Agronomy

Advancement in Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Automation and Crop Management

edited by Peter P. Ling,

and

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 673 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced environmental control techniques; canopy architecture optimization; root zone management; energy use efficiency; AI-based plant health and growth prediction; decision support systems; climate-smart advanced technology; sustainability of CEA production

Progress and Innovations in Breeding Objectives and Technologies for Solanaceae Crops Production

edited by

Elizanilda Ramalho do Rêgo

and Fernando Finger

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 624 | Submission Open

Keywords: solanaceae crops; breeding objectives; breeding technology; fruit quality; high-quality genes; crop phenotype; premium variety

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

Soil Organic Matter and Tillage

edited by

Cledimar Rogerio Lourenzi

,

Arcângelo Loss

and

Heike Knicker

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 607 | Submission Open

Keywords: conventional tillage; reduced tillage; no-till systems; soil health; agricultural sustainability; crop residue management; long-term studies; soil fertility; soil structure; environmental impact

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

Enhancing Food Quality and Plant Stress Tolerance through Selenium Biofortification: Strategies, Progress, and Challenges

edited by María Gabriela Guevara

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 562 | Submission Open

Keywords: crops improvement; climate change; selenium; biofortification; foods; human health; plant abiotic stress; plant biotic stress

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

Site-Specific Weed Management (SSWM): Integrating Weed Population Dynamics with Information-Communications Technologies (ICTs)

edited by

Guillermo R. Chantre

, Roberto Benech-Arnold and

Marcos Yanniccari

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed bioecology; population dynamics; precision agriculture; remote sensing; proximal sensing; artificial intelligence; decision support systems

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

Multi-omic Integration for Applied Prediction Breeding

edited by

Moysés Nascimento

,

Diego Jarquin

and Camila Ferreira Azevedo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop improvement; artificial intelligence; machine learning; mixed models

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

Advanced Lighting Strategies for Controlling Crop Development and Quality

edited by

Onofrio davide Palmitessa

and

Giacomo Cocetta

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart light management systems; input use efficiency; light emitting diodes (LEDs); greenhouse horticulture; vertical farming; indoor farming; vegetables quality

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

The Structure of Plant Microbiomes and the Implications for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by Zongzhuan Shen and

Beibei Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant microbiome; plant health; microbial communities; sustainable agriculture; plant growth promotion; agricultural microorganisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

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 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

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

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

The Role of Livestock Manure in Sustainable Agricultural Land Management (Soil Health) in the Context of Climate Change

edited by

Ladislav Menšík

,

Lukáš Hlisnikovský

and

Eva Kunzová

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: livestock manure; soil; soil health; physical; chemical; and biological properties of soils; carbon sequestration; agricultural land; agronomy; food security; climate change; yield stability

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

Genetic Resources, Phylogenies and Breeding Strategies in Cucurbitaceae

edited by Shuangshuang Yan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic resources; phylogenies; breeding strategies; Cucurbitaceae

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

Effect of Fertilizer Application on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Soil Carbon Sequestration

edited by

Weichao Yang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse gases; N2O; CO2; manure application; fertilizer management; nitrification inhibitor; biofertilizer; organic substitution; green manure; nitrogen cycle; yield; soil organic carbon

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Biorational Plant- and Microbial-Based Products for Controlling Neotropical Pests

edited by

Eugenio E. Oliveira

,

Hong Yang

,

Guy Smagghe

and

Raimundo Wagner S. Aguiar

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; biotechnology; biorational pesticides; neotropical pests; integrated pest management

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

Plant Tissue Culture and Plant Somatic Embryogenesis–2nd Edition

edited by

Justyna Lema-Rumińska

and

Danuta Kulpa

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 128 | 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)

Postharvest Physiology of Fruits and Vegetables—2nd Edition

edited by

Rajko Vidrih

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit; vegetable; postharvest physiology; cuticle characterization; mold alternative inhibition; aroma volatiles; electronic nose; heat treatments; light irradiation

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

Nano-Farming: Crucial Solutions for the Future

edited by

Hassan El-Ramady

,

József Prokisch

and

Eric C. Brevik

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13738 | Submission Open

Keywords: nano-farming; soil pollution; nanomaterials; human health; nano-bioremediation; nano-pollution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Advanced Research on Diagnosis and Biological Control of Crop Diseases

edited by Yi Cheng and

Xiaofeng Su

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2839 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular identification; sustainable crop protection; diagnostic and detection; high-throughput identification; mechanisms; biological control; crop disease

