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View article: Crop rotations synergize yield, nutrition, and revenue: a meta-analysis
Crop rotations synergize yield, nutrition, and revenue: a meta-analysis Open
View article: Streamlining Pest Risk Assessment: The qPRAentry R Package for Assessing Potential Pest Entry
Streamlining Pest Risk Assessment: The qPRAentry R Package for Assessing Potential Pest Entry Open
Pests' incursions pose a significant threat to agriculture and ecosystem integrity worldwide. Robust quantitative pest risk assessment (qPRA) methodologies are essential for effective evaluation of plant health risks posed by nonindigenous…
View article: Potential of temperate agroforestry systems to deliver ecosystem services: an evidence map
Potential of temperate agroforestry systems to deliver ecosystem services: an evidence map Open
Agroforestry systems are promoted as multifunctional land-use strategies, yet evidence of their benefits, especially in temperate regions, remains fragmented. This umbrella review maps 42 meta-analyses to quantify the effects of agroforest…
View article: Potential of temperate agroforestry systems to deliver ecosystem services: an evidence map
Potential of temperate agroforestry systems to deliver ecosystem services: an evidence map Open
Agroforestry systems are promoted as multifunctional land-use strategies, yet evidence of their benefits, especially in temperate regions, remains fragmented. This umbrella review maps 42 meta-analyses to quantify the effects of agroforest…
View article: Evaluation of pesticide reduction strategies in cropping systems. A review
Evaluation of pesticide reduction strategies in cropping systems. A review Open
The unsustainable and excessive use of pesticides in agriculture causes multi-faceted problems worldwide. Numerous strategies are proposed to reduce the intensity of pesticides; however, the knowledge regarding their performances is scatte…
View article: Mapping Out the Yields of Energy Crops With Data‐Driven Global Models, Including Climate and Soil Predictors
Mapping Out the Yields of Energy Crops With Data‐Driven Global Models, Including Climate and Soil Predictors Open
Lignocellulosic crops such as Miscanthus, Eucalyptus, Poplar, Willow, and Switchgrass are gaining attention as promising feedstocks for renewable energy and carbon‐mitigation strategies, especially on marginal lands. Assessing their global…
View article: Assessment of the climatic suitability for invasive agricultural insect pests in a warming Europe based on Köppen-Geiger classification
Assessment of the climatic suitability for invasive agricultural insect pests in a warming Europe based on Köppen-Geiger classification Open
International audience
View article: Global sorghum production dataset for temperate to subtropical regions at subnational scale over 2000–2020
Global sorghum production dataset for temperate to subtropical regions at subnational scale over 2000–2020 Open
Sorghum is a crop of growing interest due to its heat tolerance compared to other crops and better adaptation to future hot and dry summers. The establishment of a global dataset for sorghum yields over the past two decades can support the…
View article: Optimisation of forest management under climate change in the French maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aiton) forests
Optimisation of forest management under climate change in the French maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aiton) forests Open
Key message A modern portfolio optimisation was performed on simulation data to optimise management alternatives of maritime pine ( Pinus pinaster Aiton), under climate change. The objective was to maximise the biological productivity whil…
View article: Pest categorisation of Coccus viridis
Pest categorisation of Coccus viridis Open
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Coccus viridis (Hemiptera: Coccidae), the green coffee scale, for the territory of the European Union (EU), following the commodity risk assessment of Jasminum polyanthum fr…
View article: Commodity risk assessment of Acer plants from Ukraine
Commodity risk assessment of Acer plants from Ukraine Open
The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ’High‐risk plants, plant products and other objects'. T…
View article: Control of rice blast drives yield benefits from variety mixture in rice: A meta-analysis
Control of rice blast drives yield benefits from variety mixture in rice: A meta-analysis Open
View article: A Comparison of Optimization Techniques for Large-scale Allocation of Soybean Crops
A Comparison of Optimization Techniques for Large-scale Allocation of Soybean Crops Open
The optimal allocation of crops to different parcels of land is a problem of paramount practical importance, not only to improve food and feed production, but also to address the challenges posed by climate change. However, this optimizati…
View article: Future warming increases the chance of success of maize-wheat double cropping in Europe
Future warming increases the chance of success of maize-wheat double cropping in Europe Open
International audience
View article: Pest categorisation of Eulecanium excrescens
Pest categorisation of Eulecanium excrescens Open
Following the commodity risk assessments of Acer spp., Malus spp. and Prunus spp. plants for planting from the United Kingdom (UK), in which Eulecanium excrescens (Ferris) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) was identified as a pest of possible concern,…
