Special Issues

Agriculture publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Agronomic Strategies and Principles for Efficient Utilization of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Orchards
edited by and Liangquan Wu
submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open
Keywords: orchard; yield; fruit quality; nitrogen; phosphorus; nutrient interaction; nutrient use efficiency; nutrient loss; environmental evaluation; nutrient management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)
Optimization Techniques for Crop Planning: Current Achievements and Future Directions
edited by , James Montgomery and Andrew Lewis
submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop planning; multi-objective optimization; machine learning/AI; agricultural modeling; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)
Technological Value and Storage Durability of Food Depending on Modern Production Systems submission deadline 24 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open
Keywords: period; environment conditions; storage; plant products; quality; safety; production technology; technological value
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Product Quality and Safety)
Foliar Fertilization for Sustainable Crop Production submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4400 | Submission Open
Keywords: silicon; foliar application; biostimulants; beneficial elements; Green Deal; plant diseases; plant pests; drought; crop yield; yield quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)
The Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria in Crop Improvement submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4386 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; biofertilizers; biopesticides; PGPB; abiotic stress; biotic stress; biocontrol
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)
Soil–Machine Systems and Related Farming Machinery submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1286 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural engineering; agricultural machinery; biosystem engineering; off-road farming; smart farming; soil– machine systems; precision agriculture; soil and crop
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
Current Research and Strategies for Improving Farm Animal Meat Quality submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1029 | Submission Open
Keywords: breeding; feeding systems; nutritional strategies; welfare; transport practices; stress biomarkers; microbiology safety; post-mortem handling and carcass treatments; aging; nutritional composition; sensory profiling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
Productivity and Efficiency of Agricultural and Livestock Systems submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 480 | Submission Open
Keywords: efficiency; productivity; sustainability; innovations; best practices; competitiveness; optimization; sustainable use of resources; sustainable food value chains
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)
Preparation and Application of Biochar in Agricultural Systems
edited by Baojun Yi, Lili Huo and Fang Huang
submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 449 | Submission Open
Keywords: biochar; carbonization process; pyrolysis mechanism; carbon-based controlled release; high-value application
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
The Role of Agriculture in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural emission and resource depletion; remote sensing and modeling; risks/consequences/threats of climate extremes; biodiversity and ecosystem services; animal production challenges in climate change; climate smart agriculture; food security and food safety; conservation and restoration agriculture; agro-ecosystems resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecosystem, Environment and Climate Change in Agriculture)
Ecological Restoration and Rural Economic Development—2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecological restoration; climate change and adaptation; rural ecosystem; rural water resources utilization; cropland resource utilization; cropland use transformation; cropland system; digital village; high-quality development in agriculture; rural revitalization; rural and regional economic development; green agriculture; livelihood transformation; livelihood resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)
Farming Factors’ Influence on Animal Productions
edited by
submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open
Keywords: ruminants; monogastrics; nutrition; housing; genetics; reproduction; food quality and safety; yield increase; sustainability; circular agriculture; welfare; biotechnologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
Modern Technologies in Farm Animal Production: Improving Meat Safety and Nutritional Value
edited by
submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal breeding; meat safety; nutritional value of meat; meat quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
Valorization of Agri-Food Waste Bioresources for Sustainable Livestock Feeding
edited by and Khalil Abid
submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open
Keywords: agri-food waste; agricultural structures; animal production; bioactive compounds; greenhouses; circular economy; environment; livestock feed; sustainability; waste management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
Insecticide Toxicology and Resistance Mechanisms in Agricultural Pests
edited by
submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open
Keywords: insecticide; toxicology; resistance mechanisms; resistance management; ecotoxicology; pest; non-target organisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)
Novel Breeding Techniques to Improve Disease Resistance in Horticultural Crops
