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Influence of Rice-Aquatic Animal Integrated Farming on Rice Productivity and the Adaptive Measures

edited by Hui Gao, Zhi Dou and Qiang Xu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice– aquatic animal integrated farming system; rice yield; rice quality; soil and water quality; interaction between rice and aquatic animal; adaptive culture measures

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

Foliar Fertilization: Novel Approaches and Field Practices

edited by

Dagmara Migut

and

Wacław Jarecki

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: foliar fertilization; foliar application; biostimulants; phytoprotectants; abiotic stresses; micronutrients; macronutrients; plant protection; yield; yield quality

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

Agrotechnics in Seed Quality: Current Progress and Challenges

edited by

Clíssia Barboza Mastrangelo

and

Edvaldo Aparecido Amaral Da Silva

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: multispectral imaging; spectroscopy; fluorescence; radiography; hyperspectral image; tomography; magnetic resonance; machine learning; seed vigor; fungi

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

Fruit Quality Formation and Regulation

edited by

Shaojia Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruits; color; flavor; texture; physiology; cultivation; postharvest

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

Progress in Horticultural Crops—From Genotype to Phenotype—Volume II

edited by

Guanglong Wang

Lijun Ou

and

Aisheng Xiong

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural crop; genetics; biotechnology; genotype; phenotype

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

Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Agricultural Systems for Field Carbon Sequestration and Emission Reduction

edited by

Ziyin Shang

, Liujun Xiao and

Shunhua Yang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: methane; nitrous oxide; ammonia

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

The Impact of Land Use Change on Soil Quality Evolution

edited by

Yunfeng Hu

Wei Wei

and

Wei Wan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/cover change; soil quality; soil degradation; conservation tillage; soil carbon nitrogen cycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Functional Genomics and Molecular Breeding of Root and Tuber Crops

edited by

Huan Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: root and tuber crops; functional genomics; gene function and molecular mechanism

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

Effects of Plant Hormones on Vegetable Adaptation and Mitigation of Abiotic Stress

edited by Changxia Li and Yang-Dong Guo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; plant hormone; quality; growth and development

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

Mastering Hormone Regulation to Boost Crop Resilience against Climate Change

edited by Marina Pérez-Llorca and

Maren Müller

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop resilience; hormonal regulation; environmental stress; climate change adaptation; sustainable agriculture

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

Genetic Diversity and Pathogenic Mechanisms in Plant Pathogenic Bacteria

edited by Xiaolong Shao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 19 | 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)

The Use of Substances Is Increasing Plant Resistance to Abiotic Stressors

edited by

František Hnilička

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; plant metabolism; plants production; anti-stress agents

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

Intelligent Information System for Agriculture Based on Vision Technology

edited by

Arjun Neupane

Tej Bahadur Shahi

and Richard Koech‬

submission deadline 1 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent system; sensors; smart farming; data science; vision technology

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

New Insights into Pest and Disease Control in Rice

edited by

Rongzhi Chen

and

Zhaohui Chu

submission deadline 1 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: IPM; disease resistance; pest management; weed control; bio-control; biostimulators; nanotechnology; intelligent monitoring; remote sensing

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

Simulation Environments and Image Synthesis for Precision Agriculture: Advancing Data Quality, Accessibility, and Agricultural Innovation

edited by

Mario Cunha

and Mulham Fawakherji

submission deadline 1 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic data; generative models; VAEs; simulation environments; crop management; soil management; water management; remote sensing; machine learning; data augmentation; data quality; data accessibility

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

Sustainable Management in Water-Agricultural Nexus

edited by

Mohamed Houssemeddine Sellami

and

Rossella Albrizio

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: water recycling and reuse; sustainable agriculture practices; water resources; water security; water– agriculture nexus; sustainable management

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

Applied Research and Extension in Agronomic Soil Fertility Series II

edited by Lianghuan Wu,

Xiaochuang Cao

, Wenhai Mi and Qingxu Ma

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 14782 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility; carbon sequestration; soil nutrient cycling; crop production; agricultural soils

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

Robotics and Automation in Farming

edited by

Marco Fontanelli

and

Lorenzo Gagliardi

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural robotics; automation; smart farming; precision agriculture

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

Plant Ecophysiology Under Anthropogenic and Natural Stresses

edited by

Brigitta Tóth

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 40 | 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)

