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Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Grass Species

edited by

Zhou Li

and

Gang Nie

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2170 | Submission Open

Keywords: turfgrass; forage; ground-cover plant; gene function; stress physiology; metabolic pathway; omics; plant growth regulator

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

Artificial Intelligence in Greenhouse Environment Modelling and Control

edited by

Xiaoming Wei

Congcong Sun

and

Jingxin Yu

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 862 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in agriculture; smart greenhouse systems; automated environmental control; energy-efficient agriculture; machine learning applications; crop yield optimisation; IoT-based monitoring; predictive climate control; sustainable protected agriculture; intelligent resource management

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

Innovations in Agriculture for Sustainable Agro-Systems

edited by

Ioannis Vagelas

and

Christos Lykas

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 20140 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision and smart agriculture; environmental impact; process-based crop model; climate change; open and big data; predictive and decision support systems; IoT for biodiversity and sustainability; Internet of Things; robot– plant interaction; remote sensing; monitoring and control of diseases; pests and weeds; plant detection and monitoring

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

Modern Seed Technologies for Developing Dynamic Agriculture

edited by

Guangwu Zhao

and

Zhujun Zhu

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15640 | Submission Open

Keywords: seed technology; seed quality; seed physiology; seed molecular biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Multifunctionality of Grassland Soils: Opportunities and Challenges

edited by Miriam Kizekova and

Radoslava Kanianska

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4803 | Submission Open

Keywords: grasslands; soil; soil chemical properties; management; ecosystem services; carbon sequestration; nutrient cycling; climate change

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

How to Increase the Nutritional Quality of Agricultural Products

edited by Deborah Murowaniecki Otero,

María José Aliaño-González

and

Armando Quintero-Ramos

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutritional quality; crops; bioactive compounds; health-promoting compounds; antioxidants; macronutrients; vitamins; minerals; food quality; food safety; agronomic systems; agronomic practices; storage; processing; plant genotype; development of new products; food technology

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

Effects of Rootstocks to Improve Fruit Yield, Quality, and Resilience to Climatic Changes

edited by

Marco Antonio Tecchio

and Patrícia Coelho De Souza Leão

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: rootstocks; grafting; biotic and abiotic stresses; enhance fruit crop resilience

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

Managing Fungal Pathogens of Stable Crops in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Lanfei Zhao

and Yunfeng Xu

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal pathogens; stable crops; management method; sustainable agriculture

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

It Runs in the Family: The Importance of the Lamiaceae Family Species—2nd Edition

edited by

Antonios Chrysargyris

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 913 | Submission Open

Keywords: edible flowers; organic farming; urban uses; natural products/biological activities; unexplored edible plants; introduction of native populations to cultivation schemes; added-value products; plant byproducts; new technological applications; new cultivation techniques; hydroponics/substrates; essential oils and extract properties

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

Agroclimatology and Crop Production: Adapting to Climate Change

edited by

Ilie Bodale

and Vasile Stoleru

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 787 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-smart crop production; climate change adaptation and mitigation; sustainable crops; weather hazard response; monitoring and forecasting food security scenarios; sensor systems and remote sensing images; AI and digital tools for climate resilience; bioclimatic indexes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Conservation Agricultural Practices for Improving Crop Production and Quality—2nd Edition

edited by

Mariola Staniak

Ewa Szpunar-Krok

and

Edward Wilczewski

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation agriculture; farming systems; reduced tillage; crop rotation; intercropping; cover crops; crop residue management; water management; soil organic matter management; weed management; yield and crop quality

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

Advances in Grassland Productivity and Sustainability—3rd Edition

edited by

Mohamed Abdalla

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: grassland; production; grazing; degradation; GHG emissions; climate change; biodiversity; modelling

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

Smart Agriculture for Crop Phenotyping

edited by Wenting Han and Liyuan Zhang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 10 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; multi-scale phenotyping systems; prescription maps; site-specific crop management

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

Agricultural Innovation in Sustainable and Organic Vegetable Crops Production

edited by Jose Magno Queiroz Luz and

Gabriel M. Maciel

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2722 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetables; breeding; organic; sustainable farming; genetic improvement; cultivation; vegetable nutrition

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

The Role of Biostimulants in Horticultural Crop Production: Current Advances and Challenges

edited by

Rosa Porcel

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: biostimulants; abiotic stress; biotic stress; beneficial microorganism; mycorrhizal fungi; PGPR; inorganic compounds; seaweed extracts; chitin and chitosan derivatives; humic and fulvic acids; protein hydrolysates

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

Organic Improvement in Agricultural Waste and Byproducts

edited by

Aldo Dal Prà

Pierpaolo Duce

and Francesca Camilli

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2111 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioeconomy; agricultural byproducts; wool; agroforestry

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

Crop Genomics and Omics for Future Food Security

edited by

Shuan Meng

Marco Pietrella

and

Guobin Zhang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1593 | Submission Open

Keywords: food Security; crops omics; genomics; transcriptomics; metabolomics; proteomics; GWAS; crop improvement; crop yield; nutritional quality