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

Plant–Water Relationships for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Anastasios Zotos

and

Angelos A. Patakas

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2348 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– water relationships; sustainable agriculture; smart agriculture; precision agriculture; plant ecophysiology; plant stress physiology; abiotic stress; plant water status; irrigation management; plant adaptation; Internet of Things (IoT)

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

Weed Biology and Ecology: Importance to Integrated Weed Management

edited by

Agnieszka Lejman

,

Judith Wirth

and

Shouhui Wei

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1388 | 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)

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

edited by

Fernando França da Cunha

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 732 | 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)

Application of Internet of Things in Agroecosystems

edited by

Jianmin Gao

and

Min Dai

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things (IoT); precision agriculture; automated disease control; smart irrigation systems; sensor networks; machine learning; digital twin; deep learning; precision spraying

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

Applications of Pre- and Post-harvest Techniques in Horticultural Products

edited by

Mengyao Li

and

Ya Luo

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 88373 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural products; pre-harvest and post-harvest techniques; biological characteristics; nutritional quality

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

Sustainable Cropping Systems and Biomasses for Energy and Biorefinery Applications

edited by

Nicolai David Jablonowski

,

Moritz von Cossel

and

Yasir Iqbal

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13767 | Submission Open

Keywords: residues-/waste-/recycling-derived fertilizers; soil improvement; soil conditioners (e.g. biochars; algae biomass; other organic residues); waste stream-based; multi-product and/or decentralized and/or modular bio-refinery concepts; alternative crops and agronomic approaches; biodiversity and ecologically robust agronomic practices; nutrient recycling and alternative fertilizers; marginal soils; soil amelioration; biogenic fuels and biogas; biogenic residues; biogenic products and platform chemicals; thermochemical conversion of biomass; biomass to liquid (BtL) and bio based polymers; bio-oils production via Fischer– Tropsch synthesis

Nematode Diseases and Their Management in Crop Plants

edited by

Isabel Luci Pisa Mata da Conceição

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3849 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop production; crop protection; integrated pest management; nematode diseases; pest control; plant-parasitic nematodes

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

Advances in Grassland Productivity and Sustainability — Volume II

edited by

Mohamed Abdalla

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2530 | Submission Open

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

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

Insecticide Resistance: The Genetic Basis and Underlying Mechanisms in Pests

edited by

Youhui Gong

and

Xin Yang

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 107 | 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)

Plant–Microbe–Arthropod Pest Interactions in Agroecosystems

edited by

Marcos Fernando Basso

and

Fei Yang

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– pathogen– insect vector molecular interaction; insect vectors of phytopathogens; insect pests of crops; pathogens of insect pests; agricultural entomology; biological and chemical control; crop-applied biotechnology; crop breeding; insect pest management; disruptive biotechnologies for sustainable agriculture

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

Research Status, Progress, and Applications of Agricultural Robot and Agriculture 4.0 Technologies in Field Operation—Volume II

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11127 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotics for field and specialty crops; agricultural automation; machine vision; deep learning; machine learning; advanced in-field sensing and decision support systems; swarm robotics; nanorobotics; smart sensors; precision agriculture; digital agriculture; agriculture 4.0; instrumentation; big data; cybernetics; SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping); ICT applications; IoT in agriculture

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

Pest Control Technologies Applied in Peanut Production Systems

edited by

David Jordan

and

Dave Hoisington

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2499 | Submission Open

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

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

Cropping Systems and Agronomic Management Practices of Field Crops—2nd Edition

edited by

Aurelio Scavo

and

Umberto Anastasi

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3912 | Submission Open

Keywords: agronomy; field crops; agrobiodiversity; fertilization; irrigation; weed management; soil management; crop quality; cover cropping; crop physiology; organic farming; climatic change; sustainability; ecosystem services

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

Tissue Structure and Plant Phytochemicals

edited by

Mirosława Chwil

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: micromorphology; anatomy; and ultrastructure; secretory tissues; exo- and endogenous structures; environmental biodiversity; herbal raw materials; primary and secondary metabolites; phytochemicals; phytotherapy; pharmaceutical and cosmetic products; nutraceutical and health-enhancing properties

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

In-Field Detection and Monitoring Technology in Precision Agriculture

edited by

Xi Qiao

,

Shuo Zhang

and

Cong Wang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8635 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent agriculture; image processing; spectral analysis; quantitative inversion; prediction; early warning; machine learning; feature fusion

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

Tools and Techniques for Monitoring Pests and Diseases in Agro-Ecosystem

edited by Chandra Shekhar Prabhakar,

Dan Jeric Arcega Rustia

and

Alvaro Fuentes

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7968 | Submission Open

Keywords: insect pest; plant diseases; monitoring; artificial intelligence; agriculture; crops; climate change; pest populations

