Agronomy

Advancement in Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Automation and Crop Management

edited by Peter P. Ling,

and

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 20427 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced environmental control techniques; canopy architecture optimization; root zone management; energy use efficiency; AI-based plant health and growth prediction; decision support systems; climate-smart advanced technology; sustainability of CEA production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Fertigation Effects on Water and Nutrient Use Efficiency for Agro-Crop Plants

edited by Lichun Wang and

Songrui Ning

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13571 | Submission Open

Keywords: fertigation; water and nutrient use efficiency; fertilizer-yield effect; irrigation systems; water– salt– fertilizer– carbon coupling; crop nutrition; soilless culture; nutrient delivery; soil fertility; controlled release fertilizers; precision farming; agricultural practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Sustainable Crop Production for Mitigating Environmental Impact and Increasing Yield

edited by

Ziyin Shang

, Liujun Xiao and

Shunhua Yang

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6125 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice; maize; wheat; greenhouse gas; methane; nitrous oxide; ammonia; carbon; nitrogen; modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Agricultural Environment and Intelligent Plant Protection Equipment—2nd Edition

edited by

Xiongkui He

,

Baijing Qiu

and

Fuzeng Yang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11318 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural environment; pollution; green plant protection; intelligent plant protection equipment; agricultural robot

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

Evaluation of Germplasm Resources, Molecular Breeding, and Utilization in Soybean

edited by

Yingpeng Han

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 8118 | Submission Open

Keywords: soybean; germplasm evaluation; molecular breeding; beneficial allelic variation; molecular marker; gene function

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

Conventional and Alternative Fertilization of Crops

edited by

Anita Zapałowska

and

Wacław Jarecki

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5372 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral fertilization; organic fertilization; integrated nutrient management; soil health; crop productivity; precision agriculture; fertilizer optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Ecophysiology and Management of Grapevines Under Changing Climatic Conditions—2nd Edition

edited by

Vinay Pagay

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2512 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; plasticity; adaptation; abiotic stress; biotic stress; priming ecophysiology; yield; quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Cereal–Legume Cropping Systems

edited by

Katarzyna Pużyńska

,

Wacław Jarecki

and

Danijel Jug

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1093 | Submission Open

Keywords: legumes; cereals; mixed stands; intercropping; cropping systems; climate change; sustainable crop production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Precision Operation Technology and Intelligent Equipment in Farmland—3rd Edition

edited by

Jun Ni

, Lei Feng and

Lvhua Han

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 810 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision operation; agricultural sensor; agricultural machinery; field robots; machine– soil– crop interaction; interaction mechanism; intelligent control; unmanned and automatic operations

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

Crop Speed Breeding: The Contribution Efficiency of Environmental Factors

edited by

Zhonghua Bian

,

Kai Cao

and

Agnieszka Ostrowska

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 314 | Submission Open

Keywords: speed breeding; crop Response; gene expression; light; temperature; nutrition; CO2; abiotic stress

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

Advances in Environmental Stress Biology: From Omics Approaches—2nd Edition

edited by

Longxing Hu

and

Liang Chen

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioinformatics; genomics; gene family; herbal plants; ionics; metabolomics; stress biology; transcriptomics

Sustainable Cropping Systems and Biomasses for Energy and Biorefinery Applications

edited by

Nicolai David Jablonowski

,

Moritz von Cossel

and

Yasir Iqbal

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 35438 | Submission Open

Keywords: residues-/waste-/recycling-derived fertilizers; soil improvement; soil conditioners (e.g. biochars; algae biomass; other organic residues); waste stream-based; multi-product and/or decentralized and/or modular bio-refinery concepts; alternative crops and agronomic approaches; biodiversity and ecologically robust agronomic practices; nutrient recycling and alternative fertilizers; marginal soils; soil amelioration; biogenic fuels and biogas; biogenic residues; biogenic products and platform chemicals; thermochemical conversion of biomass; biomass to liquid (BtL) and bio based polymers; bio-oils production via Fischer– Tropsch synthesis

Sustainable Management and Tillage Practice in Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Xing Wang

,

Jian-Ying Qi

,

Zheng-Rong Kan

and Jiaqi Hao

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4465 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural sustainability assessment; nutrient management; cropping system; soil carbon sequestration; greenhouse gas emissions; crop productivity; resource use efficiency; soil quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Application of In Vitro Technology to Improving the Yield and Quality of Common and Alternative Crops

edited by Wojciech Litwinczuk

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3794 | Submission Open

Keywords: micropropagation; plant breeding; germplasm storage; somaclonal variation

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

Reducing the Use of Chemicals in Agriculture in Favor of New Methods of Plant Protection and Growth Stimulation

edited by

Piotr Szulc

and

Robert Idziak

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological plant protection products; biostimulants; adjuvants; integrated plant protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Integrated Management and Sustainability of Herbicide Resistance in Crops

edited by

Antonia María Rojano-Delgado

,

Ricardo Alcántara-de la Cruz

and Purificación Fernández García

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1788 | Submission Open

Keywords: herbicide resistance; herbicide selectivity; herbicide efficacy; crop tolerance; novel herbicidal activity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Weed Science and Weed Management)