edited by Marina Laura and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant disease; biotic stress; disease-resistant cultivars; plant breeding; genome editing; CRISPR-Cas; NBT; RNAi; MAS; R genes and S genes; next-generation sequencing (NGS)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Genetics, Genomics and Breeding)
Soil Amendments Addition Affecting Soil Physical and Chemical Properties
edited by and Vesh Raj Thapa
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil organic matter; soil carbon; soil bulk density; soil porosity; soil pH; soil EC; cation exchange capacity; soil nutrients; soil health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)
Best Management Practices for Agricultural Watershed Pollution
edited by Eu Gene Chung and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural watershed management; water quality monitoring; nutrient management; antibiotics and pesticide management; livestock management; non-point pollution source (NPS) control; NPS management policies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Water Management)
Application of Vision Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Smart Farming—2nd Edition
edited by , , Wentian Zhang, Yan Qian and Yuhua Li
submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3877 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural sensors; behavior recognition of livestock and poultry; agricultural automation equipment; agricultural intelligent robot; intelligent robotic arm; non-destructive detection of meat quality; agricultural big data analytics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)
Agroforestry Systems: Strategies for Mitigating Climate Change
edited by Bhim Bahadur Ghaley
submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open
Keywords: agroforestry; agronomic yields; ecosystem services; environmental benefits; land equivalent ratio
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Systems and Management)
Applications of Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Digital Soil Mapping submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine/deep learning; remote sensing; digital soil mapping; soil property prediction; big data analytics; soil resource management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)
The Maize-Soybean Intercropping System: Cultivation, Ecology, Physiology and Breeding
edited by , Yüze Li and Yanyan Zhang
submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open
Keywords: soybean; maize; intercropping; yield; resource utilization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)
Effects of Different Managements on Soil Quality and Crop Production
edited by , and Maria Costanza Andrenelli
submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil health; soil quality indicators; fertilizers; organic amendments; cover crops; tillage; irrigation; climate; crop models; decision support system (DSS); precision agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)
Novel Biotechnological Developments in Agriculture submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5270 | Submission Open
Keywords: biotechnology in agriculture; biotechnology in crop and animal production; biotechnology in food and feed production; biotechnology in agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecosystem, Environment and Climate Change in Agriculture)
Effects of Tillage Management on Agricultural Soil Characteristics
edited by Yong Wang and Yunqi Zhang
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open
Keywords: long-term tillage operation; soil redistribution via tillage; change in soil quality; human agricultural land management; tillage-induced erosion and/or deposition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)
Innovative Design and Application of Modern Agricultural Machinery Systems in Cropping Systems submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open
Keywords: farm equipment; mechanized farming; precision agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
Risk Assessment and Remediation of Agricultural Soil Pollution
edited by Dong-Xing Guan, and Amauri Antônio Menegário
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural soil pollution; risk assessment; soil remediation; contaminants; food safety; sustainable agriculture; bioremediation; phytoremediation; soil health; environmental monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)
Sustainability of Technological Innovations in Agricultural Green Transitions submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open
Keywords: agriculture 4.0; enabling technologies; holistic sustainability of the agri-food system; renewable resource management; carbon farming; precision agriculture; recovery and resilience; living lab for the co-creation of innovations in enabling technologies; economics and politics of agroecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)
Opportunities and Challenges of Low-Carbon Agriculture
edited by Feng Zhang and Ziqiang Yuan
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbon emission; plastic film mulching; DNDC model; rainfed agricultural system; dryland agricultural system; greenhouse gas emissions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Systems and Management)
Unintentional Effects of Pesticide Usage in Non-Target Species
edited by Nina Wedell and Felipe Martelli
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open
Keywords: pesticides; insecticides; non-target species; pollinators; insect population decline; mechanisms of damage; sublethal doses; environmental contamination; unintentional effects
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)
Environmental Management and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Livestock and Poultry Production Systems
edited by
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open
Keywords: livestock and poultry production; greenhouse gas; air pollutant; mitigation technology; livestock environment; manure management; emission; climate control; odor
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