View article: Commodity risk assessment of Berberis thunbergii plants from the UK
Commodity risk assessment of Berberis thunbergii plants from the UK Open
The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘high risk plants, plant products and other objects’. T…
View article: Pest categorisation of Selenaspidus articulatus
Pest categorisation of Selenaspidus articulatus Open
Following the commodity risk assessment of Jasminum polyanthum unrooted cuttings from Uganda, in which Selenaspidus articulatus (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) was identified as a pest of possible concern, the European Commission requested the EF…
View article: Machine learning for ammonia volatilization prediction and slurry application management
Machine learning for ammonia volatilization prediction and slurry application management Open
View article: Commodity risk assessment of Prunus spp. plants from United Kingdom
Commodity risk assessment of Prunus spp. plants from United Kingdom Open
The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’. T…
View article: Commodity risk assessment of Salix caprea and Salix cinerea plants from the UK
Commodity risk assessment of Salix caprea and Salix cinerea plants from the UK Open
The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’. T…
View article: Commodity risk assessment of Alnus cordata and Alnus glutinosa specimen trees from the UK
Commodity risk assessment of Alnus cordata and Alnus glutinosa specimen trees from the UK Open
The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘high risk plants, plant products and other objects’. T…
View article: Assessing the capacity of agricultural research and development to increase the stability of global crop yields under climate change
Assessing the capacity of agricultural research and development to increase the stability of global crop yields under climate change Open
Agricultural research and development (R&D) has increased crop yields, but little is known about its ability to increase yield stability in the context of increasingly frequent extreme weather events. Using a grid yield dataset, we show th…
View article: Quantitative predictions of crop yields and prices from satellite-based machine learning
Quantitative predictions of crop yields and prices from satellite-based machine learning Open
Accurate forecasting of agricultural commodity yields and prices is essential for informed decision-making by farmers, traders, and policymakers. This study presents a novel satellite-based framework that integrates satellite-based Gross P…
View article: Assessing the capacity of agricultural research and development to increase the stability of global crop yields under climate change
Assessing the capacity of agricultural research and development to increase the stability of global crop yields under climate change Open
Agricultural research and development (R&D) has increased crop yields, but little is known about its ability to increase yield stability in the context of increasingly frequent extreme weather events. Using a grid yield dataset, we show th…
View article: Commodity risk assessment of Populus alba, Populus nigra and Populus tremula plants from the UK
Commodity risk assessment of Populus alba, Populus nigra and Populus tremula plants from the UK Open
The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’. T…
View article: Relationship between seed predation and activity-density of carabid beetles in farmland: A meta-regression
Relationship between seed predation and activity-density of carabid beetles in farmland: A meta-regression Open
Data accessibility statement: The data and code used to generate the figures presented in this study are freely available on Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14884485.
View article: Classification of agroforestry systems by photo-interpretation of satellite imagery
Classification of agroforestry systems by photo-interpretation of satellite imagery Open
Effective and large-scale monitoring of agroforestry (AF) systems is essential to assess the environmental benefits of agroforestry and support sustainable land management strategies. However, a standardized method for classifying these sy…
View article: Commodity risk assessment of Taxus baccata plants from the UK
Commodity risk assessment of Taxus baccata plants from the UK Open
The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’. T…
View article: Potential for expanding sorghum production in Europe in the face of climate change
Potential for expanding sorghum production in Europe in the face of climate change Open
Today, sorghum is a minor crop in Europe cultivated on only ~0.1% of the cropland area. Nonetheless, sorghum is of growing interest due to its high heat tolerance compared to other crops and better adaptation to future hot and dry summers.…
View article: Commodity risk assessment of debarked conifer wood chips fumigated with sulfuryl fluoride from the US
Commodity risk assessment of debarked conifer wood chips fumigated with sulfuryl fluoride from the US Open
The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to deliver a risk assessment on the likelihood of pest freedom from regulated EU quarantine pests, with emphasis on Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and its vectors Monochamus spp.…