Precision Monitoring of Crops and Pastures Using UAV, Satellite, and Sensor Technologies

edited by

Jitka Kumhálová

,

Iñigo Molina

and

František Kumhála

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 293 | Submission Open

Keywords: active and passive remote sensing; UAV; GIS; Lidar and image photogrammetry; crop production; pastures; special crops

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

Fertility Management for Higher Crop Productivity

edited by Danying Wang, Song Chen and Chunmei Xu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15028 | Submission Open

Keywords: fertilizer management; crop yield; soil fertility; nutrient cycling; precision farming; highly productive and efficient synergy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Regulation of Nanomaterials in Crop Growth and Physiology Under Abiotic Stress

edited by

James Barker

and

Abolghassem Emamverdian

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9026 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoparticles; biogenic nanoparticles; heavy metal stress; salinity: cold stress; drought stress; temperature; reactive oxygen species

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

Mechanism of Flower Growth in Ornamental Plants: From Floral Induction to Development

edited by

Yanhong He

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9015 | Submission Open

Keywords: floral organ; flowering time; flower colour; flower shape; flower scent; flower size

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Ecology and Management of Weeds in Different Situations

edited by

Bhagirath S. Chauhan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8158 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed ecology; seed biology; chemical control; non-chemical control; cultural control; biotechnological approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Weed Science and Weed Management)

Sustainable Pest Management under Climate Change

edited by

Xiongbing Tu

and Shiqian Feng

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6672 | Submission Open

Keywords: pest management; pest monitoring; suitable area forecasting; population dynamics; sustainable management strategies; biological control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Effect of Fertilizer Application on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Soil Carbon Sequestration

edited by

Weichao Yang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6344 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse gases; N2O; CO2; manure application; fertilizer management; nitrification inhibitor; biofertilizer; organic substitution; green manure; nitrogen cycle; yield; soil organic carbon

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Influence of Irrigation and Water Use on Agronomic Traits of Crops—2nd Edition

edited by

Ruoshui Wang

,

Yuguo Han

,

Tibin Zhang

and Qibiao Han

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5435 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation; agronomic traits; adaptive strategy; water utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Irrigation)

Recent Trends Towards Genetics-Based Methods for Pest Management in Agroecosystems—Second Edition

edited by

Fajun Chen

and

Lanzhi Han

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4769 | Submission Open

Keywords: insect-resistant genetically modified crops; RNAi and CRISPR/Cas9 editing methods; traditional genetic breeding techniques; diverse applications of insect-resistant crops; genetically sterile techniques for insect pests; transgenic insects; biopesticides

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Conventional vs. Modern Techniques in Horticultural Crop Breeding

edited by

Yi-Yin Do

and Su-Ying Yeh

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4468 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic improvement; hybridization; selection; molecular marker breeding; transgenic breeding; design breeding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Advances in Functional Quality of Horticultural, Ornamental, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops—2nd Edition

edited by

Valentina Scariot

and

Stefania Toscano

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4006 | Submission Open

Keywords: agrobiodiversity; forgotten or underused species; edible flowers; bioactive compounds; mineral elements; vitamins; antioxidants; agronomic tools; post-harvest; processing techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Agricultural Water Management and Non-Point Source Contamination Mitigation

edited by

Javier M. Gonzalez

and Wenlong Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3675 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water management; irrigation and drainage; hydrology; non-point source contamination; mitigation practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Irrigation)

Advances in Crop Molecular Breeding and Genetics—2nd Edition

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3651 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular genetics and breeding; gene cloning and function; genetic diversity; agricultural genomics; crop adaptability; crop improvement; genetic engineering; germplasm resources

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

Multifunctional Nanoparticles and Nano-Enabled Pesticides, Herbicides and Fertilizers in Agricultural Applications

edited by

Karen Esquivel Escalante

and

Ana Angelica Feregrino Perez

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3217 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotechnology; nano-herbicides; nano-pesticides; nano-fertilizers; agriculture; food safety; plant stress; nanotoxicology; nutraceuticals; crop health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)

Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests in Agriculture

edited by

Ting Li

,

Olufemi Ajayi

and

Fang (Rose) Zhu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3012 | Submission Open

Keywords: arthropod pests; sustainable management; crop protection; climate change; resistance development; biological control; artificial intelligence; genome editing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Post-harvest Pest and Disease Management—2nd Edition

edited by

Christos G. Athanassiou

,

Paraskevi Agrafioti

and

Efstathios Kaloudis

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2682 | Submission Open

Keywords: stored-product protection; post-harvest pests; post-harvest diseases; processing; storage; food safety; food security; post-harvest losses; computational models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Advances in Beneficial Insects Research for Conservation Biological Control

edited by

Susana Pascual

, Elżbieta Wojciechowicz-Żytko and

Katarzyna Golan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2363 | Submission Open