From Agricultural Soils to Human Health: Exposure Sources, Intake Pathways, and Accumulation of Heavy Metals
edited by Hui Huang and Di Guo
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 535 | Submission Open
Keywords: heavy metal; exposure source; biogeochemical control; upland soil; paddy soil; biological mechanism; dietary intake; non-dietary intake
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)
Agricultural Economics of Climate-Smart Practices
edited by
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 486 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate-smart; carbon sequestration; carbon markets; conservation practices; climate change; economics; profits; soil organic matter
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)
Postharvest Physiology and Technology of Horticultural Crops—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open
Keywords: fruit storage; environment; fruit damage and quality parameters; genotypes; high-density orchard; mechanical harvest; preharvest practices; postharvest practices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Product Quality and Safety)
Utilizing Novel and Alternative Sources of Feed for Animal Production
edited by
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal nutrition; feed processing; nanotechnology; alternative ingredients; byproducts; bioavailability; feed crops
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
The Role of Silicon in Improving Crop Growth under Abiotic Stress
edited by Jonas Pereira de Souza Junior and
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open
Keywords: silicon supplementation; abiotic stress mitigation; crop resilience; drought resistance; salinity tolerance; enhanced fruit quality; plant defense mechanisms; water use efficiency; agricultural sustainability; gene– silicon interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)
Exploring Sustainable Strategies That Control Fungal Plant Diseases
edited by Inmaculada Izquierdo-Bueno and
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable agriculture; plant pathogenic fungi; fungal disease management; biocontrol agents; host– pathogen interactions; biological fungicides; disease resistance mechanisms; secondary metabolites in biocontrol; phytochemicals in plant defense; metabolomics in plant pathology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)
Molecular Approaches for Insect Pest Management in Crop Protection
edited by Alberto Maria Cattaneo and
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 1 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant pests; crop beneficial organisms; invertebrate chemosensory receptors; gustatory receptors; transient receptor potential channels; primitive chemosensory receptors; ionotropic receptors; IR25a; Orco; primitive ORs; odorant receptors; chemosensory proteins; odorant binding proteins; sensory neuron membrane proteins; metabotropic interactions; ionotropic mechanisms; chemosensory transduction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)
From Planting to Harvesting: The Role of Agricultural Machinery in Crop Cultivation
edited by Shan Zeng and Yu Wang
submission deadline 25 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4528 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural machinery and equipment; precision farming; sustainable agriculture; mechanized crop management; automation and robotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
Current Prospects of Social-Ecologically More Sustainable Agriculture and Urban Agriculture
edited by , Rocío A. Díaz-Chavez and Bastian Winkler
submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open
Keywords: agroecology; bioeconomy; biomass; climate change; cropping systems; ecosystem services; gender equality; SLCA; sustainable development goals; sustainable intensification
Advances in Forage Stress Biology: Mechanisms and Adaptation Strategies
edited by Peizhi Yang, Wei Zhang and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open
Keywords: forges; stress biology; germplasm resources; genome and gene function
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)
Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture: From Waste to Biostimulants, Biofertilisers and Bioenergy submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open
Keywords: biobased; biostimulants; biofertilizers; biogas; sustainable agriculture; crop productivity; climate change; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)
Innovative Water Management Strategies and Their Impact on Yield and Nutritional Quality of Crops submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision irrigation; soil moisture dynamics; plant health monitoring; sensor technologies; water status detection; crop yield enhancement; nutritional quality improvement; drought detection; water conservation strategies; decision support systems (DSS)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Water Management)
Livestock Building Environment Improvements and Their Influence on the Animal’s Welfare
edited by Sabina Angrecka, and Frederico Márcio Corrêa Vieira
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open
Keywords: livestock building; environment; welfare; noise; thermal stress; climate change; air pollution; ventilation; forecasting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
Research and Prevention of Grass Plant Diseases
edited by
submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: grass plants; pathogens; disease control; plant immunity; effector; pathogenic mechanisms; resistance breeding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)
Sustainable Cutting-Edge Solutions for Pest Management
edited by , and Luca Rossini
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open
Keywords: biological control; natural enemies; entomology; plant health; predictive models; artificial intelligence; remote control; diagnostic methodology; sustainable IPM
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)
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