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Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Grass Species

edited by

Zhou Li

and

Gang Nie

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5115 | Submission Open

Keywords: turfgrass; forage; ground-cover plant; gene function; stress physiology; metabolic pathway; omics; plant growth regulator

(This special issue belongs to the Section Grassland and Pasture Science)

Artificial Intelligence in Greenhouse Environment Modelling and Control

edited by

Xiaoming Wei

Congcong Sun

and

Jingxin Yu

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2078 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in agriculture; smart greenhouse systems; automated environmental control; energy-efficient agriculture; machine learning applications; crop yield optimisation; IoT-based monitoring; predictive climate control; sustainable protected agriculture; intelligent resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Innovative Research on Rice Breeding and Genetics

edited by Zhijuan Ji and Yongqi He

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 42550 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice; breeding methods; high yield; rice quality; resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Innovations in Agriculture for Sustainable Agro-Systems

edited by

Ioannis Vagelas

and

Christos Lykas

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 34714 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision and smart agriculture; environmental impact; process-based crop model; climate change; open and big data; predictive and decision support systems; IoT for biodiversity and sustainability; Internet of Things; robot– plant interaction; remote sensing; monitoring and control of diseases; pests and weeds; plant detection and monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Modern Seed Technologies for Developing Dynamic Agriculture

edited by

Guangwu Zhao

and

Zhujun Zhu

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 21979 | Submission Open

Keywords: seed technology; seed quality; seed physiology; seed molecular biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Multifunctionality of Grassland Soils: Opportunities and Challenges

edited by

Miriam Kizekova

and

Radoslava Kanianska

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9680 | Submission Open

Keywords: grasslands; soil; soil chemical properties; management; ecosystem services; carbon sequestration; nutrient cycling; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Grassland and Pasture Science)

How to Increase the Nutritional Quality of Agricultural Products

edited by Deborah Murowaniecki Otero,

María José Aliaño-González

and

Armando Quintero-Ramos

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutritional quality; crops; bioactive compounds; health-promoting compounds; antioxidants; macronutrients; vitamins; minerals; food quality; food safety; agronomic systems; agronomic practices; storage; processing; plant genotype; development of new products; food technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

Managing Fungal Pathogens of Stable Crops in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Lanfei Zhao

and Yunfeng Xu

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal pathogens; stable crops; management method; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Viral Diseases and the Threats of Their Arthropod Vectors to Crop Health: Surveillance, Detection, and Early-Warning Systems

edited by Zuqing Hu, Huiyan Zhao and

Lei Zhao

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14144 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant virus; arthropod vectors; interaction mechanism; surveillance; detection; early warning; genome sequencing technology; nucleic acid amplification methods; epidemiological modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Genetic Identification and Characterisation of Crop Agronomic Traits and Stress Resistance—2nd Edition

edited by

Niharika Sharma

Jayakumar Bose

and

Kalenahalli N. Yogendra

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10558 | Submission Open

Keywords: agronomic traits; crop improvement; breeding; abiotic/biotic stress; genetic characterisation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Agroclimatology and Crop Production: Adapting to Climate Change

edited by

Ilie Bodale

and Vasile Stoleru

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7380 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-smart crop production; climate change adaptation and mitigation; sustainable crops; weather hazard response; monitoring and forecasting food security scenarios; sensor systems and remote sensing images; AI and digital tools for climate resilience; bioclimatic indexes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Conservation Agricultural Practices for Improving Crop Production and Quality—2nd Edition

edited by

Mariola Staniak

Ewa Szpunar-Krok

and

Edward Wilczewski

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3508 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation agriculture; farming systems; reduced tillage; crop rotation; intercropping; cover crops; crop residue management; water management; soil organic matter management; weed management; yield and crop quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)

It Runs in the Family: The Importance of the Lamiaceae Family Species—2nd Edition

edited by

Antonios Chrysargyris

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2728 | Submission Open

Keywords: edible flowers; organic farming; urban uses; natural products/biological activities; unexplored edible plants; introduction of native populations to cultivation schemes; added-value products; plant byproducts; new technological applications; new cultivation techniques; hydroponics/substrates; essential oils and extract properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Smart Agriculture for Crop Phenotyping

edited by Wenting Han and Liyuan Zhang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1322 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; multi-scale phenotyping systems; prescription maps; site-specific crop management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Advances in Grassland Productivity and Sustainability—3rd Edition

edited by

Mohamed Abdalla

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open

Keywords: grassland; production; grazing; degradation; GHG emissions; climate change; biodiversity; modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Grassland and Pasture Science)

