Effect of Cultivation Practices on Crop Yield and Quality

Dear Colleagues,

Crop production is essential for both plant and animal food production. Therefore, the demand for plant raw materials is expected to continue to increase, especially in terms of the need to feed the ever-growing population. However, the effects associated with climate change are already reducing crop yields and food quality. On the other hand, over-intensification of crop production has become a major challenge for sustainable agriculture.

Studies on improving crop-cultivation practices, such as enhancing soil fertility, optimizing fertilizer management, using appropriate tillage systems, integrated pest management, crop rotation, and improved cultivars in crop production, can increase the total yield and improve crop quality. It is also important to develop appropriate cultivation practices that protect the production potential of the environment and reduce the scale of its degradation. Abiotic stresses, such as long-term exposure to drought or unstable temperatures caused by global warming during the growing season, can also significantly reduce crop yield and quality.

In this Special Issue, we welcome original research, recent studies, reviews, and achievements on the impact of improving various cultivation practices used in crop production technologies, shaping their yield and quality, which is the main goal of sustainable crop production.

We can work together to achieve this goal through genetic advances, precision agriculture, appropriate tillage systems, sustainable fertilization, crop protection practices, or improved irrigation methods.

Dr. Jan Buczek
Guest Editor

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