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Importance of Zn Fertilization: Biofortification of Food Crops and Soil Zn Status

edited by

Patricia Almendros

and

Ana Francisca Obrador

submission deadline 17 Sep 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10928 | Submission Open

Keywords: agronomic efficiency; micronutrient concentrations; nutrient translocation; combined fertilization; traditional chemical extraction; nutritional quality; Zn availability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Crop and Vegetable Physiology under Environmental Stresses

edited by

Rong Zhou

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 15 articles | Viewed by 20902 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant physiology; plant metabolite; gene regulation; abiotic stress; climate change

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

Environmental Ecological Remediation and Farming Sustainability—Volume II

edited by

Zhen Li

Da Tian

and

Haoming Chen

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 13 articles | Viewed by 14469 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil contamination groundwater contamination; green and sustainable remediation; environment pollution control; heavy metals; organic pollutants; emerging contaminants; biochar; remediation of cultivated land pollution; crop growth safety; P comprehensive utilization; reuse of agricultural waste; sustainable agricultural development; ecological and landscape planning; human settlements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Rhizosphere Microorganisms—2nd Edition

edited by

Zhihong Xie

and Hui-Ling Liao

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5684 | Submission Open

Keywords: rhizosphere; microorganisms; interaction; promote; resistance

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

Exploring the Potential for Crop Productivity by Applying Novel Agrochemicals, including Fertilizers, Biochar, Biostimulants, and Plant Nutrition Regulators

edited by

Meng Xu

and

Teodor Rusu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2331 | Submission Open

Keywords: fertilizers; synergist; efficiency-enhanced material; biochar; biostimulants; plant nutrition regulator

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

Predictions and Estimations in Agricultural Production under a Changing Climate—Volume II

edited by

Magdalena Piekutowska

Gniewko Niedbała

Tomasz Wojciechowski

and

Mohsen Niazian

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2985 | Submission Open

Keywords: yield prediction; predictive analytics; crop maturity prediction; crop quality and quantity prediction; machine learning; artificial neural networks; crop models and modeling; agrometeorological models; model application for sustainable agriculture; crop monitoring; proximal and remote sensing for agriculture; IoT and big data; data science; predictive agriculture; precision agriculture; smart farming

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

Effects of Agrotechnical Factors and Farming Systems on Soil Properties and Plant Productivity

edited by

Cezary A. Kwiatkowski

and

Elżbieta Harasim

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 15 articles | Viewed by 20333 | Submission Open

Keywords: farming system versus soil quality; crop rotation and agrotechnical factors versus soil quality; physical and chemical properties of soil; soil biological properties and enzymatic activity; soil contamination and soil pathogens; soil quality versus yield and quality of agricultural crops; soil condition monitoring and anthropopressure

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

Saline Water Irrigation in Agriculture

edited by

Xiaobin Li

Junpeng Zhang

and

Songrui Ning

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 15492 | Submission Open

Keywords: saline water; irrigation; soil salinity; soil properties; soil biochemistry; soil microbes; crop growth and yield; threshold values; crop quality; modeling

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

Use of Humic Substances and Biostimulants for Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Diego Pizzeghello

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13342 | Submission Open

Keywords: humic substances; humic acids; bio-stimulants; agro-wastes; compost; hormone-like; molecular structure; mode of action; plant nutrition and metabolism; plant growth; abiotic and biotic stress; crop health; soil remediation

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

Recognition and Utilization of Natural Genetic Resources for Advances in Plant Biology through Genomics and Biotechnology—2nd Edition

edited by

Jian Zhang

Guofei Tan

and

Feng Que

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 11197 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic resources; genomics biotechnology; genetic transformation; tissue culture

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

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Phenology and Nitrogen Fertilizer under Global Climate Change

edited by

Junfei Gu

and

Junhu Dai

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10171 | Submission Open

Keywords: ammonium; nitrate; nitrogen; rhizosphere; eutrophication

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

Influence of Irrigation and Water Use on Agronomic Traits of Crop

edited by

Ruoshui Wang

Yuguo Han

Tibin Zhang

and Qibiao Han

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 9334 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation; agronomic traits; adaptive strategy; water utilization

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

Modern Seed Technologies for Developing Dynamic Agriculture

edited by

Guangwu Zhao

and

Zhujun Zhu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9255 | Submission Open

Keywords: seed technology; seed quality; seed physiology; seed molecular biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Innovative Hydrothermal Systems to Valorize Agricultural Residuals for Sustainable Crop Production and Environmental System

edited by

Changyoon Jeong

, Nicole Berge,

Sunyoung Bae

Kyoung S. Ro

and Judy Ann Libra

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7981 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrothermal carbonization; carbon sequestration; environmental pollution; sustainable agriculture; greenhouse gas emission; water quality; recycling biomass; carbon-based materials

Soybean Molecular Breeding for Yield, Quality and Resistance Traits

edited by

Junming Sun

and

Bin Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7047 | Submission Open

Keywords: soybean; yield; quality; resistance; tolerance; molecular breeding

Carbon Farming: Agriculture’s Solution to Climate Change

edited by

Monika Mierzwa-Hersztek

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6792 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon sequestration; soil organic matter; nutrients; plant quality; exogenic organic matter; soil improvers; ecological risk assessment; microorganisms; enzymatic activity

