Special Issues

Agronomy 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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Invasive Alien Plants in Agroecosystems: Ecology, Surveillance, Impacts, Management and Challenges submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2151 | Submission Open
Keywords: weed management; invasive plants; biodiversity; impact effects; early detection and monitoring; invasion biology; crop production systems; climate and soil; new technologies; holoparasites
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Marker Assisted Selection and Molecular Breeding in Major Crops
edited by Shikai Hu
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1593 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop quality improvement; crop stress tolerance improvement; crop multi-trait synergistic improvement; efficient molecular breeding techniques and methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Innovative Research on Rice Breeding and Genetics
edited by Zhijuan Ji and Yongqi He
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 571 | Submission Open
Keywords: rice; breeding methods; high yield; rice quality; resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Role of Small RNAs in Crop Improvement
edited by Cui Zhang
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop; miRNAs; siRNAs; plant development; pathogen
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Importance of Zn Fertilization: Biofortification of Food Crops and Soil Zn Status submission deadline 17 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8002 | Submission Open
Keywords: agronomic efficiency; micronutrient concentrations; nutrient translocation; combined fertilization; traditional chemical extraction; nutritional quality; Zn availability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Crop and Vegetable Physiology under Environmental Stresses
edited by
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 13 articles | Viewed by 14430 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant physiology; plant metabolite; gene regulation; abiotic stress; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
Environmental Ecological Remediation and Farming Sustainability—Volume II
edited by , and
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9628 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil contamination groundwater contamination; green and sustainable remediation; environment pollution control; heavy metals; organic pollutants; emerging contaminants; biochar; remediation of cultivated land pollution; crop growth safety; P comprehensive utilization; reuse of agricultural waste; sustainable agricultural development; ecological and landscape planning; human settlements
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Rhizosphere Microorganisms—Volume II
edited by and Hui-Ling Liao
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3055 | Submission Open
Keywords: rhizosphere; microorganisms; interaction; promote; resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Exploring the Potential for Crop Productivity by Applying Novel Agrochemicals, including Fertilizers, Biochar, Biostimulants, and Plant Nutrition Regulators
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1280 | Submission Open
Keywords: fertilizers; synergist; efficiency-enhanced material; biochar; biostimulants; plant nutrition regulator
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
A Circular Economy: Chemical, Microbiological and Environmental Implications of Mineral and Organic Fertilizers Use in Soils submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 19 articles | Viewed by 31244 | Submission Open
Keywords: circular economy; organic matter; nutrients; plant quality; exogenic organic matter; soil improvers; waste management; ecological risk assessment; microorganisms; enzymatic activity; soil pollution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Predictions and Estimations in Agricultural Production under a Changing Climate—Volume II submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2039 | Submission Open
Keywords: yield prediction; predictive analytics; crop maturity prediction; crop quality and quantity prediction; machine learning; artificial neural networks; crop models and modeling; agrometeorological models; model application for sustainable agriculture; crop monitoring; proximal and remote sensing for agriculture; IoT and big data; data science; predictive agriculture; precision agriculture; smart farming
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
Effects of Agrotechnical Factors and Farming Systems on Soil Properties and Plant Productivity submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 12165 | Submission Open
Keywords: farming system versus soil quality; crop rotation and agrotechnical factors versus soil quality; physical and chemical properties of soil; soil biological properties and enzymatic activity; soil contamination and soil pathogens; soil quality versus yield and quality of agricultural crops; soil condition monitoring and anthropopressure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Saline Water Irrigation in Agriculture submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11147 | Submission Open
Keywords: saline water; irrigation; soil salinity; soil properties; soil biochemistry; soil microbes; crop growth and yield; threshold values; crop quality; modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Irrigation)
Use of Humic Substances and Biostimulants for Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10749 | Submission Open
Keywords: humic substances; humic acids; bio-stimulants; agro-wastes; compost; hormone-like; molecular structure; mode of action; plant nutrition and metabolism; plant growth; abiotic and biotic stress; crop health; soil remediation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Phenology and Nitrogen Fertilizer under Global Climate Change
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8117 | Submission Open
Keywords: ammonium; nitrate; nitrogen; rhizosphere; eutrophication
