Agriculture

Impact of Forage Quality and Grazing Management on Ruminant Nutrition

edited by Cristiana Maduro Dias and

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2751 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal nutrition; ruminant nutrition; forage; dairy science; silage; plant secondary metabolites; invasive plant species; in vitro fermentation; methane emissions; sustainable livestock systems; feed evaluation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)

Innovative Approaches to Improving the Quality of Meat from Farm Animals: Consumer Behavior and Market Determinants

edited by Jagoda Żurek

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 740 | Submission Open

Keywords: meat quality improvement; livestock and poultry meat; consumer behavior; market determinants; innovation in the meat industry; quality perception; labeling and certification; consumer trust; willingness to pay; sustainability and ethics; traceability and transparency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)

Labor Safety and Process Optimization in Agricultural Activities

edited by

Pierluigi Rossi

and

Giovanni Carabin

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 377 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural safety; OSH; process optimization; agricultural machinery; digital agriculture; automation; risk assessment; resilience engineering; safety training; smart farming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Multimodal AI and Foundation Models for Agricultural Organism Sensing and Decision-Making

edited by

Beibei Xu

and

Jiang Chen

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; multimodal learning; foundation models; agricultural organisms; crop monitoring; livestock intelligence; digital agriculture; precision management; intelligent agents; decision support systems

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

Intelligent Technologies for Full-Cycle Crop Production: From Phenotyping to Machinery Design

edited by

Yuanyuan Shao

and

Zongmei Gao

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open

Keywords: Intelligent agriculture; full‑cycle crop production; crop detection and recognition; agricultural machinery design, simulation, and experimental validation; machine vision; hyperspectral imaging; artificial intelligence; IoT; smart phenotyping; precision management

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

Building Sustainable Agribusinesses: Expanding the Methodological Lens

edited by Vincent Amanor-Boadu

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agribusinesses; measuring sustainability; sustainable business models; innovative performance solutions; agri-food supply chains; life cycle analysis; system dynamics; ESG; triple bottom line (TBL); triple depreciation line (TDL)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)

Functional Nutrition Strategies and Feed Additives to Improve Health and Performance in Broiler and Rabbit Production

edited by

Vilma Vilienė

, Asta Racevičiūtė-Stupelienė and

Monika Nutautaitė

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: broiler production; rabbit production; functional nutrition; feed additives; gut health; feed efficiency; immune response; growth performance; sustainable livestock production; bioactive compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)

The Effects of LED Lighting on Crop Growth, Quality, and Yield

edited by

Qingming Li

and

Jie He

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7211 | Submission Open

Keywords: LED; light formula; light quality; light quantity; photoperiod; photobiology; growth; quality; yield

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Analysis of Crop Yield Stability and Quality Evaluation

edited by

Vasileios Greveniotis

and

Constantinos Ipsilandis

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5270 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel technologies; conventional plant breeding; molecular marker-assisted breeding; yield stability; high yield performance; breeding for quality; abiotic stress; biotic stress; phenotyping; genotyping; cultivation techniques; crop production; quantitative genetics; agronomic factors; crop improvement; precision agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Research on the Nutrition and Physiology of Dairy and Beef Cattle

edited by

Ewa Pecka-Kielb

,

Andrzej Zachwieja

and Anna Zielak-Steciwko

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4236 | Submission Open

Keywords: dairy cattle; beef cattle; nutritional strategies; physiological processes; animal-derived products; blood biochemical indicators

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)

Salinized Soil Management: Ecological Restoration and Sustainable Productivity

edited by

Zhenhua Zhang

and

Yanchao Bai

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4226 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil salinization; salt stress; phytoremediation; ecological restoration; organic amendments; microbial community structure; biofertilizer; sustainable productivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Use of Medicinal Plants and Their Derivatives in Animal Production and Health

edited by

Dražen Đuričić

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3466 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plants; animal health; antimicrobial resistance; immunomodulation; natural therapeutics; livestock sustainability; reproductive performance; gut microbiota; ethnoveterinary practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)

