Agronomy

New Trends in Molecular Biochemistry and Physiology of Pre- and Post-Harvest Fruits and Vegetables

edited by Jurandi Gonçalves De Oliveira,

José Hélio Costa

,

María E. García-Pastor

, Daniel Alexandre Neuwald and Luis Miguel Mazorra Morales

submission deadline 10 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2024 | Submission Open

Keywords: antioxidant metabolism; antioxidant system; plant growth regulators; pre- and post-harvest technologies; quality; respiration; shelf life; storage

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

Enhancing Agricultural Practices: Novel Nature-Derived Plant Growth Stimulators

edited by

Eszter Virag

and

Erzsébet Mónika Karaffa

submission deadline 10 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1191 | Submission Open

Keywords: biostimulation; plant– pathogen interaction; crop protection; phytohormone; biopesticides; organic farming; abiotic/biotic stress

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

Role of Plant-Growth-Promoting Microorganisms in Agriculture: Mitigating Climate Change Impact—2nd Edition

edited by

Elžbieta Jankovska-Bortkevič

and

Sigita Jurkonienė

submission deadline 10 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacteria; biofertilizer; biostimulants; climate change; crop; environmental factors; probiotics; plant stress

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Pest Control Technologies Applied in Peanut Production Systems

edited by

David Jordan

and

Dave Hoisington

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9396 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated pest management; cultivars; breeding and genetics; pesticides; cropping systems

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

Metabolomics-Centered Mining of Crop Metabolic Diversity and Function

edited by

Hongbo Zhang

and

Ning Yan

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5481 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop; metabolomics; nutrition; function; regulation

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

Progress and Innovations in Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes

edited by

Isabel Conceição

and

Maria José Cunha

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1938 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant-parasitic nematodes; biocontrol; phytochemicals; metagenomics; metabolomics

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

Weed Biology and Ecology: Importance to Integrated Weed Management

edited by

Agnieszka Lejman

,

Judith Wirth

and

Shouhui Wei

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9373 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed biology and ecology; weed control; weed resistance; weed management; climate changes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Weed Science and Weed Management)

New Inspirations concerning Breeding and Cultivation Practice to Enhance Crop Productivity and Their Essentials

edited by

Tingting Chen

, Weiyang Zhang and

Guanfu Fu

submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11777 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop production; high efficiency; new strategies; regulation mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

New Advances in Sustainable Fertilization: Efficiency and Environmental Challenges

edited by

Patricia Almendros

,

Ana Méndez

and Mónica Montoya

submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 681 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable fertilization; nutrient losses; specialty fertilizers; greenhouse gas emissions; nutrient recovery; soil microbial populations; biofertilizers; organic fertilizers; biochar

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Adaptation and Mitigation of Environmental Stress on Forage Crops and Turfgrass

edited by John L. Cisar and Michael Fidanza

submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2124 | Submission Open

Keywords: turfgrass; forage crop; carbon footprint; management; environmental stress

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

Identification and Utilization of Crop Wild Relatives’ Germplasm

edited by Zuofeng Zhu

submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1320 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop wild relatives; gene clone; QTL; germplasm collection; evaluation

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

Challenges for Preserving Rangelands: Navigating Disturbances for Sustainable Ecosystem Services

edited by Adriana M. Rodriguez,

Agustín A. Grimoldi

and Pedro M. Tognetti

submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 367 | Submission Open

Keywords: rangelands; ecosystem services; anthropogenic drivers; disturbances; grazing; fire; plant invasions; encroachment; restoration; sustainability

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

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

edited by

Tie Cai

and Weibing Yang

submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop adversity; abiotic stress; stress resistance; crop yield; crop quality; crop growth; response mechanisms

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

Innovative Research on Rice Breeding and Genetics

edited by Zhijuan Ji and Yongqi He

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 33506 | Submission Open

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

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

Net-Zero Emissions for Sustainable Food Production and Land Management

edited by

Zhengqin Xiong

and Jianying Shang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 19016 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon footprint; greenhouse gases; greenhouse gas intensity; carbon budget; biochar; carbon sequestration; net ecosystem economic benefit; profile carbon storage

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

Safe and Efficient Utilization of Water and Fertilizer in Crops

edited by

Yan Li

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 17900 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-saving irrigation; reclaimed water; organic fertilizer

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

Application of Deep and Machine Learning in Crop Monitoring and Management

edited by

Vjekoslav Tadić

,

Dorijan Radočaj

and

Mladen Jurišić

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 14511 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep and machine learning; crop productivity; prediction of crop related parameters; prediction of biotic and abiotic factors in agricultural production; soil composition and fertilization; climate change impact of agriculture; pest management; precision agriculture; remote sensing applications; convolutional neural networks (CNNs); unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); phenotyping; data fusion; decision support systems

