Agriculture

From Nano to Bio-Based Solutions for Preserving Soil Health in Agroecosystems

edited by

Catarina Malheiro

,

Rui G. Morgado

and

Sara Peixoto

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: nano-agriproducts; bio-based products; organic farming; plant nutrition; plant protection; environmental monitoring; soil health; soil quality; risk assessment; food safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Analysis of Crop Yield Stability and Quality Evaluation

edited by

Vasileios Greveniotis

and

Constantinos Ipsilandis

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 91 | 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)

Impact of Forage Quality and Grazing Management on Ruminant Nutrition

edited by Cristiana Maduro Dias and

Helder Nunes

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 68 | 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)

Measures of Water-Saving and Drought Resistance in Crop Production

edited by

Zhandong Liu

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-saving agriculture; drought resistance; crop production; irrigation efficiency; drought-tolerant crops; sustainable farming; climate-smart agriculture; water-use efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Water Management)

The Conservation and Management of Agro- and Forest Ecosystems in a Changing Climate

edited by

Monika Toleikienė

, Darius Kavaliauskas and

Viktorija Vaštakaitė-Kairienė

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2373 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation; biodiversity; sustainable management; climate change adaptation; resilience of ecosystems

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

Strategies to Improve the Security and Nutritional Quality of Crop Species—2nd Edition

edited by

Grazyna Podolska

and

Anna Szafranska

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 767 | Submission Open

Keywords: agrotechnology; cultivars; soil quality; crops; nutrients; technological quality; health-promoting foods; food security; sustainable agriculture; crop protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Agricultural Soil Acidification Improvement Strategies

edited by Chaolan Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 715 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil acidification; soil toxic metals; soil quality change; nutrient cycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Unveiling Host–Pathogen Interactions in Brassicaceae: Insights into Disease Resistance Mechanisms and Molecular Regulation

edited by

Andrzej Kiejstut Kononowicz

and

Violetta Katarzyna Macioszek

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 520 | Submission Open

Keywords: Brassicaceae (Arabidopsis thaliana; Brassica juncea; B. oleracea; B. napus; Raphanus sativus; Sinapis alba; etc.); biotic stress; plant disease; plant pathogens; microscopy of pathogenic interactions; gene expression changes; innate immunity; transcriptome analysis; metabolic activity; disease resistance

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

Molecular Breeding Approaches to Improve Agronomic Traits and Stress Resistance in Cereals

edited by Mingming Yang and

Sachin Rustgi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 297 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereals; molecular breeding; agronomic traits; stress resistance; molecular breeding; genomics; genome editing

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

Key Technology Research and Applications of Agricultural Inspection Robots Based on Machine Vision and Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Xiuguo Zou

, Yan Qian, Yuhua Li,

Yong Wang

and Wentian Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine vision; artificial intelligence; agricultural inspection robots; agricultural sensors; agricultural big data analytics; behavior recognition of livestock and poultry; plant phenotyping and pest detection; agricultural laboratory safety and gas sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Impacts of Emerging Agricultural Pollutants on Environmental Health

edited by

Manuel Conde Cid

,

Vanesa Santás-Miguel

,

Andrés Rodríguez-Seijo

and Carla Cruz-Paredes

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural soils; ecological risk assessment; soil biodiversity; emerging pollutants; pesticides; microplastics; antibiotics; soil organisms; aquatic organisms; pollutant transport and fate; adsorption– desorption; phytotoxicity

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

Germplasm Resources and Genetic Breeding of Legume Forages

edited by Cesar Augusto Medina

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic diversity; conservation; forage genetic resources; allele mining; population studies

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

Application of Intelligent Technologies in Farm Animal Disease, Feeding and Building Environmental Control

edited by Liqiang Han,

Shuqing Han

and Xuemei Nan

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal disease; animal feeding; environmental control; smart livestock farming; intelligent agricultural equipment; animal health surveillance and early warning; image recognition; livestock behavior recognition

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

Crop Yield Estimation Based on Crop Models and Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Xin Du

