less effective alone. Regarding results, rice 3000–6000 kg ha−1 returning quantity improved available phosphorus (AP), potassium (AK), total nitrogen (TN) most; regarding form, incorporated into biochar SOC more, respectively; <5 years ≥5 treatment TN respectively. application, pig chicken 50–80% substitution ratio 10–20 duration were best for improving AP, AK, TN. highlights importance optimal amendment through or applications to achieve win–win between fertility under requirement sustainable agriculture.

Language: Английский

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PCA and fuzzy clustering-based delineation of soil nutrient (S, B, Zn, Mn, Fe, and Cu) management zones of sub-tropical Northeastern India for precision nutrient management

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 365, P. 121511 - 121511

Published: June 22, 2024

Language: Английский

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Supplement Use and Increased Risks of Cancer: Unveiling the Other Side of the Coin

Cancers, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(5), P. 880 - 880

Published: Feb. 22, 2024

There is a rising trend in the consumption of dietary supplements, especially among adults, with purpose improving health. While marketing campaigns tout potential health benefits using it critical to evaluate harmful effects associated these supplements as well. The majority scarce research on vitamins focuses acute or chronic toxicities use supplements. Quality still required further investigate risks long-term risk developing cancers. present review concentrates studies that have investigated association between cancers and mortality Such an has been reported for several vitamins, minerals, other Even though come their own shortcomings critics, they must draw attention adverse advise consumers healthcare providers ponder extensive

Language: Английский

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