Sustainable Management of the Mechanization of Works for Horticultural Crops
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Protected Culture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2025 | Viewed by 54
Special Issue Editors
Interests: machinery and equipment for food industry; agricultural machinery; tribology with applications in machines and installations for agriculture and food
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Horticulture is launching a multidisciplinary Special Issue on "Sustainable Management of the Mechanization of Works for Horticultural Crops", inviting researchers, experts, and specialists from research institutions, universities, professional organizations, and enterprises to publish their scientific and original achievements. The aim is to generate a conducive framework and an academic community able to contribute to the increased performance of machinery systems used to carry out agricultural works under scientific conditions.
It is unanimously recognized that today's horticultural technological processes are energy-intensive and significantly damage the environment, leading to a search for technical solutions and alternative working methods which allow energy consumption optimization and a reduction in the negative impact on natural resources (water, soil, and air), at the same time diminishing the impact of climate change, which, in recent times, has affected the hydrological cycle’s intensity. This is why manufacturers of agricultural machinery are investing heavily in research and development to develop new products, equipped with hydraulic, electro-technical, electronic, and, more recently, computers and process software capable of implementing "Precision Farming", "Smart Farming", and "Agriculture 4.0", among others.
Prof. Dr. Ioan Ţenu
Dr. Nicolae Valentin Vlăduţ
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mechanization of horticultural works
- machinery
- equipment sustainable management
- operation
- horticultural crops
- precision agriculture
- conservative and sustainable horticulture