,

Taifeng Dong

and

Chunhua Liao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop yield estimation; remote sensing; crop models; data-model fusion; uncertainty quantification; climate extremes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Research on Plant Production in Greenhouse and Plant Factory Systems—2nd Edition

edited by Wei Lu and Chengbo Zhou

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse; plant factory; controlled environment; precision agriculture; artificial light; environment simulation; crop photosynthesis; crop improvement; crop breeding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Machine Learning in Precision Livestock Farming: From Animal Activity Forecasting to Environmental Control

edited by

María Dolores Fernández Rodríguez

and

Roberto Besteiro

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; precision livestock farming; artificial intelligence; algorithm; sensors; animal housing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Applications of Bioinformatics in Agriculture

edited by

Anna Marzec-Grządziel

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioinformatics; soil; soil microbiome; microbial genomes; metagenomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Smart Drying Technologies for Agricultural Products

edited by Junwen Bai

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart drying technology; agricultural product drying; multi-sensor technologies; artificial intelligence (AI); non-destructive testing; energy efficiency; environmental impact; real-time monitoring; product quality enhancement; AI-driven drying optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Bioactive Compounds from Agricultural Products and By-Products: Extraction, Characterization, and Potential Applications

edited by

Bojana Šarić

and

Aleksandar Marić

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural products and by-products; sustainable agriculture; biostimulants; biopesticides; food product development

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

The Development of Genomics Applied to Cattle Breeding

edited by Chugang Mei

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: cattle breeding; genomics; gene editing; genomic selection; functional genomics

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

Conservation-Regenerative Agriculture for Sustainable Agroecosystems

edited by Rosa María Carbonell-Bojollo, Miguel Angel Repullo-Ruibérriz de Torres and

Emilio J. Gonzalez-Sanchez

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil degradation; soil fertility; soil organic matter; no tillage; cover crops; crop rotation; harvest residues; managed grazing; greenhouse gases emissions; carbon sequestration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Sustainable Agricultural Practices to Enhance Soil Carbon Stability in Agroecosystems

edited by

Adugna Feyissa Gubena

and Junjun Wu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 65 | 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)

Pasture Agronomic Practices and Sustainable Intensive Grazing Management

edited by Yasuyuki Ishii and Manabu Tobisa

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: pasture agronomy; tropical grass; fodder legume; crop residue; intensive grazing; introduction of new forage

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

Advances in Turfgrass Management and Physiology

edited by

Zhaolong Wang

and

Zhimin Yang

submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4248 | Submission Open

Keywords: sod production; golf course management; sports turf management; green roof turfs; eco-turf; environmental stress; biotic stress

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Combining Genetics and Bioinformatics for Genetic Resources Conservation and Breeding Improvement of Sheep and Goat

edited by

Ilva Trapina

and Elina Leonova

submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 412 | Submission Open

Keywords: sheep; goat; genomic research; genetic diversity; local breeds; molecular markers; genomic selection; polymorphisms; selection; association; bioinformatic; breeding programs

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

Bee Products and Nutritional Value

edited by Vincenzo Nava,

Giuseppa Di Bella

and

Federica Litrenta

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1566 | Submission Open

Keywords: bee products; microbiological and chemical contamination; health benefits; quality and safety

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

Physiological and Biochemical Responses to Abiotic Stress in Cereal and Pseudocereal Crops

edited by Marta Hornyák

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; antioxidant properties; biochemical responses; cereal crops; nutritional value; pseudocereals; physiological responses; stress tolerance; plant adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Exploring Sustainable Strategies That Control Fungal Plant Diseases

edited by Inmaculada Izquierdo-Bueno and

Javier Moraga

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1360 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; plant pathogenic fungi; fungal disease management; biocontrol agents; host– pathogen interactions; biological fungicides; disease resistance mechanisms; secondary metabolites in biocontrol; phytochemicals in plant defense; metabolomics in plant pathology

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

Agriculture and Global Climate Change: Threats, Challenges and Adaptations

edited by

Anna Kocira

and

Mariola Staniak

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 413 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated crop production; sustainable agriculture; abiotic and biotic stresses; climate change; biodiversity

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

Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms: Molecular Biology, Cultivation, Active Compounds, Preservation and Processing

edited by

Guoqing Zhang

and Yingyin Xu

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: edible mushrooms; medicinal mushrooms; bioactive compounds; functional omics; preservation and processing; cultivation techniques; spent mushroom substrate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Agroecological Transition in Sustainable Food Systems

edited by Carla Ferreira

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecology; agroecological transition; ecosystem services; food systems; impact assessment; sustainable agriculture; transdisciplinary approaches

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

Antimicrobial Resistance in Farm Animals: Challenges and Solutions

edited by

Agnieszka Wiszniewska-Łaszczych

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: farm animals; food; pathogens; antibiotic resistance; food safety

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

Research on Behavior and Physiology of Horses

edited by Francesca Aragona

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: horses; behavior; physiological variation; stress response; homeostasis