Emerging Technologies in Crop Protection: Advanced Methods and Machinery

edited by

Jiaqiang Zheng

and Youlin Xu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3405 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop pest identification; crop protection methods; crop protection machinery; integrated pest management; intelligent pesticide application technology; variable-rate technology; crop protection UAVs and robots; strategies and solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Advances in Intelligent Animal Husbandry Engineering Technology

edited by

Aftab Siddique

and

Thomas Terrill

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 711 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent animal husbandry; precision livestock farming; artificial intelligence; machine learning; sensor technology; animal health monitoring; animal welfare engineering; automation; digital agriculture; decision-support systems

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

The Influence of Light, Temperature and Irrigation on Crop Production and Quality—2nd Edition

edited by

Nikoleta-Kleio Denaxa

,

Peter A. Roussos

and

Ioannis E. Papadakis

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 375 | Submission Open

Keywords: photosynthesis; heat stress; water stress; flood; irrigation management; light quality; chilling; plants’ yield; nutritional value

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Entomopathogenic Fungi and Their Applications in Pest Management and Control

edited by César Marcial Escobedo-Bonilla, Cipriano García-Gutiérrez and Sandra Pérez Álvarez

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 317 | Submission Open

Keywords: entomopathogenic fungi; antagonist fungi; biological control; grains and vegetable crops; agricultural pests; disease vector pests

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)

Advances in Metabolomics for Quality and Safety of Agri-Food Products

edited by

Dalma Radványi

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: metabolomics; food safety and quality; food authenticity; traceability; biomarkers; food fraud; mass spectrometry; chemometrics; multi-omics integration; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Product Quality and Safety)

Crop Residue Management for Healthy Soils

edited by

Pardon Muchaonyerwa

submission deadline 5 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 780 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; carbon storage; cereals; legumes; microbial activity; nutrient cycling; residue retention; residue mixtures; soil loss; soil moisture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Postharvest Technologies to Enhance Quality and Sensory Attributes of Fresh-Cut Products

edited by Maria Grzegorzewska and

Anna Wrzodak

submission deadline 5 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 747 | Submission Open

Keywords: fresh-cut produce; storage ability; post-cutting treatment; post-cutting loss; new technology; nutritional value; sensory quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Product Quality and Safety)

Resistance of Crops to Viruses and Viral Disease Management Strategies

edited by Feng Zhu

submission deadline 5 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 440 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant viruses; viral diseases; crop resistance; plant immunity; antiviral mechanisms; plant defense; viral disease management; plant–virus interactions; transgenic crops resistant to viral pathogens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)

Latest Technologies to Improve Nutritional and Sensory Quality of Meat Products Derived from Livestock

edited by

Renata Stanisławczyk

submission deadline 5 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural products; livestock meat; farm animal meat; nutritional value; sensory quality; meat consumption; meat processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Product Quality and Safety)

Design, Optimization and Field Evaluation of Grain Harvesting and Straw Return Equipment

edited by Lijun Wang

submission deadline 5 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: grain harvesting; straw returning; low-loss threshing and cleaning; equipment design and optimization; multi-physics simulation; intelligent control and sensing; field performance evaluation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Practical Use of Crop, Pest and Diseases Models in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by Chuang Zhao and Liujun Xiao

submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6802 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop modeling; artificial intelligence; machine learning; modeling of pests, diseases, and weeds; climate change

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

Agroecosystem Resilience in Marginal and Underutilized Lands: Innovative Approaches for Sustainable Management

edited by

Hubert Hirwa

and

Richard Schulterbrandt Gragg

submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2076 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecosystem resilience; marginal and underutilized lands; sustainable agriculture; governance and socioeconomic factors; regenerative and indigenous practices; integrated resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecosystem, Environment and Climate Change in Agriculture)

