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Seed Plant Chromosome Engineering
edited by Seong-Woo Cho and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open
Keywords: seed plant; chromosome association; chromosome behavior; chromosome architecture; chromosome modification; DNA modification
Advances in Proximal and Remote Sensing for Optimizing Agricultural and Horticultural Production and Postharvest Systems
edited by , Rocío Arias-Calderón and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop monitoring; data-driven farming; irrigation management; plant health monitoring; precision agriculture; proximal sensing; remote sensing; sustainable farming; soil quality assessments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
Crop Production in the Era of Climate Change submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; climate change; smart agriculture; precision agriculture; remote sensing; Internet of Things (IoT)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
Cover Crops and Forage in Nutrient Cycling and Their Utilization in Integrated Crop–Livestock Systems submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil quality; grassland; crop rotation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Innovative Technology and Postharvest Management Strategies to Improve the Quality and Shelf-Life of Horticultural Products
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open
Keywords: fruit postharvest physiology; fruit postharvest technology; fruit processing; fruit handling; fruit quality; fruit waste reduction; fruit safety; consumer test; sensory analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
Mechanisms and Signaling Pathways of Crop Tolerance Under Stressful Conditions
edited by Qi Jia and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open
Keywords: stressful conditions; stress responses; tolerance; molecular mechanism; signaling pathway
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Crop Nutrition Diagnosis and Efficient Production
edited by and Jin Hu
submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision agriculture; agricultural artificial intelligence; drone remote sensing; hyperspectral imaging; precision water and fertilizer management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
Nano-Farming: Crucial Solutions for the Future submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18876 | Submission Open
Keywords: nano-farming; soil pollution; nanomaterials; human health; nano-bioremediation; nano-pollution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Facility Agriculture Robots and Autonomous Unmanned Management for Crops
edited by Wei Ma and
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open
Keywords: autonomous control robot; intelligent agriculture; laser intelligent fertilization; agricultural sensor
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
Sustainable Water-Fertilizer Management for Soil Salinization Amendment and Crop Production in Salt-Affected Agroecosystems submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13511 | Submission Open
Keywords: salinization; water; nitrogen; irrigation and drainage; water use efficiency; model; leaching efficiency; soil carbon sequestration; salt-affected soils
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)
Recycling of Organic Wastes in Agriculture: Serving for Sustainable Agriculture
edited by and Grzegorz Izydorczyk
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5549 | 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)
Molecular Advances in Crop Protection and Agrobiotechnology
edited by and Kai Xu
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4964 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop protection; interactions; agrobiotechnology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Integrated Management of Maize–Legume Cropping Systems submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open
Keywords: maize– soybean rotation; soil health; nitrogen use efficiency (NUE); conservation crop rotation; crop models; soil nitrogen dynamics; sustainable agriculture; maize– legume intercropping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)
Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Fruits submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop; enzyme activity; fruit quality; functional genomics; genome editing; molecular mechanisms; omics; stress tolerance; transgenics; transcriptomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
Plant–Microbiota Interactions Under Abiotic Stress submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; beneficial microorganisms; climate change; plant– microbe interaction; sustainable agriculture; food security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Advances in Regulatory Mechanism of Flower Color and Odor in Horticultural Crops
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open
Keywords: flower color; flower scent; horticultural crops; regulatory mechanism; secondary metabolite; pigments; volatile organic compounds
(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
Enhancing Crop Production: Unveiling the Vital Role of Plant Roots and Their Dynamic Interplay with Soil and the Environment
edited by and Valdemar Pedrosa Carnide
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open
Keywords: root system architecture; sustainable agriculture; root– soil– microbiome; soil health; environmental impact; roots diversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Past, Present and Future Trends in the Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Agricultural Environments submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 8 | Submission Open
Keywords: organic and inorganic pollutants; organic matter in contaminated soils; nutrients; soil improvers; remediation techniques; ecological risk assessment; microorganisms; enzymatic activity; soil pollution; contaminant removal
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
