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Effects of Crop Management on Yields submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9573 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop site; crop management; yield improvement; land use
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)
Design and Development of Smart Crop Protection Equipment
edited by Weidong Jia, Qizhi Yang and Xiaowen Wang
submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6028 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart crop protection equipment; pesticide droplet drift; crop protection robot; aviation crop protection; remote sensing; agricultural sensor
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
Application of Antioxidants and Bioactive Compounds in Agricultural Products submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4330 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional agri-food products; bioavailable compounds; controlled release; nutraceuticals; shelf-life extension; oxidative damage prevention; innovative extraction methods; advanced preservation techniques; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Product Quality and Safety)
Innovation and Sustainability in Agribusiness: Policies and Market Dynamics submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3061 | Submission Open
Keywords: innovation in agribusiness; sustainable agriculture; agricultural policies; market dynamics; value-added products; smart innovation in agriculture; climate resilience; rural development; circular economy in agriculture; consumer behavior; AI in agriculture; rural livelihoods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)
Hydrogeophysical Monitoring of Water and Solutes in Agricultural Soils submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2447 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogeophysical methods; agricultural soils; water movement; plant– soil interactions; geophysical equipment; data fusion; infiltration dynamics; crop productivity; sustainable agriculture; root water uptake; soil moisture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)
Converting and Recycling of Agroforestry Residues
edited by , and Jiangang Han
submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2182 | Submission Open
Keywords: agroforestry residues; pyrolysis; hydrolysis; fermentation; carbon sequestration; biomass conversion; biomaterial; cellulose; lignin
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecosystem, Environment and Climate Change in Agriculture)
Technological Innovation, Adoption, and Implementation in Agri-Food Supply Chains
edited by and Huilan Chen
submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1528 | Submission Open
Keywords: agri-food supply chain; technological innovations; adoption and implementation of technological innovations; digitalization of agri-food supply chains
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)
Fungal Plant Pathogens in Agricultural Crops: Diversity, Detection, and Control submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1106 | Submission Open
Keywords: pathogens; detection; diversity; control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)
Biocontrol Agents for Plant Pest Management
edited by
submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 975 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural management; plant pests; plant diseases; biocontrol agents; biocontrol techniques; integrated pest management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)
Integrated Crop–Livestock Systems Management for Sustainable Agriculture
edited by Rachael Christensen
submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 514 | Submission Open
Keywords: nitrogen mineralization; carbon sequestration; grazing; integrated crops and livestock; climate smart
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Systems and Management)
Optical Sensors Applied in the Detection and Control of Agricultural Production Environments
edited by
submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 483 | Submission Open
Keywords: laser measurement; optical sensors; optoelectronics detection; Internet of Things; environmental monitoring; disease warning; temperature sensing; remote sensing; spectrum technology; fiber sensors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)
Genomics Application in Sheep and Goat Rearing
edited by Zhibin Ji
submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 480 | Submission Open
Keywords: sheep; goat; genomics sequencing; bioinformatics; genetic diversity; gene regulation; reproductive capacity; genetic improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
Nutrition, Production Performance, and Product Quality of Poultry
edited by Kosar Gharib Naseri, , Eunjoo Kim and Sosthene Musigwa
submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 441 | Submission Open
Keywords: poultry nutrition; feed additives; alternative feed sources; management; intestinal health; digestibility; poultry performance; sustainability; production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
Nanotechnology and Biopolymers in Veterinary and Farm Animal Health submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open
Keywords: farm animal health; nanotechnology; biopolymers; drug delivery; diagnostics; disease prevention
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
Advanced Earth Observation Technologies for Sustainable Irrigation Water Management submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open
Keywords: earth observation; irrigation water management; water balance; surface energy balance; soil-plant-atmosphere interactions; precision agriculture; machine learning; irrigated areas mapping; irrigation scheduling; irrigation water accounting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Water Management)
Multi- and Hyper-Spectral Imaging Technologies for Crop Monitoring—2nd Edition
edited by Aichen Wang and
submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 9732 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-/hyper-spectral imaging; crop monitoring; phenotyping; optical sensing; stress monitoring; machine learning; remote sensing; UAV
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)
Internet of Things and Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart Vegetable Growing submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1266 | Submission Open
Keywords: sensors; internet of things (IoT); wireless sensor networks (WSNs); machine learning; cloud computing; information systems; robotics; precision agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)
