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    During storage, fruits and vegetables are susceptible to the pathogens responsible for postharvest decay. Various tools are available to manage these issues, but not all are environmentally sustainable. Low-te...

    Authors: Domenico Aceto, Palma Rosa Rotondo, Sebastiano Laera, Marianna Ambrico, Crescenza Dongiovanni, Giorgio Dilecce, Francesco Faretra, Paolo Francesco Ambrico and Rita Milvia De Miccolis Angelini
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:151
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  2. The rational utilization of agricultural straw is crucial for improving soil fertility and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). The purpose of this study was to investigate how rice (RB) and maize (MB) st...

    Authors: Shijing Zhang, Geyi Xu, Xiaolin Quan, Xudong Tan, Rongxuan Zhang, Xin Fu, Hua Peng and Si Luo
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:150
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  3. Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L. subsp. sativa) is a multipurpose crop widely cultivated for its fibers, seeds, and oils. Despite the common use of hemp stems for fiber production in textiles and construction,...

    Authors: Hla Myo, Nuntawat Khat-udomkiri, Pornpat Sam-ang and Anuchit Phanumartwiwath
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:149
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  4. Cordyceps sinensis is widely utilized in China as an edible and medicinal fungus for the treatment of immunodeficiency-related disorders. Evidence suggests that polysaccharides are the principal bioactive compone...

    Authors: Yong Li, Xingmao Yang, Wenjing Yang, Zhiying Bian, Jiawei Fang, Anhui Zhao, Xiuwen Bao, Shuqi Niu, Jing Bai, Yongjun Zheng, Sijing Liu and Jinlin Guo
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:148
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  5. Plant growth is intricately regulated by soil ecosystems, where dynamic interactions between plants and soil metabolites shape root development. As critical mediators of these interactions, soil metabolites no...

    Authors: Lingling Wu, Muhammad J. Umer, Yanbin Hong, Weicai Jin, Zhihui Sun, Shaoxiong Li, Xiaoping Chen, Qing Lu, Yuan Xiao and Hao Liu
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:147
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  6. Mineral-dissolving rhizobacteria are considered ecological friendly rhizonutrifying agents capable of promoting rhizospheric enzymatic activities, microbial biomass, and nutrient availability even under nutrie...

    Authors: Muhammad Zahid Mumtaz, Rahila Aslam, Lingling Li, Shazmina Ghafoor, Shahbaz Khan, Abbas Muhammad Fahim, Waleed A. A. Alsakkaf and Hayssam M. Ali
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:146
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  7. Plant-derived substances have long been valued as eco-friendly pesticides, with pyrethrum flowers recognized for their insecticidal properties since the nineteenth century. Over time, pyrethrum extracts became...

    Authors: Feng Hao, Lan Cai, Xiaoyan Zhou, Huawen Wang, Li Zhu, Chengyao Wang, Miao Xia, Shuhui Dong, Jiting Li, Kexin Liu, Qijun Jiang, Xueqiong Yang and Le Cai
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:145
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  8. Soybean–maize rotation is an effective strategy for addressing the challenges associated with continuous soybean cropping. However, the effects of maize frequency in cropping sequences on soil fungal functions...

    Authors: Ming Yuan, Tianshu Wang, Shuihong Yao, Dongwei Han, Yili Meng, Shuting Yu and Wencheng Lu
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:144
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  9. The influence of various environmental factors on the formation of different morphological forms of soil organic matter has been extensively studied, but there is still uncertainty about how time spent in solu...

    Authors: Olga Trubetskaya, Olga Selivanova, Vadim Rogachevsky and Oleg Trubetskoj
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:143
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  10. This study explores Russelia equisetiformis as a sustainable source for the green synthesis of antifungal nanomaterials. In response to increasing phytopathogenic fungi and environmental issues, it focuses on the...

    Authors: Reham M. Aldahasi, Sahar S. Alghamdi, Nouf Albulushi, Hanin Alhuraibi, Rasha Saad Suliman, Arwa Alsubait, Amirah S. Alahmari and Afrah E. Mohammed
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:142
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  11. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) belonging to the genera Heterorhabditis and Steinernema are mutualistically associated with bacteria in the genera Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus. The complexes of EPNs and their b...

    Authors: Chunli Liao, Shijie Zhang, Taotao Fu, Xinshuo Jin, Wenwen Xu, Dongxiao Liu, Huamin Zhang, Zhiming Liu, Xiaobo Liu, Tao Zhu, Lianzhe Wang and Taotao Li
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:141
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  12. Saline-alkali stress severely impacts global crop productivity, while basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors (TFs) are known regulators of abiotic stress responses, the specific mechanisms of StbZIP1 i...

