Sustainable strategies for managing weeds are critical to meeting agriculture's potential to
feed the world's population while conserving the ecosystems and biodiversity on which we …

Over the past decade, a significant increase in the circulation of infectious agents was
observed. With the spread and emergence of epizootics, zoonoses, and epidemics, the risks …

Ecosystems provide multiple services to humans. However, agricultural systems are usually
evaluated on their productivity and economic performance, and a systematic and …

Sustainable and resilient agricultural systems are needed to feed and fuel a growing human
population. However, the current model of agricultural intensification which produces high …

Background Harnessing beneficial microbes presents a promising strategy to optimize plant
growth and agricultural sustainability. Little is known to which extent and how specifically …

Worldwide, human appropriation of ecosystems is disrupting plant–pollinator communities
and pollination function through habitat conversion and landscape homogenisation …

In most current farming system classifications (eg “conventional” versus “organic”), each type
of farming system encompasses a wide variety of farming practices and performances …

For agricultural industries to capture many environmental and economic benefits that have
been demonstrated for precision agriculture (PA) technologies, an understanding of the …

Since the 1950s, noteworthy farmland abandonment has been occurring in many developed
countries and some developing countries. This global land use phenomenon has …

Pesticides are widely used in agricultural production to prevent or control pests, diseases,
weeds, and other plant pathogens in an effort to reduce or eliminate yield losses and …