Effect of Irrigation Management on Nursery Crop Production, Quality and Water Use submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 390 | Submission Open
Keywords: nursery crop; sustainable production; water conservation; irrigation optimization; water reuse; moisture sensors; alternative water sources; irrigation return flow
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Water Management)
GHG Mitigation in Forage-Based and Conventional Livestock Production Systems in Tropical and Subtropical Climate Regions of the World submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: cattle; mitigation; greenhouse gases; methane; agro-silvopastoral systems; intensification; tropical and subtropical regions; resilience; agroecology; dual-purpose cattle
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
New Energy-Powered Agricultural Machinery and Equipment submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13030 | Submission Open
Keywords: structural innovation design of agricultural machinery and equipment for new energy power; development and utilization of new energy power applicable to agricultural machinery and equipment; intelligent control system development of agricultural machinery and equipment with new energy power; application; scenario and promotion of new energy power for agricultural equipment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
The Influence of Light, Temperature and Irrigation on Crop Production and Quality submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6858 | Submission Open
Keywords: photosynthesis; heat stress; water stress; flood; irrigation systems; nets; plants’ yield; nutritional value
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)
Agricultural Citizen Science and Sustainable Regional Development—Second Edition submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3854 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable rural development; community engagement; capacity building; innovative strategies; agricultural economics; agricultural policies; agricultural planning; food security; climate impacts; environmental impacts; rural extension
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)
Biosecurity Innovations for Pest Management in Agricultural Products
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1028 | Submission Open
Keywords: biosecurity; pest management; agricultural products; integrated pest management; quarantine treatments; biological control; Internet of Things; sensor technologies; sustainable practices; food security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Product Quality and Safety)
Intelligent Sensing and Edge AI-Driven Systems for Precision Agriculture
edited by Azlan Zahid, Mazhar Sher and Chetan Badgujar
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 837 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer vision; intelligent controls; edge-AI; sensors; phenotyping; smart agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)
Plant Diagnosis and Monitoring for Agricultural Production
edited by , Yanlei Xu and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 429 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision agriculture; remote sensing; IoT in farming; machine learning in agriculture; big data analytics; drone technology; sustainable farming; geospatial analytics; crop monitoring; soil health management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)
Economic Pathways and Consumer Dynamics in Sustainable Controlled-Environment Agriculture (CEA) submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open
Keywords: controlled-environment agriculture; economic viability; supply chain resilience; economic modelling; sustainable CEA; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)
Effects of Engineered Nanomaterials on Soil Health and Plant Growth submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open
Keywords: biochemical metabolism; green or eco-friendly nanomaterial synthesis; food production; carbon sequestration; crop protection; affordable and healthy food; omics technologies; land or soil conservation; agronanotechnology; biotechnological crop production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)
Migration and Diffusion of Heavy Metals and Metalloids in Agri-Soil Systems
edited by , and Chenxi Zhai
submission deadline 5 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3208 | Submission Open
Keywords: heavy metals; metalloids; agricultural soil; migration; diffusion; transformation; sources and distribution; risk assessment; remediation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)
Soil Health and Microbiomes: A One Health Approach to Sustainable Crop Productivity and Ecosystem Resilience
edited by Andrea Visca, Manuela Costanzo and
submission deadline 5 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 717 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable agriculture; soil microbiome; plant– microbe interactions; ecosystem resilience; agroecosystem functionality; climate change mitigation; one health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)
Research on Cropping Technologies for Achieving High-Yield and High-Quality Wheat
edited by
submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 874 | Submission Open
Keywords: wheat; high yield and high quality; cropping technologies; quality formation mechanisms; nutrient utilization; climate change adaptation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)
Application of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Permanent Crops
edited by Jurij Rakun and
submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision farming; robotics; artificial intelligence (AI); information and communication technologies (ICT); autonomous systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
Soil Chemical Properties and Soil Conservation in Agriculture submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4668 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil chemistry; soil quality; soil protection; soil health; soil degradation; soil reclamation; soil contaminants; nutrient cycling; use and management of agricultural soils
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)
Mathematical Modeling for Technological Processes of Agricultural Products
edited by Yanlong Han, and Anqi Li
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4433 | Submission Open
