Tillage Equipment Management and Its Effects on Grain Crop Productivity
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 11 July 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editors
Interests: conservation tillage; agricultural machinery; mechanical research; soil-machine; stubble removal; deep plowing
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: theories; methods and applications of coordinated optimization in agricultural mechanization systems; mechanisms and applications of the interactions among “agricultural machinery, soil and crops”
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the growth of the global population and increasing food demand, soil tillage equipment and management methods play a crucial role in enhancing food production capacity and ensuring food security. This Special Issue aims to explore the mechanisms, patterns and effects of soil tillage equipment and its management technologies on improving the productivity of various food crops, emphasizing the application of modern agricultural equipment technologies to enhance agricultural production efficiency and promote high-quality sustainable development. This collection will gather cutting-edge results from various disciplines to provide new insights and solutions for the application and management of tillage equipment.
The primary objective of this Special Issue is to assemble cutting-edge research on tillage equipment, exploring how advanced management systems and technological innovations can enhance agricultural productivity, optimize resource utilization and increase overall efficacy. The scope encompasses innovative research and technological integration related to soil cultivation, seedbed preparation, pre-plant fertilization, straw incorporation and other relevant production processes. Furthermore, it includes investigations into intelligent tillage equipment production, monitoring technologies and crop growth assessment systems.
We encourage the submission of original research articles, with a particular focus on novel sensor technologies, advanced machine learning algorithms, equipment coordination and field validation methodologies. Studies that evaluate the economic benefits, environmental impacts and scalability of tillage management practices are also of substantial interest.
We are looking for the following papers:
This Special Issue welcomes original research papers, comprehensive reviews and case studies that highlight significant advancements in the management of tillage equipment and its contributions to enhancing food crop productivity. We particularly encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and discourse among agricultural sciences, engineering technologies and management studies.
Prof. Dr. Shuhong Zhao
Prof. Dr. Jinyou Qiao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- tillage equipment
- agricultural productivity
- management technologies
- interdisciplinary collaboration
- soil tillage
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