    Authors: Shujuan Jiao, Xiongliang Hu, Yong Wang, Ruyan Zhang, Xingxing Wang, Yuan Lu, Weina Zhang, Yuhui Liu, Shuhao Qin and Yichen Kang
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:140
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  13. Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. (PE), Styphnolobium japonicum (L.) Schott (PS) and Portulaca oleracea L. (PP) are well-characterized medicinal botanicals with established therapeutic profiles. PE exhibits anti-psoriatic ...

    Authors: Fangli Zhu, Liping Qu, Rui Xu, Yonglei Yuan, Shuhong Zhang and Yueyue Chen
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:139
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  14. Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), the causative agent of bacterial leaf blight (BLB) in rice, poses significant threats to global crop productivity. To develop eco-friendly alternatives to chemical pesticides,...

    Authors: Ihsan ud Din, Xiyu Tan, Xiaoying Zhang, Yihang Chen, Qihua Liang, Arif Ali Khattak, Muhammad Afzal and Zhiyuan Tan
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:138
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  15. The detection of melamine in milk has consistently been a crucial issue in food safety. Near-infrared spectroscopy is widely used for rapid, non-destructive quantitative analysis and adulteration detection in ...

    Authors: Wenliang Qi and Qingqing Jiang
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:137
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  16. The health of the hindgut in beef cattle plays a crucial role in their growth and overall health. Oregano essential oil (OEO) has gained attention as a potential alternative to antibiotics due to its various b...

    Authors: Pengjia He, Yu Lei, Rui Zhang, Jinping Shi, Qiang Cheng, Yannan Ma, Tao Ran and Zhaomin Lei
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:136
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  17. Sinorhizobium sp. enhances plant vitality and stress resilience and improves soil structure. Underscoring their significance as agriculturally important bioagents for increased agricultural productivity requires ...

    Authors: Mitesh Khairnar, Saleh S. Alhewairini, Swapnil Chandrakant Kajale, Vagish Dwibedi, Jayanthi Barasarathi, Andrea Mastinu and Riyaz Sayyed
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:135
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  18. Quinoline, an important nitrogen-containing heterocycle, is frequently found in both natural and synthetic compounds. Numerous quinoline derivatives have been developed as commercial pharmaceuticals and pestic...

    Authors: Jian-Ying Tong, Li-Jing Min, Na-Bo Sun, Hong-Ke Wu, Shu-Jing Yu, Qiang Bian and Xing-Hai Liu
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:134
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  19. Serbian autochthonous cabbage cv. Futoški is highly susceptible to the plant pathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, the causal agent of black rot, leading to significant economic losses. This...

    Authors: Nataša Stanojević, Bojana Živanović, Sonja Milić Komić, Sanja Marković, Tatjana Popović Milovanović, Petar Mitrović, Ivana Sofrenić, Dragosav Mutavdžić, Danijel Milinčić, Mirjana Pešić and Aleksandra Jelušić
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:133
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  20. Nitric oxide (NO) and salicylic acid (SA) are recognized for their ability to mitigate cadmium (Cd) stress, yet their roles in facilitating plant post-stress recovery after Cd exposure remain poorly understood...

    Authors: Yanqun Ma, Zhiyu Ding, Huimin Liu, Bo Wang, Xiaoshuang Li, Haixin Yang, Ya Guang Zhan and Gui Zhi Fan
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:132
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  21. Ammonia (NH3 ) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emitted from the pig slurry (PS)-applied soil lead not only to the risk of environmental pollution, but also to the loss of plant nutritional nitrogen (N). This study aimed ...

    Authors: Bok-Rye Lee, Sang-Hyun Park, Muchamad Muchlas and Tae-Hwan Kim
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:131
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  22. Hydrogen peroxide and hypochlorous acid are reactive oxygen species that naturally occur in biological systems; the oxidation products of biological molecules, such as carotenoids, formed by these oxidants are...

    Authors: Hussein M. Ali, Salwa A. Eid, Hany A. Sharaf Eldeen and Mai E. H. Ebrahim
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:130
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  23. Selenium (Se) deficiency poses significant health risks to human populations globally, necessitating effective biofortification strategies. Amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus), a nutrient-dense vegetable with demon...

    Authors: Xiuqin Huang, Yunmei Lu, Mao Mu, Yaling Zhao, Xuejun Tian and Renhua Huang
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:129
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  24. Forestry pests pose serious ecological challenges, yet their biological value remains underexplored. This study aimed to convert the destructive longhorn beetle Glenea cantor (G. cantor) into biomass carbon dots ...