Innovations and Obstacles: Microbial Communities in the Journey of Soil Remediation

edited by

Dong Liu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 24487 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbiome transplantation; microbiome storage and efficient application; soil remediation; safety biofertilizers; soil nutrient enhancement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Agricultural Innovation in Sustainable and Organic Vegetable Crops Production

edited by Jose Magno Queiroz Luz and

Gabriel M. Maciel

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8319 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetables; breeding; organic; sustainable farming; genetic improvement; cultivation; vegetable nutrition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

The Role of Biostimulants in Horticultural Crop Production: Current Advances and Challenges

edited by

Rosa Porcel

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 315 | Submission Open

Keywords: biostimulants; abiotic stress; biotic stress; beneficial microorganism; mycorrhizal fungi; PGPR; inorganic compounds; seaweed extracts; chitin and chitosan derivatives; humic and fulvic acids; protein hydrolysates

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Organic Improvement in Agricultural Waste and Byproducts

edited by

Aldo Dal Prà

Pierpaolo Duce

and Francesca Camilli

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8811 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioeconomy; agricultural byproducts; wool; agroforestry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Biosystem and Biological Engineering)

Maize Germplasm Improvement and Innovation

edited by Hongjun Yong

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7473 | Submission Open

Keywords: maize; germplasm improvement; innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Crop Genomics and Omics for Future Food Security

edited by

Shuan Meng

Marco Pietrella

and

Guobin Zhang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7221 | Submission Open

Keywords: food Security; crops omics; genomics; transcriptomics; metabolomics; proteomics; GWAS; crop improvement; crop yield; nutritional quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Innovations in Green and Efficient Cotton Cultivation

edited by Lu Feng,

Lei Zhang

and

Xiao-Fei Li

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6723 | Submission Open

Keywords: green agriculture; sustainable farming; resource-efficient farming; precision agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)

Risk and Management of Organic Contaminants in the Agricultural Environment

edited by Jian Wang and

Lei Xiang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4190 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic contaminants; soil contamination; food safety; agricultural environment; risk management; soil remediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Agroecological Strategies for Improving Nutritional Quality of Cereal Crops

edited by

Federica Taddei

and

Elena Galassi

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3615 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecology; food security; sustainability; climate change; biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)

Integrated Strategies for Enhancing Lodging Resistance and Yield Performance in Cereal Crops

edited by

Guangyan Li

Peng Yan

and Yaliang Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1983 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereal yield; lodging resistance; integrated management strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)

Impacts of CRISPR–Cas in Evolving Agriculture and Plant Biotechnology

edited by

Yupeng Cai

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1919 | Submission Open

Keywords: CRISPR– Cas; gene editing; agronomic traits; plant biotechnology; multi-gene editing; vector delivery system; prime editing; yield; quality; stress tolerance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Advances Towards Innovative Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by Douglas Guelfi and

Heitor Cantarella

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1410 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; fertilizer technologies; nutrient use efficiency; innovations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)

Cultivation Strategies for Sustainable Bioenergy Crop Production

edited by María Mercedes Echarte,

Kenneth J. Moore

and

Laura Echarte

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 425 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; sustainable agriculture; biomass production; climate resilience; circular bioeconomy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Efficient Water and Nutrient Utilization of Crops Under Changed Environment

edited by

Zhenhua Wei

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop physiology; water use; nutrient uptake; soil health; environmental change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Insecticide Resistance and Novel Insecticides

edited by

Chunqing Zhao

and

Yueping He

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 47065 | Submission Open

Keywords: insecticide; insect resistance; synthesize

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Effects of the Soil Microbiome on Nutrient Cycling and Soil Health in Agroecosystems

edited by Hui Wei

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 29079 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil biodiversity; soil food web; soil microbiomes; soil health; nutrient cycling; agricultural practices; agroecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)

Keeping Nutrients in the Soil: The Challenges, Benefits and Trade-Offs

edited by Shuangyi Li and Yalong Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16468 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil; nutrients; benefits; health; fertilization; agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Application of Nanomaterials for Diseases and Pest Control in Agriculture

edited by

Soledad García-Morales

and Rebeca G. Betancourt-Galindo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16299 | Submission Open