Innovations and Improvements for Sustainable Olive and Olive Oil Production

edited by Marina Lukić

submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1392 | Submission Open

Keywords: Olea europaea L.; sustainability; integrated and organic production; biodiversity; biostimulants; soil conservation; water management; new value-added products; by-products; sensors and predictive models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Natural Feed Additives in Livestock Nutrition

edited by

Iulia Varzaru

and

Arabela Elena Untea

submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 862 | Submission Open

Keywords: livestock nutrition; agri-food by-products; bioactive compounds; functional feeds; nutrient bioaccessibility; digestibility; quality of animal-derived products; gut microbiota; oxidative stress; animal health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)

Agricultural Stressors Shaping Disease and Immune Responses in Honey Bees

edited by

Maja Ivana Smodiš Škerl

submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open

Keywords: honey-bee health; agricultural landscapes; pollen quality; floral resources; disease resistance; immune response; climate change; pathogen dynamics; pollinator protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)

The Impact of Public Policies on Agri-Food Security, Market Prices and Trade Systems

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: agri-food security; public policies; agricultural markets; trade systems; rural development; sustainable agri-food systems; food system governance; supply chain resilience; sustainability transitions; resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)

Monitoring and Optimization of Livestock and Poultry Housing Environments

edited by

Kaiying Wang

, Kaixuan Cuan and

Qiuju Xie

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4614 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision livestock farming; environmental monitoring; ventilation control method; model predictive control, sustainable animal production; animal welfare; sustainable agriculture; smart sensors; machine learning; data driven management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)

Sustainable Agricultural Practices to Enhance Soil Carbon Stability in Agroecosystems

edited by

Adugna Feyissa Gubena

and Junjun Wu

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1633 | Submission Open

Keywords: aggregates; agroecosystems; carbon; carbon stabilization (physical, chemical, and biochemical); carbon fractions; carbon cycling enzymes and resource stoichiometry; mineral associated organic matter; sustainable agricultural practices; particulate organic matter

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Diversified Cropping Systems: Synergizing Productivity, Carbon Sequestration, and Ecosystem Services

edited by

Huadong Zang

,

Zhengjun Yan

and

Qi Liu

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1299 | Submission Open

Keywords: intercropping; legume-based rotations; cover cropping productivity; ecosystem services; soil health; carbon sequestration; greenhouse gas mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Systems and Management)

High-Resolution Soil Moisture Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture and Crop Monitoring

edited by

Haoteng Zhao

and

Chen Zhang

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture; remote sensing; precision agriculture; data fusion; downscaling; UAV; machine learning; irrigation management; crop monitoring; SMAP

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

Design, Development, and Applications of Intelligent Orchard Sprayers

edited by Veronica Saiz-Rubio, Francisco Rovira-Más and

Coral Ortiz Sánchez

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open

Keywords: PWM-driven nozzles; variable spray ratings; automated sprayers; spray prescription maps; droplet size uniformity; drift prevention; pressure control; pesticide reduction; canopy sensing; on-motion data logging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Fermented Feed for Domestic Animals

edited by

Guolin Cai

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: fermented feed; domestic animals; bioactive components; microbial fermentation; animal production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)

Advances in Sustainable Viticulture

edited by

Nelson Machado

,

José Manuel Moutinho Pereira

and

Rui Costa Martins

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4678 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated sustainability; agroecology; grape varieties; causality; cost reduction; productivity; monitoring; engineered quality; management; genetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

The Impact of Land Use and Climate Change on Cultivated Peatlands

edited by Lulie Melling and

Ryusuke Hatano

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 1915 | Submission Open

Keywords: global warming; greenhouse gas; histosols; land use change; peat fire; peat swamp forests

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Management and Migration of Pollutants for Agroecosystem Green Development—2nd Edition

edited by Junya Zhang,

Kai Chen

and

Tiedong Lu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture green development; agricultural pollutant management; antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs); agroecosystem management; livestock manure management; emerging contaminants in agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecosystem, Environment and Climate Change in Agriculture)