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

The Use of NIR Spectroscopy in Smart Agriculture

edited by

Ana Elisa Rato

and

Julio Nogales-Bueno

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10856 | Submission Open

Keywords: NIR spectroscopy; soil fertility; tree nutrients; soluble solid content; phenols; anthocyanins

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

Free from Herbicides: Ecological Weed Control

edited by

Giovanni Mauromicale

and

Aurelio Scavo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10438 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed management; agroecology; allelopathy; bioherbicides; cover crops; soil seedbank; species composition; cultural methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Weed Science and Weed Management)

Optimizing Crop Water Use: Advances and Applications in Deficit Irrigation Strategies

edited by

Fernando França da Cunha

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10041 | Submission Open

Keywords: deficit irrigation; evapotranspiration; innovations in water management; irrigation management; precision irrigation; sustainable irrigation strategies; water optimization; water productivity; water use efficiency

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

Integration of Agronomic Practices for Sustainable Crop Production—2nd Edition

edited by

Guoqiang Zhang

,

Peng Hou

and

Rongfa Li

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8646 | Submission Open

Keywords: agronomy; crop; yield; quality; planting density; water-saving irrigation; fertilization management; integration of water and fertilizer; resource utilization efficiency; conservation tillage; soil management; environmental stresses; greenhouse gas emissions

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

Plant Production and Microorganism Potential in Modern Agro-Ecosystems—2nd Edition

edited by

Agnieszka Wolna-Maruwka

,

Jean Bernard Diatta

and Justyna Starzyk

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8540 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecosystems; farming systems; sustainable agriculture; biodiversity; bioindicators; ecological quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Seeds: Chips of Agriculture

edited by

Sophie Brunel-Muguet

and

Guillaume Née

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7806 | 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

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

Advances in Tillage Methods to Improve the Yield and Quality of Crops

edited by Jiatun Xu and

Xiaobo Gu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7456 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant growth; crop productivity; soil fertility; agroecosystems; plant– soil relationships; sustainable agricultural practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Intelligent Detection and Classification of External Traits in Crop Plants, Fruits, and Vegetables

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4717 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; neural networks; image analysis; qualitative classification

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

Modern Control of Biotic Stress in Crops: Intelligent Detection and Precision Pesticide Application

edited by Hongxing Peng and

Yuanyuan Shao

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3754 | 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)

New Trends in Agricultural UAV Application—2nd Edition

edited by

Yali Zhang

and

Pengchao Chen

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3466 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); remote sensing; sustainable agriculture; variable rate application technology; artificial intelligence (AI); deep learning (DL); agricultural information acquisition; 3D reconstruction; plant phenotyping; Internet of Things (IoT)

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

Insecticide Resistance: The Genetic Basis and Underlying Mechanisms in Pests

edited by

Youhui Gong

and

Xin Yang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1648 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic mutations; resistance evolution; molecular mechanisms; target insensitivity; metabolic resistance; phenotype; overexpression; duplication

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

Advancements in Fertilization Strategies and Soil Health for Rice and Wheat Cultivation

edited by

Haipeng Zhang

and Xinliang Dong

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1530 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient management; soil quality; rice and wheat cultivation; precision fertilization; sustainable agriculture

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

Pest Management in Turfgrass and Ornamentals

edited by

Shimat V. Joseph

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1034 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated pest management strategies; turfgrass; ornamental plants; arthropod pests; invasive pest; pest control

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

Advancing Weed Biology Through Innovation and Technology for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Te-Ming Tseng

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 980 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed biology; herbicide resistance; precision agriculture; deep learning models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Weed Science and Weed Management)

Innovative Practices for Carbon Management and GHG Mitigation in Agriculture

edited by Qianjing Jiang and

Junzeng Xu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 776 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse gas; carbon management; carbon sequestration; sustainable agricultural; regenerative agriculture; precision farming; carbon-smart technologies

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

Value-Added Products from Crop Biomass: Biotechnological, Pharmaceutical and Food Applications

edited by

Martha-Estrella García-Pérez

and

Gina Rosalinda De Nicola

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 759 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture; agri-food; valorization; bioactive molecules; bio-based products; sustainability

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

Genetic Diversity and Pathogenic Mechanisms in Plant Pathogenic Bacteria

edited by Xiaolong Shao

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 655 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic diversity; population genetic analysis; structural modeling or molecular docking; type III secretion system; quorum sensing system; c-di-GMP

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

Endophytes Improve Plant Immunity Under Biotic and Abiotic Stress

edited by

Zhongdong Yu

,

Guiyan Yang

and Xiaoli Chang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 608 | Submission Open

Keywords: endophytes; community characteristics; functions; secondary metabolism; plant epigenetics

