Adaptive Adjustment of Crop Management Practices Under Global Warming
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Farming Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2026 | Viewed by 1529
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Interests: protein crops; oilseed crops; innovative and modern cultivation; crop quality; biostimulants in agricultural production
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Interests: legumes; oilseed crops; alternative crops; sustainable crop production; adaptation of crops to a changing climate
Interests: weed control; weed germination; plant stress; legume plants
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growing demand for quality food associated with global population growth and increasing consumer awareness is posing new problems for agriculture, and global climate change is leading to increasing challenges in agricultural production, and thus poses a serious threat to global food security. Extreme weather events such as heat waves, floods and prolonged droughts are escalating in frequency. Shifts in natural factors such as radiation, temperature, precipitation and humidity contribute to changes in plant growth, yield and quality.
Identifying crop species and cultivars that are suitable for new production environments is key to increasing crop expansion, adaptation and overall productivity. At the same time, understanding the mechanisms for maintaining productivity and/or increasing yields under stressful conditions helps determine the suitability of crops in new environments. Cultivation risks can be attempted to be reduced by breeding and selecting more resistant/tolerant cultivars that develop and yield better under less favourable environmental conditions, optimizing sowing dates as well as water and nutrient use by plants, modern agrotechnology and using innovative crop yield enhancers.
In this Special Issue, we invite the publication of articles that deal broadly with crop adaptation to climate change and related phenomena. Both original research and review articles on these topics and related areas are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Marcin Kozak
Dr. Magdalena Serafin-Andrzejewska
Dr. Agnieszka Lejman
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- adaptation
- alternative crops
- crop yield and quality
- management practice
- sowing date
- biodiversity
- pest management
- symbiotic microorganisms
- yield-stimulating products
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