Sustainable Viticulture in the Face of Climate Change: Innovative Strategies for Quality Enhancement and Ecosystem Preservation

edited by

Eleonora Cataldo

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable viticulture; climate change adaptation; soil health; water management; biodiversity conservation; precision agriculture; ecosystem services; wine quality; environmental stewardship; agricultural sustainability

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

The Contribution of Phytobiomes for Resilient and Productive Agroecosystems

edited by Hohmann Pierre

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant-associated microbiomes; plant– microbe interactions; microbial ecology; metagenomics; plant– environment feedback; metagenomic prediction; microbial inoculation; SynComs; stress resistance; resilient agroecosystems; sustainable agriculture

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

Soil Microbe and Nematode Communities in Agricultural Systems

edited by

Fengjuan Pan

Yanfeng Hu

and Shuxia Jia

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2662 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microorganisms; soil nematodes; community structure; soil biodiversity; soil functions; soil health; soil ecosystems

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

Reduced Tillage Strategy for Sustainable Soil Management in Agriculture

edited by

Mykola Kochiieru

and

Gražina Kadžienė

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 17 | Submission Open

Keywords: tillage; soil quality; soil organic matter; soil carbon emission; soil– plant interaction; stability of soil aggregates

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

In-Depth Investigation and Integrated Management of Fruit Crop Diseases

edited by

Yuan-Min Shen

and

Marco Scortichini

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant diseases; fruit crop diseases; plant pathogens; postharvest management; biological control

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

Agricultural Waste Derived Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications

edited by

Baskaran Stephen Inbaraj

Kandi Sridhar

and

Minaxi Sharma

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16737 | Submission Open

Keywords: agrowaste; nanomaterials; nanocomposites; environmental monitoring/remediation; sensors; catalysts; food application; biomedical application; diagnostics and therapeutics

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

Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Mo Li

and

Fan Zhang

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 766 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation; cropping pattern; water-land-food nexus; conservation and remediation; agricultural drought analysis; climate change; environment and ecology effect; simulation and optimization modeling; management and assessment; policies analysis; decision support system

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

Agricultural Innovation in Sustainable and Organic Vegetable Crops Production

edited by Jose Magno Queiroz Luz and

Gabriel M. Maciel

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

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

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

Sustainable Agriculture: Plant Protection and Crop Production

edited by

Luigi Morra

and

Eugenio Cozzolino

submission deadline 27 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecology; integrated pest management; biological control of plant disease; crop protection; soil health; plant health; biofertilizers and biocontrol; organic amendment; cover crops; minimum tillage

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

Spatially-Based Services and Applications in Precision Farming: From Data to Field Information

edited by

Enrico Corrado Borgogno Mondino

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7504 | Submission Open

Keywords: services; satellite imagery; copernicus; crop monitoring; artificial intelligence; sensor networks; multispectral imagery; digital photogrammetry

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

Irrigation Schedules Based on Plants, Soil and Meteorological Indicators

edited by Xiaosen Wang and

Haijun Liu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2587 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation schedule; water use efficiency; irrigation indicator; intelligent and precision irrigation; irrigation model; irrigation technology; crop water requirement

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

Innovations in Assessing G×E×M Interactions: Advancing Agronomy and Modeling Strategies for Sustainable Crop Production

edited by

Tajamul Hussain

Ruijun Qin

and

Johnny Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 331 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-smart agriculture; agronomy; G× E× M interactions; nutrient utilization and losses; modeling strategies; precision agriculture; machine learning; resource optimization; decision support; environmental resilience

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

Soil and Water Management and Conservation in Regenerative Agriculture

edited by

Sanjit Deb

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; conservation agriculture; organic agriculture; soil health; soil water; soil amendments; irrigation and water management; agrohydrology; cover crops and crop rotation; conservation tillage; soil organic matter; carbon sequestration; agrobiodiversity; agroecology; agroforestry; climate-smart agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Exploring Mechanisms and Technologies for Enhancing Nitrogen Efficiency in Maize Production

edited by Zheng Liu and Guohua Mi

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: maize; nitrogen uptake; nitrogen utilization; nitrogen use efficiency; nitrogen fate; crop– soil system; crop management; crop model

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

The Effects of Irrigation and Fertilization Management on Cropping Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Aiwang Duan

and

Yang Gao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation management; fertilization; cropping system; yield and quality; water productivity; nitrogen use efficiency; crop model

