Agronomy

Organic and Organomineral Fertilizers for Sustainable and Circular Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

, Roberta Camargos de Oliveira and

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2336 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil management; nutrient availability; nutrient use efficiency; microbial communities; fertilization strategies; fertilizer production; composting; organic residues; sustainable agriculture; circular agriculture

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

Intelligent Detection of Crop Growth Phenotyping Toward Sustainability: Sensors, IoT Technologies and Signal Processing

edited by

Luis M. Contreras-Medina

and

Arturo Alfonso Fernandez-Jaramillo

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2320 | Submission Open

Keywords: phenotyping; sensors; agriculture; electronic instrumentation; sustainability; knowledge management; plants; signal processing; modeling

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

Crop Monitoring and Yield Prediction for Arid and Semi-Arid Farming Systems

edited by

Xin Hui

and

Maosheng Ge

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2090 | Submission Open

Keywords: arid and semi-arid farming systems; crop monitoring; yield prediction; remote sensing in agriculture; precision agriculture technologies; IoT-based crop sensing; machine learning for yield estimation; drought stress detection; agricultural data analytics; climate-resilient crop forecasting

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

Soil Nutrient Dynamics in Agriculture: Cycling, Chemistry and Climate Resilience

edited by

Monika Mierzwa-Hersztek

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 764 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil nutrient dynamics; nutrient cycling; soil chemistry; biogeochemical processes; climate resilience; sustainable agriculture; nutrient use efficiency; soil health; organic amendments; soil–plant–microbe interactions

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

Crop Stress Tolerance: From Molecular Mechanisms to Agronomic Performance

edited by

Liang Fang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 613 | Submission Open

Keywords: stress signaling; stress-responsive genes; regulatory networks; phytohormones; redox homeostasis; omics and phenotyping; crop improvement

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

Soil Pollution and Remediation in Sustainable Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Cledimar Rogerio Lourenzi

and

Guilherme Wilbert Ferreria

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal; animal wastes; organic compost; cover plants; no-tillage system; soil organic carbon; copper; zinc

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

UAV Sensors and Algorithms in Plant Phenotype Studies

edited by

Sunil GC

and

Cengiz Koparan

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; deep learning; multispectral; hyperspectral; phenotyping; AI algorithm

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

Irrigation and Fertilizer Requirements of Crop Tillage Systems Under Future Climate Change Scenarios

edited by

Qinge Dong

and Xuewen Gong

submission deadline 25 Jan 2027 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10511 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture; crop water requirement; crop yield and quality; evapotranspiration; fertilizer utilization efficiency; soil environment; water efficient use; water and fertilizer coupling; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)

Vegetation Remote Sensing for Sustainable Water and Nutrient Management in Agriculture

edited by Francisco Montoya and

Susana Ferreira

submission deadline 28 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1862 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop water use; deficit irrigation strategies; nutrient use efficiency; nutrient stress; nutrient management strategies; data fusion; machine learning; precision agriculture

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

Toward Water-Smart Cereal Production: Agronomic Innovations for Food System Sustainability

edited by

Mohamed Houssemeddine Sellami

submission deadline 28 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 375 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-smart agriculture; cereal crop water productivity; drought-resilient agronomy; deficit irrigation; soil moisture conservation; precision water management; climate-adaptive cereal systems; sustainable food systems; conservation agriculture; digital ir-rigation technologies

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

Grassland Ecosystems: Remote Sensing, Ecology and Sustainable Development

edited by Yanjun Yang and

Haiyan Ren

submission deadline 29 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3866 | Submission Open

Keywords: grassland ecosystems; remote sensing; sustainable management; machine learning; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Grassland and Pasture Science)

Managing Soil Contaminants for Safe and Sustainable Crop Production

edited by Hongzhi He and Guikui Chen

submission deadline 29 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil; contaminants; crop production; sustainability; heavy metals; nanomaterials; microplastics

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

Plant Probiotics and Beneficial Microorganisms for Crop Health and Productivity

edited by

Xiujie Yin

submission deadline 29 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant probiotics; PGPR; crop health; beneficial microorganisms; rhizosphere microbiome; biocontrol

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

Fertilizer Innovation and Practice in Sustainable Intensified Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Witold Grzebisz

and

Nevien Elhawat

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1733 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility level; nitrogen action; nitrogen supporter; secondary nutrients; microelements; crops; cardinal stages; yield formation

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

Unlocking the Code to Crop Stress Resistance: Genetic Improvement Opens a New Chapter in Agriculture

edited by Jingjun Ruan,

Yuqi He

and

Moyang Liu

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: crops; abiotic stress; genetic improvement; gene editing; stress resistance

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

Smart Seed Systems: AI-Driven Seed Quality, Prediction & Precision Sowing

edited by

Linrong Shi

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart agriculture; artificial intelligence; machine vision; deep learning; seed quality; precision sowing