Keywords: nano-agrochemicals; nanopesticides; nano-protect

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Crop Management in Water-Limited Cropping Systems

edited by Shoutian Ma

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15907 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation method; deficit irrigation; precision irrigation; evapotranspiration; yield gap; irrigation efficiency; water productivity; crop management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)

Rhizosphere Microorganisms—2nd Edition

edited by

Zhihong Xie

and Hui-Ling Liao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14628 | Submission Open

Keywords: rhizosphere; microorganisms; interaction; promote; resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Genetic and Molecular Research on Rice Grain Yield

edited by

Yu-Jun Zhu

Zhen-Hua Zhang

and

Chaolei Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13209 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice yield-related traits; GWAS; QTLs mapping; map-based cloning; multi-omics; marker-assisted selection; genome editing

Water and Fertilizer Regulation Theory and Technology in Crops

edited by Dongmei Qiao, Qingfeng Miao and

Hao Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11871 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and fertilizer; agronomy; physiology; yield; quality; drought; salinity; artificial intelligence; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Plant Tissue Culture and Plant Somatic Embryogenesis–2nd Edition

edited by

Justyna Lema-Rumińska

and

Danuta Kulpa

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11335 | Submission Open

Keywords: breeding; elicitation; genetic stability; micropropagation; molecular markers; regeneration; slow growth; somatic embryos

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

Adaptive Evolution and Resistance Mechanisms in Agricultural Pest Management

edited by Rui Pang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8181 | Submission Open

Keywords: pest management; adaptive evolution; pesticide resistance; metabolic resistance; target site mutation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Advancements in Precision Fertilization and Water Management for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Junsheng Lu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7962 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; integrated water– fertilizer management; sustainable agriculture; smart irrigation systems; fertigation technologies; efficient utilization of water and fertilizers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Metabolomics-Centered Mining of Crop Metabolic Diversity and Function

edited by

Hongbo Zhang

and

Ning Yan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7935 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop; metabolomics; nutrition; function; regulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Effect of Brackish and Marginal Water on Irrigated Agriculture

edited by

Alexsandro Oliveira Da Silva

and

Ênio Farias de França e Silva

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7268 | Submission Open

Keywords: salinity; water use efficiency; low-quality water; irrigation management; water reuse

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Irrigation)

Environmentally Friendly Ways to Control Plant Disease

edited by

Eduardo Alves

Maria Isabel Balbi Peña

and

Lijuan Zhou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6618 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternative control; biological control; plant disease; resistance inducers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Promoting Intercropping Systems in Sustainable Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Christos A. Dordas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6207 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; organic farming; cropping systems; conservation agriculture; water management; cover crops; ecological intensification; modeling; climate change; ecosystem services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)

Application of Machine Learning and Modelling in Food Crops

edited by

Luís Pádua

Bing Liu

and

Chenyao Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5565 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop production and management; machine learning; deep learning; crop modelling; Internet of Things (IoT); big data; smart agriculture; precision farming technologies; sensor-based crop monitoring; model-based decision support systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Seed Production and Technology

edited by Charline Zaratin Alves,

Francisco Vanies Da Silva Sá

Alan Mario Zuffo

and Ceci Castilho Custódio

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5505 | Submission Open

Keywords: vigor; viability; germination and dormancy; artificial intelligence; production; maturation; and harvest; cultural practices; quality control; image analysis; drying; processing; storage; and treatment of seeds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

The Formation of Specialized Traits and the Regulation of Directional Development in Forage

edited by

Zhipeng Liu

Tieyuan Liu

and

Dong Luo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5110 | Submission Open

Keywords: forage; stress tolerance; yield traits; quality factors; regulatory mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Grassland and Pasture Science)

Regulatory Mechanism of Growth Regulators on Crop Growth and Development: 2nd Edition

edited by

Allan Klynger Da Silva Lobato

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5079 | Submission Open

Keywords: brassinosteroids; chemical elements; gasotransmitters; microorganisms; phytohormones; plant growth regulators; neurotransmitters

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

Integrated Nitrogen Management for Improved Use Efficiency in Agroecosystems

edited by

Peter Omara

and

Bee Khim Chim

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3865 | Submission Open

Keywords: nitrogen fertilizers; agroecosystems; nitrogen use efficiency; enhanced fertilizers; precision nitrogen management; cropping systems; integrated nutrient management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Mechanisms and Pathways for Enhancing Crop Stress Resistance, Yield, and Quality

edited by