Shanxi Agricultural University

Coupled Utilization of Geothermal Energy and Thermal Energy Storage: Current Technologies and Future Prospects

Temporal mismatches between geothermal output and user demand limit resource utilization, whereas thermal energy storage (TES) can decouple heat production from consumption. This review organizes geothermal–TES coupling by resource depth and answers four engineering questions. Fi...

YOLO26-USW: A Slice-Aided Semantic–Detail Fusion Detector for Small Insects in High-Resolution Agricultural Light-Trap Images

Detecting small insects in high-resolution agricultural light-trap images is difficult because resizing obscures fine morphology and densely distributed insects often appear similar. We developed YOLO26-USW using PVTv2-B1-based UNet-PVT feature enhancement, the Semantic–Detail Fu...

Meta-Learning-Based Few-Shot Membership Inference Attacks Under Restricted Black-Box Access to Ranked Top-K Probabilities

Membership inference attacks (MIAs) determine whether a sample was used to train a target model. Existing attacks often require abundant auxiliary data or many reference models, which may be unavailable in restricted services. We propose a meta-learning-based few-shot MIA for bla...

Novel Modifications ΔI127/L85R in FsSdhD Are Involved in Differential Resistance to Pydiflumetofen in Fusarium solani

Abstract Lentil root rot (LRR), caused by the soil-borne fungal pathogen Fusarium solani, severely threatens lentil production. Pydiflumetofen (Pyd), a succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) fungicide, is applied to manage diseases caused by Fusarium spp. In this study, the fre...

Integrated Soil–Crop System Management Promotes Microbial Necromass and Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration in Black Soil Through Microbial Transformation and Aggregate Protection

Long-term intensive cultivation has degraded soil structure and reduced soil organic carbon (SOC) retention in the black soils of Northeast China. However, the processes underlying SOC accumulation under integrated soil–crop system management (ISSM) remain poorly understood. An 1...

Stability, cross‐resistance, mechanisms and inheritance of laboratory‐selected resistance to chlorfenapyr in Plutella xylostella

Abstract BACKGROUND The diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus), a globally destructive pest of cruciferous crops, has developed resistance to numerous insecticides, including chlorfenapyr. To elucidate the resistance characteristics of DBM to chlorfenapyr, a resis...

Nonlinear Driving Mechanism of Multidimensional Urban Vitality Based on the GeoShapley Framework—A Case Study of Main Urban Area of Taiyuan, China

Urban vitality reflects a city’s capacity to support economic activities, social interactions, cultural participation, and ecological sustainability. This study presents an urban vitality evaluation system encompassing cultural, economic, social, and ecological dimensions, while...

Assessing Deep Maturity of Compost: Relative Cotyledon Chlorophyll as a Complementary Indicator in Full-Scale Cow Manure Composting

Compost maturity is commonly assessed using the seed germination test, which mainly reflects below-ground radicle growth. However, composts that meet conventional maturity criteria may still inhibit above-ground seedling development. This study assessed the deep maturity of compo...

Design and implementation of sheep posture estimation algorithm based on skeletal keypoint localization

Automated sheep posture recognition can provide posture-related behavioural information for precision livestock monitoring. Manual video observation is labour-intensive, and contact sensor-based methods may require specialized installation. This study developed a non-contact shee...

Aridity regulates scale-dependent effects of multiple resource additions on productivity stability in Eurasian grasslands

Increasing the supply of multiple limiting resources generally reduces biodiversity and community stability in grasslands. Aridity is known to modify biodiversity-stability relationships, yet it remains unclear whether the effects of multiple resource supply on biodiversity and s...

Integration of cytogenetics and genomics reveals translocation and recombination between nonhomologous chromosomes in a novel wheat line with dual introgression

The development of wheat-rye-Thinopyrum hybrids is a key strategy for introgressing agronomically valuable traits from multiple genera into common wheat, enriching its genetic diversity. However, the labor-intensive and time-consuming identification of lines carrying chromatin se...

Synergetic Control Framework for Autonomous UAV Swarm Coordination

This study presents a synergetic control approach for coordinating the motion of a UAV swarm based on self-organization principles and energy potential interactions. The proposed method effectively addresses the known limitations of traditional potential field techniques by intro...

Identification and bioinformatic functional annotation of circRNAs mediating phenotypic differences in hair follicle cycling of Jinlan cashmere goats

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) act as critical regulators of hair follicle development, but how they mediate phenotypic divergence of hair growth in cashmere goats remains largely unclear. In this study, skin transcriptome analysis was conducted to screen differentially expressed circR...

Knockout of odourant receptor co-receptor HvarOrco compromises reproductive fitness in the ladybird Hippodamia variegata

Abstract The predatory ladybird, Hippodamia variegata , relies critically on olfaction for host location, oviposition site selection, and predator avoidance. Here, we employed CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing to generate a stable, heritable odourant receptor co-receptor ( Orco...

Developmental exposure to amitraz impairs reproductive development and metabolic homeostasis in honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens

Chemicals used within managed pollinator systems can become developmental stressors for non-target organisms, yet their effects on reproductively specialized individuals remain insufficiently understood. Here, we examined the developmental ecotoxicity of the in-hive acaricide ami...

Physiological and Transcriptomic Analyses Reveal Divergent Responses of Vegetative Growth and Inflorescence Development to Temperature in Chrysanthemum × morifolium

Temperature strongly affects chrysanthemum flowering, but its stage-specific effects on vegetative and reproductive development remain unclear. Here, the obligate short-day chrysanthemum cultivar Chrysanthemum × morifolium ‘Zijiao’ was grown under three different day/night temper...

An atlas of colonization factors in the mouse gut microbiome reveals phylogenetically structured repertoires and infection-stage-associated variation during Toxoplasma gondii infection in mice

ABSTRACT Colonization factors (CFs) comprise CF-associated gene families related to microbial establishment, persistence, host interaction, and gut ecological fitness, but their organization and variation in the mouse gut microbiome remain poorly defined. We integrated the Mouse...

Coupling root-zone osmotic monitoring with dynamic behavioral tariffs: A spatiotemporal eco-hydroeconomic allocation framework for salinity mitigation and groundwater resilience

Static conjunctive use allocation fixes surface water and groundwater ratios from historical averages, and in arid irrigation systems this rigidity intensifies root zone salinity and accelerates aquifer depletion by ignoring the interaction between salt accumulation, conveyance l...

The laccase gene CcLac2 is essential for the summer‐form to winter‐form transition in the Chinese pear psyllid

Abstract BACKGROUND The Chinese pear psyllid ( Cacopsylla chinensis ), a vector of the bacterial pathogen Erwinia amylovora , displays seasonal polyohenism, transitioning from a summer‐form to a winter‐form in response to temperature fluctuations. Although the winter‐form phenoty...

Isolation of a lipase-producing strain from yuncheng salt lake and enhancement of lipase activity via UV mutagenesis

Enhancing lipase activity and tolerance can help address energy and environmental challenges. Expanding lipase sources, increasing their activity, and improving their tolerance under various conditions are urgently needed. A water sample collected from Yuncheng Salt Lake was plat...