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Modern Seed Technologies for Developing Dynamic Agriculture
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6723 | Submission Open
Keywords: seed technology; seed quality; seed physiology; seed molecular biology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Recognition and Utilization of Natural Genetic Resources for Advances in Plant Biology through Genomics and Biotechnology—Volume II
edited by , and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6357 | Submission Open
Keywords: genetic resources; genomics biotechnology; genetic transformation; tissue culture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Soybean Molecular Breeding for Yield, Quality and Resistance Traits
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6056 | Submission Open
Keywords: soybean; yield; quality; resistance; tolerance; molecular breeding
Carbon Farming: Agriculture’s Solution to Climate Change submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5624 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbon sequestration; soil organic matter; nutrients; plant quality; exogenic organic matter; soil improvers; ecological risk assessment; microorganisms; enzymatic activity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Innovative Hydrothermal Systems to Valorize Agricultural Residuals for Sustainable Crop Production and Environmental System
edited by , Nicole Berge, , and Judy Ann Libra
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5292 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrothermal carbonization; carbon sequestration; environmental pollution; sustainable agriculture; greenhouse gas emission; water quality; recycling biomass; carbon-based materials
Influence of Irrigation and Water Use on Agronomic Traits of Crop
edited by , , and Qibiao Han
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4026 | Submission Open
Keywords: irrigation; agronomic traits; adaptive strategy; water utilization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Irrigation)
Crop Production Parameter Estimation through Remote Sensing Data submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3745 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop production parameter estimation; plant biomass; crop yield; remote sensing; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
Enhancement of Grassland Function and Productivity with Legumes and Other Forbs submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3032 | Submission Open
Keywords: pollinator habitat; plant secondary metabolites; soil carbon sequestration; grassland functional groups; cover crops; ley pastures; biological nitrogen fixation; wildflowers; native grasses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Grassland and Pasture Science)
New Sustainability Trends in Using Fruit and Vegetable By-Products and Bio-Residues submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2695 | Submission Open
Keywords: by-products; bio-residues; vegetables; fruits; bio-waste; sustainability; bioactive compounds
(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
Nitrogen Cycle in Farming Systems—2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2400 | Submission Open
Keywords: farm; field; crop plants; cropping sequence; N requirements; N sources; N uptake; N balance; N recycling; N losses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)
Innovation of Intelligent Detection and Pesticide Application Technology for Horticultural Crops
edited by Hongxing Peng and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2127 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent detection; precision agriculture; machine vision; hyperspectral image processing; pesticide application; agricultural robots; agricultural big data; agricultural product quality and safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
Assessment and Mapping of Soil Water Balance
edited by and Tiago Brito Ramos
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1888 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop water requirements; evapotranspiration; irrigation strategies; lysimeters; mechanistic and soil water balance models; multicriteria analysis; remote sensing; unmanned aerial vehicle; water productivity; water savings
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Irrigation)
New Advances in Cereal-Fungal Pathogen Interactions submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1524 | Submission Open
Keywords: cereal crops; pathogenic fungi; mechanisms of disease control; omics techniques; cereal genetic resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Advances in Soil Fertility, Plant Nutrition and Nutrient Management submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1487 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil management; soil amendments; nutrient availability; nutrient use efficiency; microbial communities; sustainable agriculture; fertilization strategies; crop management practices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Seeds: Chips of Agriculture submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1244 | Submission Open
Keywords: biotic and abiotic stresses; seed and seeding physiology; seed development and maturation; molecular aspect of seed germination and storage; plant adaptation and plasticity; epigenetic regulations of seed quality; plant memory; developmental adaptation mechanism
Omics Approaches for Crop Improvement—Volume II submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 908 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop improvement; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; metagenomics; metatranscriptomics; nutrigenomics; ionomics; lipidomics; phenomics; environmental omics; bioinformatics; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Soil Organic Matter Contributes to Soil Health submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 680 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil organic matter; carbon sequestration; soil fertility; soil productivity; microbial activity; nutrient cycling; sustainable agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Biostimulants for Prevention and Restoration of Soil Pollution submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 563 | Submission Open