    Authors: Gang Ren, Wen Zhang, Yuan Tang, Bangyu Zhong, Liangshan Ming, Qimeng Fan, Jia Huang, Hongning Liu, Zhixin Li, Ping Luo and Zishu Dong
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:128
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  25. As a valuable agricultural product derived primarily from cultivated toads, toad venom has been widely used for its significant antitumor properties in pharmacological formulations. However, the structural and...

    Authors: Feng Pan, Xinting Zhu, Nan Yang, Kunmei Li, Gejie Shi, Qinghong Kong, Sanhua Li, Ying Qing, Linjie Meng and Yun Liu
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:127
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  26. With the widespread application of high-resolution low-altitude remote sensing technology in agricultural monitoring, fine semantic segmentation of crop plots has become a hot research topic. However, due to t...

    Authors: Guoxun Zheng, Zhengang Jiang, Xiaoxian Zhang and Donghui Jiang
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:126
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  27. The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972, is a significant invasive pest threatening public health, agriculture, and biodiversity. Our previous study revealed that d-(+)-Camphor and 1,8-cineole, ...

    Authors: Syed Arif Hussain Rizvi, Ying Li, Bangwei Nong, Yongyue Lu and Lei Wang
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:125
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  28. Vitamin E, particularly α-tocopherol (α-TOC), is a chloroplast-synthesized antioxidant that plays a crucial role in protecting photosynthetic membranes from oxidative damage caused by environmental stressors. Its...

    Authors: Xiao Lu Wang, Zhi Jiang He, Li Qing Zeng, Ying Yu Zeng, Zhi Zhong Zhou, Xiao Liang Liu, Xi Ran Cheng, He Chen and Zhao Jie Chen
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:124
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  29. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi have demonstrated the capacity to increase active ingredient concentrations in industrial plants such as Polygonum cuspidatum, whereas it is still uncertain whether this effect i...

    Authors: Xin-Ping An, Ze-Zhi Zhang, Li-Jun Zhou, Hai-Dong Feng, Rui-Ting Sun, Abeer Hashem, Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah and Qiang-Sheng Wu
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:123
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  30. Astragalus polysaccharide, a bioactive substance with significant immunomodulatory functions, has not yet had its specific configuration–function relationship fully elucidated. In the present study, four Astragal...

    Authors: Yu Kou, Huizi Tang, Feng Gu, Menglin Shui, Suqin Liu, Haiyang Guo, Yiheng Xie, Chengzhi Zhu, Baowei Han and Xiao-Jun Li
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:122
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  31. The cell wall (CW) serves as a protective barrier against toxic metals, with extensins (EXTs), proline (Pro), and hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins playing key roles. These components regulate CW synthesis and...

    Authors: Yu-Xi Feng, Ben-Tao Yao, Qing Zhang, Cheng-Zhi Li, Peng Tian, Yan-Hong Li, Kun Dong and Yu-Juan Lin
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:121
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  32. Elevated alkaloid levels in tobacco leaves can cause significant irritation and a pronounced bitterness. Fermentation is a well-recognized strategy to reduce alkaloid content. However, its effectiveness is inf...

    Authors: Wanrong Hu, Li Liu, Jiabao Zhang, Quanwei Zhou, Zhongrong Jiang, Yun Jia, Qianying Zhang and Dongliang Li
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:120
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  33. Drought and alkaline salt stress act synergistically on potato, affecting growth and causing reduced yield and quality. Lignin plays a key role in potato resistance to abiotic stresses, and most of the key enz...

    Authors: Yunyun Du, Ruyan Zhang, Yuan Lu, Yong Wang, Xingxing Wang, Weina Zhang, Yichen Kang, Yuhui Liu and Shuhao Qin
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:119
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  34. Fruit cracking in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) constitutes a significant issue that affects its quality and commercial value. Our previous RNA-seq data analysis revealed that many β-galactosidase genes were differ...

    Authors: Yan-Li Liu, Si-Yu Chen, Feihong Liang, Saeed ul Haq and Zhen-Hui Gong
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:118
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  35. There is a growing need for agricultural inputs to maintain yield under adverse conditions. Salinization is a widespread problem in agrarian land, aggravated by anthropogenic global warming. Biostimulants base...

    Authors: Patricia Benito, Sara Trigueros, Marina Celdrán, Valeria Sánchez, Alberto Coronado, Javier Bellón, Vicente Arbona, Miguel González-Guzmán, Rosa Porcel, Lynne Yenush and José M. Mulet
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:117
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  36. The microsporidian Vairimorpha (=Nosema) ceranae is a major pathogen affecting honeybee health worldwide, yet safe and effective control strategies remain elusive. RNA interference (RNAi) using double-stranded RN...

