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New Insights in Crop Management to Respond to Climate Change submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 65 | 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
submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 64 | 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
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5698 | 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 submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2152 | 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 689 | 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)
Sustainable Pest Management under Climate Change
edited by Xiongbing Tu and Shiqian Feng
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 532 | 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)
Selected Papers from the 4th International Electronic Conference on Agronomy (IECAG 2024) submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 158 | 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 submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 151 | 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 submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 82 | 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)
Novel Studies in Crop Breeding for Promoting Agro-Biodiversity—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 51 | 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)
Composting for Soil Improvement and Removal of Soil Contaminants
edited by and María Rosa Martínez-Gallardo
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 17 | Submission Open
Keywords: compost; biofertilizers; soil sustainability; soil ecology; biorestoration; bioremediation; organic fertilization; agrochemical reduction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Biosystem and Biological Engineering)
Biochar’s Role in the Sustainability of Agriculture
edited by Fulai Liu, and Xuezhi Liu
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open
Keywords: biochar; soil health; crop physiology; rhizosphere environment; stress resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Revolutionizing Crop Management: Integrating UAV Technology for Precision Agriculture
edited by , and Alper Adak
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV remote sensing; precision farming; site-specific management; UAV image processing; robotic and sensor technology; crop modeling; drone applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Minor Cereals
edited by Guanqing Jia
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open
Keywords: minor cereal; yield potential; nutritional quality; stress tolerance; gene cloning; breeding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Cultivation Physiology, Molecular Biology and Molecular Breeding of Solanaceae—2nd Edition
edited by Fangling Jiang
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Submission Open
Keywords: solanaceae; cultivation physiology; molecular biology; molecular breeding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
Fertigation Effects on Water and Nutrient Use Efficiency for Agro-Crop Plants
edited by Lichun Wang and
submission deadline 1 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1901 | Submission Open
Keywords: fertigation; water and nutrient use efficiency; fertilizer-yield effect; irrigation systems; water– salt– fertilizer– carbon coupling; crop nutrition; soilless culture; nutrient delivery; soil fertility; controlled release fertilizers; precision farming; agricultural practices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Soil Carbon Sequestration for Mitigating Climate Change in Grasslands
edited by and Carlos Monreal
submission deadline 15 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open
Keywords: grasses; fertilization; management; grazing; GHG emissions; C neutral systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Grassland and Pasture Science)
Phytopathogens and Crop Diseases
edited by and Yuh Tzean
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2520 | Submission Open
Keywords: phytopathology; plant resistance; integrated pest management; disease detection technologies; pathogen-host interaction; crop resilience; disease epidemiology; molecular approaches; climate change and agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Metagenomic Analysis for Unveiling Agricultural Microbiome—2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant microbiome; root microbiota; amplicon; metagenomics; metatranscriptome
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Regulation of Nanomaterials in Crop Growth and Physiology under Abiotic Stress submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanoparticles; biogenic nanoparticles; heavy metal stress; salinity: cold stress; drought stress; temperature; reactive oxygen species
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Advances in Biotransformation of Agricultural Waste: Opportunities and Challenges submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable resources; biotransformation; value-added products; anaerobic digestion; biorefinery; waste-to-energy; sustainable agriculture; waste reduction; circular economy; life cycle assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)
Promoting Intercropping Systems in Sustainable Agriculture—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; organic farming; cropping systems; conservation agriculture; water management; cover crops; ecological intensification; modeling; climate change; ecosystem services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)
Plant Nutrition Eco-Physiology and Nutrient Management
edited by and Tianyuan Yang
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open
Keywords: mineral elements; organic fertilizers; plant nutrition eco-physiology; nutrient management; yield and quality; nutrient use efficiency; soil quality and productivity; environmental effects
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Integrated Pest Management for Invasive Species—in Fresh Fruit Production Systems
edited by , and Slawomir A. Lux
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: invasive pests; integrated pest management; fruit flies; perennial crops; fruit trees; fresh fruit commodities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Proteomics Technologies in Crop Improvement toward Sustainable Agriculture
edited by Zhiguo E, Chen Chen and Lijuan Wu
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open
Keywords: proteomics; crop improvement; biological breeding; bioinformatics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Application of Nanomaterials for Diseases and Pest Control in Agriculture
edited by and Rebeca G. Betancourt-Galindo
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open
Keywords: nano-agrochemicals; nanopesticides; nano-protect
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Optimization and Innovation of Physiological Indexes in Crop Tolerance Mechanism
edited by Mario Franić and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; crop resilience; physiological traits; stress adaptation; agricultural innovation; tolerance mechanisms; yield stability; physiological index; performance index
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Molecular Advances in Crop Protection and Agrobiotechnology
edited by and Kai Xu
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 716 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop protection; interactions; agrobiotechnology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
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