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

Innovations in Precision Smart Environmental Control for Sustainable Facility Agriculture

edited by

Hao Li

,

Xiaoshuai Wang

and Guoxing Chen

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2521 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision farming; environmental control; airflow distribution; computational fluid dynamics; AI; digital twin; environmental hazard emission; IoT; deep learning; sensors; machine vision; big data; modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Detection and Management of Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution

edited by Shiqi Yang, Yong Chen and Xiaolong Wang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 841 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecology; climate-smart agriculture; ecosystem services; carbon sequestration; sustainable agriculture; biodiversity conservation; greenhouse gas emissions; adaptive management; water– energy– food nexus; resilient agriculture

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

Sustainable Use of Pesticides—2nd Edition

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 695 | Submission Open

Keywords: pesticide; pesticide research and development; integrated pest management; sustainable agriculture; pesticide synthesis; pesticide formulation; pesticide application; pesticide risk assessment; pesticide residue; pesticide resistance

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

Genetic Resource Evaluation and Germplasm Innovation of Poultry

edited by Zhonghua Ning, Dehe Wang and Long Liu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 663 | Submission Open

Keywords: phenotypic characterization; polygene hypothesis; regulatory mechanisms; epigenetic

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

Animal Source Foods: Novel Approaches in Safety and Quality

edited by

Tomislav Mikuš

and Zeljka Cvrtila

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 324 | Submission Open

Keywords: food safety; food quality; innovative processing; novel; technology; nutrition; health

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

Innovative Strategies in Potato Cultivation: Enhancing Agronomic Performance, Nutritional Quality, and Post-Harvest Stability

edited by

Jarosław Pobereżny

,

Elżbieta Wszelaczyńska

and

Wiesław Szulc

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: conditions; cultivation technology; nutritional value; quality; storage; stress; tuber

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Physiological Responses of Maize to Abiotic Stress

edited by

Ruixin Shao

and

Yongchao Wang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: maize; abiotic stress; physiological responses; biochemical responses; transcriptomics; stress tolerance and adaption

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Biostimulants Extracted from Biomass for Better Crop Growth

edited by

Davide Farruggia

,

Mario Licata

and

Beppe Benedetto Consentino

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; physiological processes; yield; quality; biostimulants; climate changes; abiotic stress; agronomic practices; eco-friendly solutions; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Grain Harvesting, Processing Technology and Storage Management—2nd Edition

edited by

Wenfu Wu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: food quality and security; food production and processing technology; grain harvesting; postharvest control; and harvest losses; grain storage and management; grain condition and detection system; stored grain ecosystems and eco-concept of stored grain; multi-field interaction and multi-factor coupling (abiotic and biotic constituents); smart grain; smart farming; and smart grain systems; artificial intelligence (numerical simulation; machine deep learning; expert systems; artificial neural networks; etc.); information technology (digital twin; big data; database management; software development and applications; cloud computing and virtualization; etc.)

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

Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Stress Tolerance in Rice

edited by Banpu Ruan and Juan Zhao

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 782 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice; abiotic stress; molecular mechanisms; physiological adaptations; ion transport; oxidative stress regulation; stress-responsive pathways

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

Application of Biomass in Agricultural Circular Economy

edited by

Luiza Ossowska

and

Dorota Janiszewska

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural biomass; circular agriculture; sustainable agriculture; sustainable development; policy perspective; green energy economy; biomass business model; environmental impact; bioeconomy; sustainability; recycling; resilience; agroecosystems; renewable energy sources

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

Sustainable Beekeeping: Strategies for Enhancing Bee Stress Resistance

edited by Ying Wang, Xuepeng Chi, Rongfang Wang and

Zhenguo Liu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable beekeeping; bee stress resistance; mite control; climate resilience; precision apiculture; pollinator nutrition; hive monitoring; genetic selection

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

Water Quality and Pollution in Agriculture

edited by

Judite Vieira

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; biological fertilizers; water pollution control; water quality; water management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Water Management)

Soil Amendment and Pollution Remediation: Creating a Better Soil Environment for Future Sustainable Agricultural Production

edited by

Paula Pérez-Rodríguez

and

Vanesa Santás-Miguel

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 692 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil remediation; emerging pollutants; by-products; green fertilizers; soil health; soil productivity; sustainable management; soil biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Building Resilience Through Sustainable Agri-Food Supply Chains

edited by

Samir Mili

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable food production and trade; sustainable business models; conceptual representations of sustainability; resilience; eco-innovation; eco-management; digital solutions; profitability– sustainability trade-offs; sustainability in small- and medium-sized agri-food enterprises; sustainable investment; sustainability impact assessment

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

Research Progress on Agricultural Equipments for Precision Planting and Harvesting—2nd Edition

edited by