Engineering, Digital Technologies, and Process Optimization for Sustainable Feed Manufacturing

edited by Zhiyou Niu and

Xianrui Kong

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: feed manufacturing; feed processing engineering; agricultural engineering; intelligent sensing; digital technologies; artificial intelligence; pneumatic conveying; numerical simulation; process optimization; sustainable manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Housing Conditions, and Microclimate in Sustainable Farm Production Systems

edited by

Toncho Penev

and Dimo Dimov

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: livestock housing; microclimate; thermal comfort; heat stress; environmental control; precision livestock farming; climate change adaptation; environmental monitoring; sustainable livestock production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)

Advanced Integrated Pest Management for Arthropod Pest Control in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Dejane Santos Alves

and

Geraldo Andrade Carvalho

submission deadline 23 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 937 | Submission Open

Keywords: IPM; biological control; behavioral control; host plant resistance; genetic control; cultural control; insect resistance management; selectivity and Ecotoxicology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)

Advances in Olive and Olive Oil Quality: From Orchard Management to Consumer Products

edited by

Manuel Martínez-Cañas

and

Nabil Ben Youssef

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3016 | Submission Open

Keywords: olive cultivation; olive oil quality; sustainable orchard management; climate change adaptation; precision agriculture in olive cultivation; olive oil processing technologies; sensory and nutritional quality; authenticity and traceability; by-product valorization; consumer-oriented olive products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Product Quality and Safety)

Enhancing Wheat Nutritional and Functional Quality Through Genetic Approaches and Technologies

edited by

Alessandro Cammerata

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 402 | Submission Open

Keywords: breeding; approaches technological; resilience; nutritional; functional compound

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

Design and Evaluation of Powertrain Systems for Agricultural Vehicles

edited by

Seung-Min Baek

and

Yong-Joo Kim

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural vehicles; agricultural tractors; powertrain systems; transmission systems; vehicle control systems; vehicle-implement interaction; agricultural mechanization; energy efficiency; electrification; alternative powertrains

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Multi-Environment and Multi-Trait Genomic Prediction for Crop Yield Improvement

edited by

Damiano Puglisi

and Jose Crossa

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: genomic prediction; genomic selection; multi-environment trials; multi-trait prediction; crop yield improvement; genotype-by-environment interaction; crop breeding; quantitative genetics; machine learning; enviromics

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

Circular Economy in the Agri-Food Sector

edited by Teodor-Ioan Trasca,

Ioana Mihaela Balan

and Alina Ortan

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; agri-food systems; food waste; resource efficiency; sustainable agriculture; waste valorization; climate resilience; circular food systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)

Ecological Perspectives for Sustainable Management of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes

edited by Reza Ghaderi

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil food web; microbiome; biological control; sustainable plant protection; plant-parasitic nematodes; microorganisms; soil biodiversity; ecological strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)

Research on Genetic Diversity in Nut Crops

edited by

Anastasia E. Giannakoula

, Ioannis Manthos and Olga Dichala

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: nut crops; genetic diversity; germplasm conservation; molecular markers; genomic selection; breeding strategies; genomics and trait mapping; climate change adaptation; genotype–environment interaction; sustainable agriculture, precision agriculture; digital agriculture; remote sensing; artificial intelligence; high-throughput phenotyping, antioxidants, ROS

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

New Insights into Improving Pollinator Health and Productivity

edited by

Zheguang Lin

and Ting Ji

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: honey bee; Apis; beekeeping; biology; health; genetics; conservation; breeding; pesticide; bee products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)

Smart Sensor-Based Systems for Crop Monitoring

edited by

Xanthoula Eirini Pantazi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10191 | Submission Open

Keywords: multisensory data fusion; crop monitoring; crop stress detection; smart sensors; microcontrollers; machine learning; edge computing; precision agriculture; decision support systems

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

Agro-Food Waste Valorization: Sustainable Pathways for Agricultural Applications

edited by

Vassilis Athanasiadis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7470 | Submission Open

Keywords: agro-food waste; valorization; circular economy; biofertilizers; biostimulants; sustainable agriculture; food by-products; green technologies; nutritional evaluation; environmental impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

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