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

Cover Crops and Soil Amendments for Soil Health, Crop Production and Regenerative Agriculture

edited by

Lukas Hallman

and

Lorenzo Rossi

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: cover crops; soil health; agricultural sustainability; soil amendments; crop production; nutrient management; regenerative agriculture

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

Advances in Soil Management and Ecological Restoration

edited by

Youjin Yan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8662 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate resilience; sustainable soil management; ecological restoration; nature-based solutions; remote sensing; AI-assisted

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

Biochar-Based Fertilizers for Resilient Agriculture

edited by

Qiao Xu

and Zubin Xie

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8191 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; soil fertility; microbiome; nutrient cycling; greenhouse gas emissions; ecosystem resilience; multi-omics

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

Impact of Irrigation or Drainage on Soil Environment and Crop Growth

edited by Maomao Hou

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4394 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation; irrigation water quality; irrigation water use; irrigation with marginal-quality water; irrigation district; drainage; soil environment; nutrient loss; non-point source pollution; greenhouse gases; crop growth; water use efficiency; nutrient use efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)

Soil Improvement and Restoration

edited by Chengyi Huang, Zhang Cheng and Ke Zhao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3593 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil conditioner; soil remediation materials; biochar; soil quality; soil environmental protection fertilization mode; soil improvement and restoration efficiency; soil fertility and health; conservation agriculture; sustainability of soil fertilization

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

Genetics and Breeding of Field Crops in the 21st Century—2nd Edition

edited by

Ioannis N. Xynias

and Ilias D. Avdikos

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3417 | Submission Open

Keywords: yield; quality; food supply; climate change; sustainable agriculture

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

Cultivation Advances and Agronomic Approaches to Enhance the Phytochemical, Nutraceutical, and Pharmacological Value of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

edited by

Ekaterina-Michaela Tomou

and

Antonios Chrysargyris

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3312 | Submission Open

Keywords: secondary metabolites; specialized natural products; metabolomics; bioactive compounds; pharmacological activities; climate change; nutritional value; innovative cultivation practices; soil/soilless cultures; hydroponics

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

Advancements in Genetic Research and Breeding of Sugar Crops

edited by

Xiping Yang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2974 | Submission Open

Keywords: sugar crops genetics; molecular biology and biochemistry; genomic and molecular studies; breeding techniques; phenomics and high-throughput screening; environmental resilience; genetic engineering and biotechnology

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

Enhancing Wheat Yield Through Sustainable Farming Practices

edited by

Hongkun Yang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2894 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable intensification; climate-resilient agriculture; precision agriculture; artificial intelligence; soil–plant–climate interactions; conservation tillage; integrated nutrient management: water-use efficiency; abiotic stress physiology; soil microbe interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Smart Sensing and Sustainable Crop Management Strategies for Agriculture in Arid and Semiarid Regions

edited by Zhenqi Liao,

Junliang Fan

, Peng Zhu and Yüze Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2731 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart agriculture; sustainable agriculture practices; crop management strategies; agricultural water management; arid and semiarid regions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Achievements and Perspectives on Heavy Metal Stress and Crop Plant Responses

edited by

Ciulca Sorin

,

Șumălan Radu-Liviu

and

Renata Maria Sumalan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2648 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal (HM) pollution; HM toxicity in plants; plant responses to HM stress; plant’s adaptation strategies to HM stress; phytoremediation; metallophytes; HM stress mitigation; genetic of plant’s tolerance to HM stress; Rhizospheric microbiome adaptation and plant tolerance

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

Plant Tissue Culture and Regeneration Techniques for Crop Enhancement

edited by Thiresia-Teresa Tzatzani and Georgios Tsoktouridis

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1798 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant tissue culture; regeneration techniques; crop improvement; genetic diversity; in vitro propagation; somatic embryogenesis; stress tolerance; sustainable agriculture

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

Evolutionary Mechanisms and Molecular Regulatory Networks of Plant Breeding Systems

edited by Xiaokai Ma

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1533 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant breeding systems; multi-omics; evolutionary genomics; flower-pollinator interactions; floral development; mating strategies; self-incompatibility; sex determination

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

Effects of Soil Tillage and Fertilizer Management on Production of Cereal Crops: 3rd Edition

edited by Juan Han and Shiju Liu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1293 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation agriculture; soil tillage; fertilization mode; crop yield; agricultural product quality; resource utilization efficiency; soil fertility and health; soil nutrient supply and circulation; sustainability of soil fertilization; greenhouse gas emissions

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

The Role of Nutrients in Crop Performance Under Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

edited by

Marta Nunes Da Silva

and

Carla Sofia Sancho Dos Santos

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1044 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient use efficiency; micronutrients; stress tolerance; priming; nanofertilizers; crop protection; precision fertilization; sustainable farming

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

Plant Physiological Responses to Integrated Mineral and Organic Fertilization Strategies

edited by

Hyun-Hwoi Ku

and

Changyoon Jeong

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 937 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral fertilization; organic fertilization; plant physiology; nutrient use efficiency; soil–plant–atmosphere interactions; soil fertility; greenhouse gas emissions; climate change