Keywords: predators; parasitoids; biological control; biodiversity of beneficial fauna; ecosystem services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Soil Degradation and Restoration: Challenges and Prospects for Agroecological Development

edited by Pilar Alonso Rojo and

Marco Criado

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1907 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic agriculture; agroecology; sustainable management systems; soil restoration; soil degradation; soil conservation; soil quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)

Effects of Different Biostimulants and Biochars on Crop Production and Quality

edited by

Riccardo Fedeli

and

Silvia Celletti

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1494 | Submission Open

Keywords: biostimulants; biochar; wood vinegar; seaweed extract; humic substances; protein hydrolyzates; crop production; plant fitness

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

State-of-the-Art Research on Weed Populations and Community Dynamics

edited by

Guillermo R. Chantre

and

Marcos Yanniccari

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1381 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed bioecology; weed management; alternative control methods; field emergence; weed competition; tactical planning; operational planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Weed Science and Weed Management)

Effects of Arable Farming Measures on Soil Quality—2nd Edition

edited by

Wenxiu Zou

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1374 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil nutrient management; soil nutrient cycling; soil tillage; soil amendment; crop yield; long-term fertilization; crop nutrient uptake

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Application of Phytohormones in Postharvest Ripening and Quality Improvement of Fruits

edited by Hua Huang and Zhengke Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1144 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytohormones; fruits; postharvest treatments; ripening; cuticle; physiological and biochemical changes; pathogen control; molecular regulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Sustainable Precision Agriculture with Wireless Sensor Networks in Crop Monitoring Aligned with SDGs

edited by

Anikó Nyéki

, Attila József Kovács and

Miklós Neményi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 947 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; wireless sensor networks; precision farming; SDGs; IoT in agriculture; crop monitoring; big data; environmental sustainability; artificial intelligence in farming

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

Cereal Rust Monitoring and Management

edited by

Laura A. Ziems

,

Rohit Mago

and

Mumta Chhetri

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 737 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereal rust; disease monitoring; disease resistance; disease surveillance; pathogen evolution; genomics; molecular diagnostics; plant pathology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Innovations in Composting and Vermicomposting

edited by Tereza Hřebečková and Ales Hanc

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 572 | Submission Open

Keywords: composting; vermicomposting; organic waste management; biological treatment; organic fertilizers; agrochemical parameters; use of vermi/compost

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Biosystem and Biological Engineering)

Effects of Herbicides on Crop Growth and Development

edited by

Leonardo Bianco de Carvalho

and Caio Antonio Carbonari

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open

Keywords: herbicide impacts on crops; crop physiology; GMO crops; hormesis; herbicide resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Weed Science and Weed Management)

Germplasm Collection and Genetic Improvement of Rosaceae Fruit Varieties

edited by

Marco Pietrella

and

Giuseppina Caracciolo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open

Keywords: germplasm diversity; germplasm collections; rosaceae; fruit quality; breeding; genomic selection; gene editing; molecular breeding; gene transformation; mutagenesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Adaptive Adjustment of Crop Management Practices Under Global Warming

edited by

Marcin Kozak

,

Magdalena Serafin-Andrzejewska

and

Agnieszka Lejman

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; adaptation; alternative crops; crop yield and quality; management practice; sowing date; biodiversity; pest management; symbiotic microorganisms; yield-stimulating products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Berry Fruits and Their Microbial Allies: Exploring Connections

edited by Daniela Sangiorgio and

Brian Farneti

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: berry fruits; productivity; omics technologies; plant growth-promoting bacteria; biological control agents; microbiomes; fruit quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Phytopathogens and Crop Diseases

edited by

Ying-Hong Lin

and Yuh Tzean

submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18746 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytopathology; plant resistance; integrated pest management; disease detection technologies; pathogen-host interaction; crop resilience; disease epidemiology; molecular approaches; climate change and agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Advancing Sustainable Agriculture: Biopesticides and the Biological Control for Pest Management

edited by

María Liza López

and

María Paula Zunino

submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4397 | Submission Open

Keywords: semiochemicals; biopesticides; biological control; chemical ecology; pest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Genetically Modified (GM) Crops and Pests Management

edited by

Lanzhi Han

and

Fei Yang

submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

Keywords: insect-resistant transgenic crops; pest management; environmental risk assessment; ecological adaptability and survival competitiveness; gene flow; unintended environmental effects; non-target effects and biodiversity; insect resistance evolution and management

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Crop Monitoring and Modelling—2nd Edition

edited by

Chengming Sun

and Minghan Cheng

submission deadline 5 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1917 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; crop monitoring and modelling; multimodal data fusion; crop phenotype; machine learning

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

Organic Amendments to Low-Fertility Soils: Current Status and Future Prospects

edited by

Jie Zhou

and Xiquan Wang

submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11857 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil carbon sequestration; microbial community; greenhouse gas emission; crop production; straw; manure; green manure; biochar; biofertilizer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

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