Keywords: processing of agricultural products; mathematical model; predictive model; parameter calibration; numerical simulation; mechanism analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
Effects of Dietary Interventions on Monogastric Animal Production
edited by
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3833 | Submission Open
Keywords: nutrients; feed; fed additives; nutrition; pigs; poultry; growth performance; slaughter value; meat quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
New Advances and Applications of Biofortification in Crop Production
edited by Donglin Huang, Hui Mao and Zhaohui Wang
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 513 | Submission Open
Keywords: hidden hunger; biofortified crops; Biofortification; Zn-enriched crops; Se-enriched crops; Fe-enriched crops
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)
Integrated Approaches to Soil and Sediment Transport in Agricultural Landscapes
edited by and Miroslav Dumbrovský
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; landscape; protective measures; retention capacity; sediment transport; soil conservation; soil erosion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)
Advanced Research of Secondary Metabolites in Medicinal and Industrial Plants submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8349 | Submission Open
Keywords: secondary metabolites; medicinal and industrial plants; bioactive compounds; metabolomics; plant extracts; therapeutic potential; instrumental techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Product Quality and Safety)
Abiotic Stress Responses in Horticultural Crops
edited by Xiaoyong Xu, Lijuan Jiang and Lun Wang
submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6407 | Submission Open
Keywords: cold stress; low-temperature stress; high-temperature stress; drought stress; salt stress; heavy-metal stress; stress signaling; transcriptomics; metabolomics; proteomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)
Genetics, Breeding and Transcriptomic Analysis of Chrysanthemum
edited by Lijie Zhou and
submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2168 | Submission Open
Keywords: flower color; development; flowering time; scents; disease resistance; environment interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Genetics, Genomics and Breeding)
Precision Livestock Farming and Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Livestock Systems submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2066 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision livestock farming; artificial intelligence; automatization; deep learning; machine learning; sensors; computer vision; sustainable livestock systems; animal welfare; animal behavior
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)
Genetic Diversity, Adaptation and Evolution of Livestock
edited by and Marcos Paulo Gonçalves De Rezende
submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1112 | Submission Open
Keywords: local breeds; genomics; genetic diversity; livestock management; adaptation; evolution; selection; multi-omics; breeding strategies; biodiversity; inbreeding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
The Use of Evolutionary Algorithms for Crop Planning
edited by , James Montgomery and Andrew Lewis
submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open
Keywords: evolutionary algorithms; mathematical modeling; multi-objective optimization; resource allocation; crop planning; precision agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)
Heavy Metal Pollution and Remediation in Agricultural Soils
edited by Shiqiang Wei, Jing Song and Bo Song
submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8677 | Submission Open
Keywords: heavy metals; soil remediation; crop safe production; source identification; pollution processes; transport; and transformation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)
Agri-Environmental Risk Assessment and Management for Sustainable Rural Development
edited by Lei Zhang
submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3875 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)
Single Leaf Area Models and Leaf Area Index in Agriculture and Its Related Ecosystems
edited by Kohei Koyama
submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3310 | Submission Open
Keywords: leaf area; leaf area index; image analysis; remote sensing; Montgomery equation; leaf length-times-width equation; foliage length-times-width equation; mathematical modeling; remote sensing; allometry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)
The Impact of Environmental Factors and Pesticides on Bee Behavior
edited by Agnieszka Murawska
submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3207 | Submission Open
Keywords: bee behavior; learning ability; cognitive skills; climate change; navigation skills; pesticides; flight performance; bumblebees; solitary bees; honeybee
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
Application of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Precision Beekeeping submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2621 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision beekeeping; machine learning; artificial intelligence; hive monitoring; data analytics; bee health management; predictive modeling; automated systems; sustainable agriculture; pollination efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)
Current Challenges in Microbiology and Chemistry of Animal Feed submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2353 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbiology; chemistry; mycology; toxicology; feed; microorganisms; mycotoxins; analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
The Impact of Nutrition on Poultry Meat and Egg Quality submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1606 | Submission Open
Keywords: poultry; meat and egg quality; bioactive compounds; enhanced products; product stability and shelf-life; gene– nutrient interaction; consumer acceptance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)
Computers and IT Solutions for Agriculture and Their Application
edited by
submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1605 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart solutions for agriculture; artificial intelligence; deep learning; machine learning; big data; internet of things; modeling; ecohydrology; biogeochemistry; plant and ecosystem productivity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)
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