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

Ecological Aspects as a Basis for Future Pest Integrated Management

edited by

Flávio Roberto Mello Garcia

and

Sérgio M. Ovruski

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6185 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– insect interaction; population dynamics; diversity; host range; natural enemies; trophic relationships; competition; epidemiology; phytosociology; absent quarantine pests; epidemiology

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

Innovation of Intelligent Detection and Pesticide Application Technology for Horticultural Crops

edited by Hongxing Peng and

Yuanyuan Shao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6032 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent detection; precision agriculture; machine vision; hyperspectral image processing; pesticide application; agricultural robots; agricultural big data; agricultural product quality and safety

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

Crop Production Parameter Estimation through Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Yanbo Huang

Xin Zhang

and

Chandan Kumar

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5030 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop production parameter estimation; plant biomass; crop yield; remote sensing; machine learning

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

Advances in Soil Fertility, Plant Nutrition and Nutrient Management

edited by

Renato De Mello Prado

Dilier Olivera Viciedo

and

Anderson De Moura Zanine

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4943 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil management; soil amendments; nutrient availability; nutrient use efficiency; microbial communities; sustainable agriculture; fertilization strategies; crop management practices

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

Molecular Genetics, Genomics and Breeding for Improved Fruit Quality and Biotic Stress Resistance

edited by

Silvana Grandillo

and

Maria Cammareri

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4632 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit nutritional and antinutritional factors; fruit sensory quality; fruit post-harvest behavior; plant diseases; insects; biodiversity; biotechnology; genomics-assisted breeding; genome editing

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

Enhancement of Grassland Function and Productivity with Legumes and Other Forbs

edited by

Jennifer MacAdam

and

Benjamin F. Tracy

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4334 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollinator habitat; plant secondary metabolites; soil carbon sequestration; grassland functional groups; cover crops; ley pastures; biological nitrogen fixation; wildflowers; native grasses

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

Nitrogen Cycle in Farming Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Witold Grzebisz

and

Alicja Niewiadomska

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4297 | Submission Open

Keywords: farm; field; crop plants; cropping sequence; N requirements; N sources; N uptake; N balance; N recycling; N losses

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

New Sustainability Trends in Using Fruit and Vegetable By-Products and Bio-Residues

edited by

Pedro Javier Zapata

Maria Jose Gimenez Torres

and

Vicente Serna-Escolano

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3572 | Submission Open

Keywords: by-products; bio-residues; vegetables; fruits; bio-waste; sustainability; bioactive compounds

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

Fertility Management for Higher Crop Productivity

edited by Danying Wang, Song Chen and Chunmei Xu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3316 | Submission Open

Keywords: fertilizer management; crop yield; soil fertility; nutrient cycling; precision farming; highly productive and efficient synergy

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

Assessment and Mapping of Soil Water Balance

edited by

Hanaa Darouich

and Tiago Brito Ramos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3312 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop water requirements; evapotranspiration; irrigation strategies; lysimeters; mechanistic and soil water balance models; multicriteria analysis; remote sensing; unmanned aerial vehicle; water productivity; water savings

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

Seeds for Future: Conservation and Utilization of Germplasm Resources

edited by

Klaudija Carović-Stanko

and Monika Vidak

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2795 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; food security; landraces; modern cultivars; plant gene banks; plant genetic resources; seedbank; wild species; wild relatives

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

Advances in Plant Pathology of Viticulture

edited by

María Luisa Tello

and

Maria Aránzazu Gómez Garay

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2603 | Submission Open

Keywords: biocontrol; IPM; physiopathology; epidemiology; etiology; grapevine; biotechnology; genetics; early detection; emerging diseases

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

New Advances in Cereal-Fungal Pathogen Interactions

edited by

Caterina Morcia

and

Katia Gazzetti

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2128 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereal crops; pathogenic fungi; mechanisms of disease control; omics techniques; cereal genetic resistance

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

Seeds: Chips of Agriculture

edited by

Sophie Brunel-Muguet

and

Guillaume Née

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2052 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotic and abiotic stresses; seed and seeding physiology; seed development and maturation; molecular aspect of seed germination and storage; plant adaptation and plasticity; epigenetic regulations of seed quality; plant memory; developmental adaptation mechanism

Molecular Responses and Management Strategies to Crop Stress

edited by

Jinxiang Wang

and

Huiling Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1940 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop; abiotic stress; biotic stress; molecular responses; mechanism; management strategies

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

Soil Organic Matter Contributes to Soil Health

edited by

Beata Labaz

and

Katarzyna Szopka

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1773 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic matter; carbon sequestration; soil fertility; soil productivity; microbial activity; nutrient cycling; sustainable agriculture

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

Natural and Non-conventional Sources of Nitrogen for Plants

edited by Beata Wiśniewska-Kadżajan, Andrzej Wysokiński and

Christos Noulas

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1248 | Submission Open

Keywords: nitrogen; nitrogen fixation; symbiotic microorganisms; free-leaving microorganisms; organic fertilizers; organic wastes; soil conditioners; nitrogen use efficiency; legumes; grasses; horticultural plants