In-Field Detection and Monitoring Technology in Precision Agriculture—2nd Edition
edited by , and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 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)
Scavenging and Utilisation of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in Horticultural Crops submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 3 | Submission Open
Keywords: reactive oxygen species; ROS; ozone; hydrogen peroxide; oxygen radicals; sustainable horticulture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
Crop Speed Breeding: The Contribution Efficiency of Environmental Factors submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open
Keywords: speed breeding; crop Response; gene expression; light; temperature; nutrition; CO2; abiotic stress
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Conventional and Alternative Fertilization of Crops submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open
Keywords: mineral fertilization; organic fertilization; integrated nutrient management; soil health; crop productivity; precision agriculture; fertilizer optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Evaluation of Germplasm Resources, Molecular Breeding, and Utilization in Soybean
edited by
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 8 | Submission Open
Keywords: soybean; germplasm evaluation; molecular breeding; beneficial allelic variation; molecular marker; gene function
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Integrated Management and Sustainability of Herbicide Resistance in Crops
edited by , and Purificación Fernández García
submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open
Keywords: herbicide resistance; herbicide selectivity; herbicide efficacy; crop tolerance; novel herbicidal activity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Weed Science and Weed Management)
Recent Trends towards Genetics-Based Methods for Pest Management in Agroecosystems—Second Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1859 | 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)
Effect of Fertilizer Application on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Soil Carbon Sequestration
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1436 | 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)
Germplasm Collection and Genetic Improvement of Rosaceae Fruit Varieties submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open
Keywords: germplasm diversity; germplasm collections; rosaceae; fruit quality; breeding; genomic selection; gene editing; molecular breeding; gene transformation; mutagenesis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests in Agriculture submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open
Keywords: arthropod pests; sustainable management; crop protection; climate change; resistance development; biological control; artificial intelligence; genome editing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Soil Degradation and Restoration: Challenges and Prospects for Agroecological Development
edited by Pilar Alonso Rojo and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open
Keywords: organic agriculture; agroecology; sustainable management systems; soil restoration; soil degradation; soil conservation; soil quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)
Advances in Crop Molecular Breeding and Genetics—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 3 | Submission Open
Keywords: molecular genetics and breeding; gene cloning and function; genetic diversity; agricultural genomics; crop adaptability; crop improvement; genetic engineering; germplasm resources
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Harnessing Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics for Digital Agriculture submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 878 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart farming; agricultural robotics; data-driven agriculture; AI-enhanced farming; autonomous machinery; crop monitoring; IOT in agriculture; digital twin
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
Artificial Intelligence in Greenhouse Environment Modelling and Control submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 308 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence in agriculture; smart greenhouse systems; automated environmental control; energy-efficient agriculture; machine learning applications; crop yield optimisation; IoT-based monitoring; predictive climate control; sustainable protected agriculture; intelligent resource management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
Crop Genomics and Omics for Future Food Security submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open
Keywords: food Security; crops omics; genomics; transcriptomics; metabolomics; proteomics; GWAS; crop improvement; crop yield; nutritional quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
The Future of Climate-Neutral and Resilient Agriculture Systems submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open
Keywords: regenerative agriculture; low-carbon agriculture; climate mitigation; agroforestry and climate resilience; precision agriculture; remote sensing technologies; climate smart agriculture; agroecology; life cycle assessment; sustainability practices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Breakthrough and Innovation of Mutants in Genetic Improvement of Crop Varieties submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open
Keywords: mutagenesis; MAS; plant genetic resources; CRISPR editing; plant breeding; genomic selection; bioinformatics; cutting-edge research
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Evapotranspiration Processes and Regulating Mechanisms in Agro-Forestry Ecosystems
edited by Zebin Liu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant transpiration; evapotranspiration; soil evaporation; water use; hydroxide isotope; modelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Irrigation)
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