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

Risk Assessment of Pesticide Residues in Crop Production

edited by

He Min

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 468 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision application; pesticide residue; dietary exposure risk; spray technology; ecotoxicology; soil microbiota; resistance risk assessment; nano pesticides; deposition and retention; environmental fate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Land Degradation and Management Strategies: Contributing to Sustainable Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Yaqun Liu

and

Changhe Lü

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 447 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural land degradation land use; cover change overgrazing; grassland degradation land productivity soil quality ecosystem services anthropogenic interference climate change food; ecological security sustainable land management

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

Machine Learning for Genetic Data Analysis and Precision Crop Breeding

edited by Maldonado Carlos and

Freddy Mora-Poblete

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 390 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning algorithms; genomic data; precision breeding; genomic selection; deep learning; multi-omics integration; crop improvement; genomic, phenomic, and environmental data integration

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

Functional Characterization of Key Agronomic Trait Genes in Soybean

edited by Jun Liu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 353 | Submission Open

Keywords: stress; adaptability; nitrogen fixation; architecture; quality; yield; molecular mechanism

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

Effect of Nitrogen Supply on Growth and Yield of Crops

edited by Guanghua Yin and Jie Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open

Keywords: nitrogen supply; crop growth; crop yield; nitrogen use efficiency; nitrogen management; crop physiology; sustainable agriculture; nutrient uptake

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

Diapause, Adaptation, Phenotypic Plasticity and Control Strategies of Crop Pests

edited by

Lin Jin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: diapause; adaptation; phenotypic plasticity; interplay; ecological environment; regulatory mechanism; control strategies; crop pest

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

Intelligent Farming Equipment: Optimization Design, Dynamics Control, and Machine Learning Applications

edited by Xiaowen Wang, Yue Jiang and Mingxiong Ou

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent farming equipment; precision agriculture; optimization design; dynamic control systems; agricultural robotics; machine learning applications; digital twin technology; autonomous agricultural operations

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

The Application of Nanoparticles in the Next-Generation Plant In Vitro Technology

edited by

Matteo Caser

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoparticles; plant tissue culture; micropropagation

Climate Change Impacts on Cereal Yield, Grain Quality and Food Security

edited by

Tengcong Jiang

and Linchao Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; cereal crops; yield; grain quality; drought; heat stress; food security

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

Advances in Intelligent Agricultural Facilities, Equipment and Technologies for Sustainable Crop Production

edited by

Yafei Wang

and

Zhao Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: harvesting robot; spectral detection; terahertz metamaterial sensor; wearable sensor; microfluidic chip; pest and disease detection; phenotypic information; disease warning

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

Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Enhancing Efficiency and Reducing Environmental Impact—2nd Edition

edited by

Thiago Libório Romanelli

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; system management; smart farming; digital agriculture; regenerative agriculture; cleaner production

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

Advances in the Development and Utilization of Legume Germplasm

edited by

Salvador Osuna-Caballero

and Kirstin E. Bett

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop wild relatives; legume germplasm; genetic diversity; genetic gain; plant breeding; association studies; marker-assisted selection; genomic selection; yield stability

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

Plant–Soil Feedbacks and Organic Matter Dynamics

edited by Magdalena Myszura-Dymek and

Barbara Futa

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant–soil feedbacks; soil organic matter (SOM); carbon sequestration; soil microbiome; soil enzymatic activity; organic carbon stabilization; organic matter dynamics; agroecosystems; soil management practices; soil fertility

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

Trade-Offs in Crop Production: Yield and Quality, Resource Use Efficiency, and Environmental Sustainability—2nd Edition

edited by

Junfei Gu

, Kuanyu Zhu and Weiyang Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: yield and quality; resource use efficiency; environmental sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Advances in Precision Pesticide Spraying Technology and Equipment—2nd Edition

edited by Longlong Li, Chenhui Zhang and Shilin Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; pesticide spraying; remote sensing; UAV; spray deposition; spray drift; variable-rate spraying; spray robot; deposits behavior; spray adjuvant

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

Crop Nutrition Diagnosis and Efficient Production—2nd Edition

edited by

Shijie Tian

and

Zhouzhou Zheng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; agricultural artificial intelligence; drone remote sensing; hyperspectral imaging; precision water and fertilizer management; crop growth monitoring; pest and disease detection

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

Smart Agricultural Equipment and Automation for Crop Production

edited by

Jing Zhang

and

Jianmin Gao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent farm machinery; agricultural automation systems; crop cultivation; smart farming; field operation; cash crop equipment; grain loss detection; digital agriculture

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

Innovative Irrigation Technologies and Crop Water–Nutrient Regulation

edited by Zhen Zheng,

Jian Wang

and

Chao Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision irrigation; water-use efficiency; nutrient-use efficiency; machine learning; water-saving irrigation; crop model

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

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