Advances in Sustainable Viticulture
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 1409
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vineyard resilience; bio-modeling; vine monitoring; integrated sustainability
Interests: abiotic stress; acclimation; adaptation strategies; plant physiology; stress responses; viticulture
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Viticulture, with its millennia-old heritage, has consistently evolved through innovation to overcome challenges. Currently, this sector faces unprecedented pressures, such as climate change, resource scarcity, and socioeconomic pressures, demanding urgent action to ensure environmental, economic, and social sustainability. In this sense, distinct assets associated with sustainable viticulture have emerged, encompassing soil and canopy management, precision agriculture tools, and agroecology; however, while these have gained traction, critical gaps remain in scalability, climate adaptation, and cost-effective solutions.
Therefore, this Special Issue seeks to bridge these gaps by compiling cutting-edge research on innovation-driven viticulture, focusing on (i) environmental resilience: climate-smart practices (e.g., drought-tolerant varieties and rootstocks, water, mineral and soil health management), understanding grapevine ecophysiology, and ecological infrastructure; (ii) economic viability: causal decision support systems for optimized resource use, mechanization to address labor shortages, and cost–benefit analyses of distinct practices; and (iii) social and territorial value: agroecosystem services, cultural landscape value, and long-term vineyard planning (e.g., site selection and rational vineyard establishment).
We welcome original research and reviews on topics such as soil regeneration and carbon sequestration, soil–climate–rootstock–variety interactions, canopy management, input reduction, plant stress monitoring and management, genetic diversity and breeding, precision viticulture, multiscale modeling, yield, quality and typicity optimization, mechanical and automated solutions, and life cycle and socioeconomic assessments.
By uniting multidisciplinary advances, bridging research gaps, and showcasing scalable solutions, this Special Issue aims to provide actionable strategies to the vine and wine sector to achieve a sustainable future.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Nelson Machado
Dr. José Manuel Moutinho Pereira
Dr. Rui Costa Martins
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- integrated sustainability
- agroecology
- grape varieties
- causality
- cost reduction
- productivity
- monitoring
- engineered quality
- management
- genetics
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