    Authors: Sooho Lim, Hyeonha Yoo, Giyoun Han, Woojin Kim and Minlee Kim
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:116
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  37. Vivianite is an intensively studied phosphorus (P) recovery product from wastewater treatment plants. However, its downstream application has not been well-addressed thus restricting P cycling. This study inve...

    Authors: Muzhi Sha, Yunlong Wang, Junpeng Diao, Sigal Savaldi-Goldstein and Qian Wang
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:115
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  39. Intensive potato farming heavily relies on mineral fertilizers which can be detrimental to the environment. Microbial inoculants emerge as a sustainable alternative to such fertilizers due to their potential t...

    Authors: Irene Ollio, Raúl Zornoza, Josefa Contreras Gallego, Catalina Egea-Gilabert, Juan A. Fernández and Eva Lloret
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:113
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  40. Nitrogen plays a critical role in sustaining ecosystem functions in peatlands; however, the degradation of approximately 12% of global peatlands substantially alters nitrogen cycling. Although the abundance of...

    Authors: Xiaodong Zhang, Lijuan Cui, Xin Jia, Liang Yan, Yong Li, Zhongqing Yan, Kerou Zhang, Ao Yang, Yuechuan Niu, Enze Kang and Xiaoming Kang
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:112
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  41. The application of beneficial microorganisms is an effective solution for the control of crop diseases caused by phytopathogenic bacteria. Bacillus sp. plays a significant role as a biofactory of antimicrobial co...

    Authors: Carmen Julia Pedroza-Padilla, Sergio Orduz and Luiz Alberto Beraldo Moraes
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:111
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  42. HS-2®Pro, a humic product, is produced from composted thinnings of coniferous trees and is commercially available as a biostimulant. In this study, it was fractionated into humic acid (HA), hydrophobic fulvic aci...

    Authors: Masakazu Aoyama and Yasushi Kojima
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:110
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  43. Pyrazines, a widespread class of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic volatiles, are crucial semiochemicals in insect ecology, orchestrating behaviors ranging from alarm signaling and aposematism to aggregation an...

    Authors: Adel Khashaveh, Chaoqun Yi, Haoyu Tang, Xuan Song, Guohua Zhang, Jiaoxin Xie and Yongjun Zhang
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:109
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  44. Microorganisms can confer or enhance various ecological adaptation functions of host plants, offering wide-ranging applications in the cultivation and production of medicinal plants. While root-associated bene...

    Authors: Changwen Zheng, Wencheng Zhao, Yurui Wu, Hongmei Jia, Guiqi Han, Dongmei He, Hai Wang and Zhuyun Yan
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:108
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  45. Sub-low soil temperature in spring can cause stress to the apple roots, reducing root function and inhibiting nitrogen (N) uptake. Exogenous sucrose can protect plants from low temperature stress, however, the...

    Authors: Xiaoping Zhao, Hanyu Liu, Lijie Li and Deguo Lyu
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:107
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  46. Hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] is a highly toxic heavy metal that adversely affects plant growth and development. Non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs) serve as dynamic metabolic buffers under environmental stress...

    Authors: Yi Kang, Yu-Juan Lin, Cheng-Zhi Li, Hao Zhan and Xiao-Zhang Yu
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:106
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  47. Chrysanthemum vestitum, a perennial plant in the Compositae family and closely related to Chrysanthemum morifolium, has long been used as both food and medicine. To explore the structural characteristics and pote...

    Authors: Shujuan Xue, Ruixue Li, Jishu Wang, Xiaojun Li, Yuchen Guo, Yisen Qiao, Bao Zhang, Lili Wang and Suiqing Chen
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:105
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  48. Chinese distiller grains (CDGs) are a primary by-product of the Baijiu production process. This research focused on converting CDGs into high-protein, low-fiber, and non-toxic feed through the synergistic effe...

    Authors: Zhiqing Liang, Zhi Wang, Xiaojuan Shen, Ruitao Chen, Yuansong Peng, Yafan Cai, Shan Zeng, Wei Zhuang, Jianping Yang, Dong Liu, Shilei Wang, Jingliang Xu and Hanjie Ying
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:104
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  49. Dandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum) is widely used as a natural additive in food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries. In this study, we applied pectinase-mediated enzymatic hydrolysis to dandelion to enhance it...

    Authors: Yue Zheng, Juan Du, Yuan Wang, Wenwen Wang, Xiaoping An and Jingwei Qi
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:103
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  50. Copper oxide nanoparticles (CuNPs) and silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) play a crucial role in enhancing plant growth and development under stress conditions, making them valuable tools in sustainable agriculture...

    Authors: Xi Xu, Jinpeng Wan, Guizhou Liu, Chengkai Lu, Xinyu Mao, Jinglin Wu, Hanying Liu, Yong Ding and Peng Xu
    Citation: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2025 12:102
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