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

Novel Studies in High-Throughput Plant Phenomics

edited by Ruifang Zhai,

Hui Feng

and

Wanneng Yang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open

Keywords: root phenotyping; micro phenotyping; field phenotyping; physiological phenotyping; novel sensing technology; deep learning

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

Precision Crop Farming: Innovations in Sustainable Crop Monitoring and Management

edited by

Victor Bloch

and

Maria Grazia D’Urso

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; PLF; data collection; decision making; data processing; AI; IOT; robotics; digital twins; modelling

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

Advances in IoT Applications for Smart Agriculture and Precision Farming

edited by

Dae-Hyun Jung

and Woo Jae Cho

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things (IoT) in agriculture; sensor networks in agriculture; smart farming; data-driven decision-making; AI-driven problem solving for agriculture systems; machine learning and deep learning; blockchain and 5G technology in smart farming

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

Pests, Pesticides, Pollinators and Sustainable Farming

edited by Antonios E. Tsagkarakis, Georgios Papadoulis and Argyro Kalaitzaki

submission deadline 1 Aug 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 15582 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated pest management; biological control; precision plant protection; pollinators; remote sensing; biopesticides; sustainable pest management

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

Adaptation and Responses of Insects Under Abiotic, Biotic and Xenobiotic Constraints—2nd Edition

edited by

Bin Tang

,

Xiaoling Tan

and

Yifan Zhai

submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4353 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; abiotic and biotic stress; chemical pesticides; artificial pollutants; soil fertility; ecosystem services; biological and physiological responses; biodiversity; population dynamics; evolutionary adaptations; ecology

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

Plant Biotechnology and Breeding Strategies to Improve Crop Quality

edited by Jingjun Ruan

submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 322 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop plant quality improvement; plant biotechnology; genetic engineering; transgenic crops; marker-assisted selection; genomics and functional genomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Insecticide Resistance and Novel Insecticides

edited by

Chunqing Zhao

and

Yueping He

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 35706 | Submission Open

Keywords: insecticide; insect resistance; synthesize

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

New Insights into Pathogen, Insect Pest, and Weed Control in Field and Greenhouse Cropping Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Hideyoshi Toyoda

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15783 | Submission Open

Keywords: elucidation of electrostatic principles for pest control; electrostatic trapping of air-borne conidia; flying insect pests and plant pollen; electrostatic attraction of phototactic insect pests; development of insect-repelling apparatus; damage analysis for insects and weeds exposed to arc discharge; utilization of organic materials in electrostatic pest control devices; heating sterilization of soil to exterminate pathogens; insects and weed seeds; identification of useful genes conferring pest resistance to crop plants; searching of effective antagonistic microbes suppressing different types of pests in crop plants; lighting techniques to attract insect pests or disturb their behavior for host attacking; selective light exposure techniques to control the development of diseases caused by pathogens on host plants

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

Land Degradation and Management Strategies: Contributing to Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Changhe Lü

and

Yaqun Liu

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7213 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural land degradation; land use and cover change; overgrazing and grassland degradation; land productivity; soil quality; ecosystem services; anthropogenic interference; climate change; food and ecological security; sustainable land management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Plant Ecophysiology Under Anthropogenic and Natural Stresses

edited by

Brigitta Tóth

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5513 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; allelopathy; antioxidant system; biostimulants; biotic stress; climate change; ecophysiology; free radicals; heavy metals; metabolites; oxidative stress; photosynthesis; plant stress responses; micromorphological changes in plants

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

Soil Pollution and Remediation in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Cledimar Rogério Lourenzi

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4213 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal; animal wastes; organic compost; cover plants; no-tillage system; soil organic carbon; copper; zinc

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

Sustainable Agriculture for Food and Nutrition Security

edited by Peter J. Gregory and

Greg Rebetzke

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3680 | Submission Open

Keywords: production systems; sustainable intensification; regenerative agriculture; vertical farming; integrated pest management; nutritious food; food security; sustainable agriculture

Light Environment Regulation of Crop Growth

edited by Anna Kapczyńska and Jadwiga Treder

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3515 | Submission Open

Keywords: supplemental lighting; light-emitting diodes; photoperiod; light spectra; DLI; light efficiency; horticultural production; yield quality; physiological light response; year-round cultivation; laser light; LED

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

Agronomic Biofortification Practices on Crops

edited by

Maria Manuela Abreu da Silva

and

Cláudia Campos Pessoa

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1661 | Submission Open

Keywords: agronomy; abiotic stress response; biofortification; edible crops; mineral elements; nutritional improvement; plant science; plant metabolism; quality assessment; stress tolerance

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

Pest Ecology and Biological Control in Oil and Row Crops

edited by

José Bruno Malaquias

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1166 | Submission Open

Keywords: pest ecology; biocontrol; predators; parasitoids; pathogens; oil crops; row crops

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

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