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

Utilization and Management of Grassland Ecosystems

edited by

Xiaoping Xin

,

Ruirui Yan

,

Dawei Xu

and Lijun Xu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5621 | Submission Open

Keywords: grassland; grazing; cutting; carbon– nitrogen cycle; biodiversity; livestock production; Intelligent grazing; modeling

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

Genetic and Molecular Research on Rice Grain Yield

edited by

Yu-Jun Zhu

,

Zhen-Hua Zhang

and

Chaolei Liu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5248 | Submission Open

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

Fruits Crops Improvements in View of Marker Development, Genetic Diversity, Population Structure Traits Tagging and GWAS

edited by

Manosh Biswas

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5244 | Submission Open

Keywords: Next generation sequencing; Molecular Markers; SSR; SNP; Agronomic traits; Bioinformatics; Population structure; Genetic diversity; Germplasm; Gene banks

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

Genetics and Breeding of Field Crops in the 21st Century

edited by

Ioannis N. Xynias

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4906 | Submission Open

Keywords: yield; quality; food supply; climate change; sustainable agriculture

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

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

edited by

Agnieszka Wolna-Maruwka

,

Jean Bernard Diatta

and Justyna Starzyk

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4793 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Precision Operation Technology and Intelligent Equipment in Farmland—2nd Edition

edited by

Jun Ni

, Lei Feng and

Lvhua Han

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2975 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision operation; agricultural sensor; agricultural machinery; field robots; machine– soil– crop interaction; interaction mechanism; intelligent control; unmanned and automatic operations

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

New Insights into Plants’ Defense Mechanisms against Stresses

edited by

Iwona Sadura

and Maciej Grzesiak

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2424 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental stress; biotic stress; abiotic stress; stress tolerance; stress responses; plant breeding; plants’ defense mechanisms

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

Recycling of Organic Wastes in Agriculture: Serving for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Halyna Kominko

and Grzegorz Izydorczyk

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2094 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic matter recycling; sustainable agriculture; manure; sewage sludge; food waste; composting; waste valorization; fertilizers; potentially toxic elements; soil

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

Qualitative and Quantitative Plant Screening Measurements for Yield and Quality Enhancement

edited by

Antonela Markulj Kulundžić

and

Domagoj Šimić

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1991 | Submission Open

Keywords: chlorophyll a fluorescence; photosynthesis; VIS/NIR reflectance; thermal imaging; spectral reflectance indices; phytochemical reflectance index; plant physiology; breeding; crop production; agronomic traits; yield; yield components; plant quality genotype; unfavourable growth conditions; adaptation; tolerance; resistance

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

Phytoalexins, Resistance Inducers, and Sustainable Control Measures in Crop Protection Strategies—2nd Edition

edited by

Francesco Calzarano

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1618 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable crop protection; resistance induction; biological products; natural products; disease management

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

Soil Pollution and Remediation in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Cledimar Rogério Lourenzi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1525 | 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)

The Use of NIR Spectroscopy in Smart Agriculture

edited by

Ana Elisa Rato

and

Julio Nogales-Bueno

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1371 | 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)

Advances in Agricultural Engineering for a Sustainable Tomorrow

edited by Manuel Moya Ignacio and Desirée Rodríguez-Robles

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1298 | Submission Open

Keywords: technology; energy; mechanization; automation; construction; environmental sustainability; greenhouse; irrigation; crop and animal production

(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 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1198 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop; metabolomics; nutrition; function; regulation

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

Waste to Wealth: Resource Utilization of Agricultural Waste through Effective Biomass Management

edited by

Anabel Fernandez

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1090 | Submission Open

Keywords: valorization; biorefinery; circular economy; waste agricultural; waste management; bioenergy potential; amendment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Recent Advances in Legume Crop Protection

edited by Kai Li, Yu Gao and

Zhaofeng Huang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 907 | Submission Open

Keywords: resistance breeding; resistance gene mining; induced resistance; legume viruses; malignant weed; insect ecology; plant disease and pest detection and modeling; plant disease and pests; biological control; chemical control; physical and mechanical control; pesticide resistance management; integrated pest management

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

Recent Trends towards Genetics-Based Methods for Pest Management in Agroecosystems—Second Edition

edited by

Fajun Chen

and

Lanzhi Han

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 786 | Submission Open

Keywords: insect-resistant genetically modified crops; RNAi and CRISPR/Cas9 editing methods; traditional genetic breeding techniques; diverse applications of insect-resistant crops; genetically sterile techniques for insect pests; transgenic insects; biopesticides

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

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