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

Research on Synergistic Regulation of Plant Growth by Plant Hormones and Nutrients

edited by

Alfonso Albacete

and

Mengmeng Hou

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant hormone; nitrogen; phosphorus; regulatory mechanisms; interaction

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

Application of In Vitro Technology to Improving the Yield and Quality of Horticultural and Alternative Crops

edited by Wojciech Litwinczuk

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: micropropagation; plant breeding; germplasm storage; somaclonal variation

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

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Spice Crops

edited by

Touming Liu

, Song Gao and Yao Lv

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 20 | Submission Open

Keywords: spice crops; genetics; genomics; genetics; breeding; gene function; comparative genomics

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

Effects of Soil Tillage and Fertilizer Management on Production of Cereal Crops: 2nd Edition

edited by Juan Han

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 3 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation agriculture; soil tillage; fertilization mode; crop yield; agricultural product quality; resource utilization efficiency; soil fertility and health; soil nutrient supply and circulation; sustainability of soil fertilization; greenhouse gas emissions

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

Green Control of Pests and Pathogens in Tropical Plants

edited by Xiao Liang and Ying Zhou

submission deadline 1 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: green control; pests and pathogens; tropical plant

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

Integrated Management of Crop Residues and Their Bioactive Properties in Agri-Food Production—2nd Edition

edited by

Carla Susana Correia Pereira

José Virgílio Santulhão Pinela

and

Maria Inês Moreira Figueiredo Dias

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop residues; sustainable management; agricultural practices; soil/crop protection; bioactive compounds; product development

New Insights in Crop Management to Respond to Climate Change

edited by

Andrzej Salata

Hector Moreno Ramón

Gaetano Pandino

and

Joanna Majkowska-Gadomska

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetable; herbs; crop; biodiversity; nutrient; irrigation; quality plant products

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

Harnessing Technology for Precision Viticulture

edited by

Helder Fraga

submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; proximal sensing; precision agriculture and viticulture; image acquisition; image processing; multi- and hyperspectral data

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

New Approach of High-Quality Agricultural Development in the Saline-Alkali Land

edited by Zhu Ouyang and

Zhen Liu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4368 | Submission Open

Keywords: comprehensive utilization of saline-alkali land; soil carbon and nitrogen processes in saline-alkali soil; the dynamic process of soil water and salt in saline-alkali soil; interaction of plant-soil-microbe in saline-alkali land; construction of ecological grass-husbandry ecosystem

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Agrochemistry and Application of Natural Products to Agricultural Research

edited by Mayker Lazaro Dantas Miranda

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1054 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant extracts; essential oils; chemistry of natural compounds; bio-based agricultural products; biological control of plant diseases

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

Crop Management in Water-Limited Cropping Systems

edited by Shoutian Ma

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 597 | 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)

Selected Papers from the 4th International Electronic Conference on Agronomy (IECAG 2024)

edited by

José David Flores-Félix

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop breeding; soil management; sustainable farming; horticulture; grassland; precision agriculture; irrigation advances; crop physiology; beneficial microbes; PGPB

Genetic Basis of Crop Selection and Evolution

edited by

Moyang Liu

Shiling Feng

and

Hui Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop selection; evolution; genetic basis; adaptability; variety improvement; stress resistance; environmental interaction; genomics; epigenetics; germplasm resources

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

Circular Economy in Agriculture through Waste Valorization and Recycling

edited by

Carlo Greco

and

Vito Armando Laudicina

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: anaerobic digestion of biowaste; agricultural wastes; and residues; co-products of anaerobic digestion; organic waste management; biomethane; circular bioeconomy; digestate valorization; energy efficiency in agriculture; renewable energy in agriculture; waste to energy; agro-energy supply chain; compost; vermicompost; precision agriculture applied in circular bioeconomy

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

Sustainable Pest Management under Climate Change

edited by Xiongbing Tu and Shiqian Feng

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: pest management; pest monitoring; suitable area forecasting; population dynamics; sustainable management strategies; biological control

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

Novel Studies in Crop Breeding for Promoting Agro-Biodiversity—2nd Edition

edited by

Roberto Pilu

and

Michela Landoni

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: breeding; molecular breeding; plant genetics; plant genomics; agrobiodiversity; germplasm bank

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

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