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

Biostimulants for Prevention and Restoration of Soil Pollution

edited by

Enrique Eymar

and

Rafael Antón-Herrero

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1083 | Submission Open

Keywords: biostimulants; soil pollution; environmental restoration; sustainable agriculture; microbial activity; soil health; pollution prevention

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

Characterisation, Protection and Development of Minor Crops Adapted to Challenging New Climatic Conditions

edited by

Monica Boscaiu

Mariola Plazas

and

Oscar Vicente

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1069 | Submission Open

Keywords: minor crops; abiotic stress tolerance; seedbanks; genetic characterization; breeding; germplasm resources

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

Post-harvest Pest and Disease Management—2nd Edition

edited by

Christos G. Athanassiou

Paraskevi Agrafioti

and

Efstathios Kaloudis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 951 | Submission Open

Keywords: stored-product protection; post-harvest pests; post-harvest diseases; processing; storage; food safety; food security; post-harvest losses; computational models

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

Rice Germplasm Innovation and Tolerance to Abiotic Stress

edited by

Weihua Qiao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 805 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice; abiotic salt tolerance; germplasm innovation; gene identification; regulation network; QTL mapping; genomics; transcriptomic; gene expression; natural variation

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

Recent Advancements in Nodulation Nitrogen Fixation and Molecular Regulation Mechanism in Soybean

edited by

Dawei Xin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 774 | Submission Open

Keywords: soybean; rhizobium; genome; genomic; germplasm; symbiosis; gene; field; function

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

Mitigating Effect of Exogenous Treatments against Stress in Plants

edited by

Rafael de Souza Miranda

and

José Hélio Costa

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 626 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; biotic stress; stress resistance/tolerance; signalling compounds; cross-talk tolerance; induced resistance

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

Bioactive Compounds for Plant Health and Protection

edited by Xiuxiu Sun and Christopher Ference

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 510 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactivity; antimicrobial; crop protection; biotic; abiotic

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

Progress and Innovations in Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes

edited by

Isabel Conceição

and

Maria José Cunha

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 423 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant-parasitic nematodes; biocontrol; phytochemicals; metagenomics; metabolomics

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

Mechanisms of Blocking, Controlling and Remediating Heavy Metal Pollution in Farmland

edited by Alessia Corami and

Andrew S. Hursthouse

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 324 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; soils; remediation solutions; nature-based solutions; biochar; fertilizer; pesticides; groundwater; nutrients; anthropogenic contaminants

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

Advances, Applicability and Challenges in Mutational Breeding

edited by

Søren Kjærsgaard Rasmussen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 275 | Submission Open

Keywords: crispr-cas9; radiation; spaceflight mutagenesis; somaclonal variation; mutation rate; dominant mutation; ornamentals; vegetables; crop plants; resequencing

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

Effects of Brackish Irrigation on the Soil–Plant System and Safe Use Thresholds

edited by

Yang Gao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: brackish irrigation; SAR; sodicity; soil quality; crop yield and quality; water productivity

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

Advances in Coffee Pathogen Research for Higher Productivity under Climate Change Scenarios

edited by Leonor Guerra-Guimarães,

Helena Gil Azinheira

and Deila Magna Dos Santos Botelho

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open

Keywords: coffee breeding; phenotyping; sustainable agriculture

Applications of Beneficial Microbe and Agriculture Waste in Crop Growth Promotion and Stress Resistance

edited by Chaoxing He

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetable; PGPR; soil nutrients; nutrient quality; AMF; growing media; greenhouse; root environment improvement

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

Hormone Metabolism and Signaling in Rice

edited by Chengqiang Ding

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice; plant hormones; signaling; response; growth and development; plant resistance

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

Soil Conservation Methods for Maintaining Farmlands' Fertility

edited by

Carmo Horta

and María Cruz García González

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8799 | Submission Open

Keywords: bio-based fertilizers; carbon cycle; circular economy; conservation agriculture; novel laboratory methodologies for soil analysis; nutrient use efficiency; precision agriculture; risk assessment; soil erosion; soil health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Isotopic & Nuclear Techniques in Studying (Agro)environmental Processes

edited by

Gabrijel Ondrasek

Emil Fulajtar

and Branko Petrinec

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4023 | Submission Open

Keywords: isotopic labelling; stable isotopes; fallout radionuclides; radioisotopes; mass spectrometry; gamma spectrometry; alpha spectrometry; nuclear technique; nuclear magnetic resonance; soil erosion; salinization; soil contamination; crop nutrition; fertilizers; nitrogen use efficiency; biological nitrogen fixation; water use efficiency; nutrient use efficiency; environmental monitoring

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

Innovations in Agriculture for Sustainable Agro-Systems

edited by

Ioannis Vagelas

and

Christos Lykas

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11235 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision and smart agriculture; environmental impact; process-based crop model; climate change; open and big data; predictive and decision support systems; IoT for biodiversity and sustainability; Internet of Things; robot– plant interaction; remote sensing; monitoring and control of diseases; pests and weeds; plant detection and monitoring

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

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