Keywords: biostimulants; soil pollution; environmental restoration; sustainable agriculture; microbial activity; soil health; pollution prevention
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Progress and Innovations in Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 297 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant-parasitic nematodes; biocontrol; phytochemicals; metagenomics; metabolomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Characterisation, Protection and Development of Minor Crops Adapted to Challenging New Climatic Conditions submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 232 | Submission Open
Keywords: minor crops; abiotic stress tolerance; seedbanks; genetic characterization; breeding; germplasm resources
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Seeds for Future: Conservation and Utilization of Germplasm Resources
edited by and Monika Vidak
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; food security; landraces; modern cultivars; plant gene banks; plant genetic resources; seedbank; wild species; wild relatives
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Post-harvest Pest and Disease Management—2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open
Keywords: stored-product protection; post-harvest pests; post-harvest diseases; processing; storage; food safety; food security; post-harvest losses; computational models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Mechanisms of Blocking, Controlling and Remediating Heavy Metal Pollution in Farmland
edited by Alessia Corami and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open
Keywords: heavy metals; soils; remediation solutions; nature-based solutions; biochar; fertilizer; pesticides; groundwater; nutrients; anthropogenic contaminants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Advances, Applicability and Challenges in Mutational Breeding submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open
Keywords: crispr-cas9; radiation; spaceflight mutagenesis; somaclonal variation; mutation rate; dominant mutation; ornamentals; vegetables; crop plants; resequencing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Fertility Management for Higher Crop Productivity
edited by Danying Wang, Song Chen and Chunmei Xu
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open
Keywords: fertilizer management; crop yield; soil fertility; nutrient cycling; precision farming; highly productive and efficient synergy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Rice Germplasm Innovation and Tolerance to Abiotic Stress
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open
Keywords: rice; abiotic salt tolerance; germplasm innovation; gene identification; regulation network; QTL mapping; genomics; transcriptomic; gene expression; natural variation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Applications of Beneficial Microbe and Agriculture Waste in Crop Growth Promotion and Stress Resistance
edited by Chaoxing He
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open
Keywords: vegetable; PGPR; soil nutrients; nutrient quality; AMF; growing media; greenhouse; root environment improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Advances in Coffee Pathogen Research for Higher Productivity under Climate Change Scenarios
edited by Leonor Guerra-Guimarães, and Deila Magna Dos Santos Botelho
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open
Keywords: coffee breeding; phenotyping; sustainable agriculture
Natural and Non-conventional Sources of Nitrogen for Plants
edited by Beata Wiśniewska-Kadżajan, Andrzej Wysokiński and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open
Keywords: nitrogen; nitrogen fixation; symbiotic microorganisms; free-leaving microorganisms; organic fertilizers; organic wastes; soil conditioners; nitrogen use efficiency; legumes; grasses; horticultural plants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Effects of Brackish Irrigation on the Soil–Plant System and Safe Use Thresholds
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open
Keywords: brackish irrigation; SAR; sodicity; soil quality; crop yield and quality; water productivity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Irrigation)
Bioactive Compounds for Plant Health and Protection
edited by Xiuxiu Sun and Christopher Ference
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioactivity; antimicrobial; crop protection; biotic; abiotic
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Recent Advancements in Nodulation Nitrogen Fixation and Molecular Regulation Mechanism in Soybean
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: soybean; rhizobium; genome; genomic; germplasm; symbiosis; gene; field; function
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Hormone Metabolism and Signaling in Rice
edited by Chengqiang Ding
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open
Keywords: rice; plant hormones; signaling; response; growth and development; plant resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Mitigating Effect of Exogenous Treatments against Stress in Plants submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; biotic stress; stress resistance/tolerance; signalling compounds; cross-talk tolerance; induced resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Soil Conservation Methods for Maintaining Farmlands' Fertility
edited by and María Cruz García González
submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7362 | Submission Open
Keywords: bio-based fertilizers; carbon cycle; circular economy; conservation agriculture; novel laboratory methodologies for soil analysis; nutrient use efficiency; precision agriculture; risk assessment; soil erosion; soil health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
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