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

The Future of Climate-Neutral and Resilient Agriculture Systems

edited by

Salem Alhajj Ali

Giuseppe Lopriore

and

Gaetano Alessandro Vivaldi

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: regenerative agriculture; low-carbon agriculture; climate mitigation; agroforestry and climate resilience; precision agriculture; remote sensing technologies; climate smart agriculture; agroecology; life cycle assessment; sustainability practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Advances Towards Innovative Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by Douglas Guelfi and

Heitor Cantarella

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; fertilizer technologies; nutrient use efficiency; innovations

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

Efficient Water and Nutrient Utilization of Crops Under Changed Environment

edited by

Zhenhua Wei

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

Keywords: crop physiology; water use; nutrient uptake; soil health; environmental change

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

Impacts of CRISPR–Cas in Evolving Agriculture and Plant Biotechnology

edited by

Yupeng Cai

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: CRISPR– Cas; gene editing; agronomic traits; plant biotechnology; multi-gene editing; vector delivery system; prime editing; yield; quality; stress tolerance

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

Bud Fruitfulness in Grapes: Metabolism Response to Environmental Conditions

edited by

Xuefei Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: viticulture practices; plant physiology; grape metabolites; stress biology; environmental change; terroir

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

Rhizosphere Microorganisms—2nd Edition

edited by

Zhihong Xie

and Hui-Ling Liao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10888 | Submission Open

Keywords: rhizosphere; microorganisms; interaction; promote; resistance

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

Crop Management in Water-Limited Cropping Systems

edited by Shoutian Ma

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3116 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation method; deficit irrigation; precision irrigation; evapotranspiration; yield gap; irrigation efficiency; water productivity; crop management

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

Seed Production and Technology

edited by Charline Zaratin Alves,

Francisco Vanies Da Silva Sá

Alan Mario Zuffo

and Ceci Castilho Custódio

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2344 | Submission Open

Keywords: vigor; viability; germination and dormancy; artificial intelligence; production; maturation; and harvest; cultural practices; quality control; image analysis; drying; processing; storage; and treatment of seeds

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

Promoting Intercropping Systems in Sustainable Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Christos A. Dordas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1282 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; organic farming; cropping systems; conservation agriculture; water management; cover crops; ecological intensification; modeling; climate change; ecosystem services

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

Harnessing Benefits of Legumes for Tropical Farming Systems

edited by

Surya P. Bhattarai

and Dante L. Adorada

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 974 | Submission Open

Keywords: tropical agriculture; grain and graze; dual purpose crops; sustainable soil; pulses; mixed farming; farming system; soil fertility; germplasm enhancement; high-value crops

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

Advances in Soil Remediation Techniques for Degraded Land

edited by

Antonio Ganga

Thiago Assis Rodrigues Nogueira

Arun Dilipkumar Jani

and

Gian Franco Capra

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 814 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil remediation; soil quality; degraded land; byproduct; circular economy

(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 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 480 | 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)

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

edited by

Junfei Gu

, Kuanyu Zhu and Weiyang Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 421 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Advances in Remote Sensing Agronomic Application for Mapping and Modeling Soil Properties

edited by

Anna Rita Bernadette Cammerino

and

Massimo Monteleone

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 364 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; mapping soil properties; modelling soil properties; agro-environmental application; multicriteria analysis

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

Breakthrough and Innovation of Mutants in Genetic Improvement of Crop Varieties

edited by

Nasya Tomlekova

and

Jerzy Henryk Czembor

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 317 | Submission Open

Keywords: mutagenesis; MAS; plant genetic resources; CRISPR editing; plant breeding; genomic selection; bioinformatics; cutting-edge research

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

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 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 300 | 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)

From Phenotype to Gene: A Holistic Approach to Improving Crop Agronomic Traits

edited by Zifeng Guo,

Hongwei Zhang

and Yinglun Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open

Keywords: phenomics; quantitative trait locus (QTL); genomic selection (GS); genomic-enviromic selection (GES); molecular design breeding

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

Innovative Applications of Waste-Derived Materials for Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Engineering

edited by

Justyna Szerement

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste-derived materials; soil health; sustainable agriculture; environmental engineering; soil remediation; life cycle assessment (LCA); circular agriculture; waste-derived fertilizers; soil amendments; waste management

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

Evapotranspiration Processes and Regulating Mechanisms in Agro-Forestry Ecosystems

edited by Zebin Liu and Lihong Xu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant transpiration; evapotranspiration; soil evaporation; water use; hydroxide isotope; modelling

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

Innovation in Oilseed Germplasm Resources and Nutritional Genetic Improvement

edited by Guixiang Tang and Xuanbo Zhong

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutritional genomics; gene editing; metabolic pathways; novel germplasm; sustainable oil production; molecular tools; technology innovation; oil crops

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

Transforming Agriculture Through Industrial Informatics and Emerging Technologies

edited by

Yongliang Qiao

and

Beibei Xu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart agriculture; internet of things (IoT); artificial intelligence (AI); robotics

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

Forage Conservation and Utilization in Organic Farming Systems

edited by

Barbara Wróbel

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: forage management; forage nutritional quality; forage preservation; storage techniques; grasslands; DM losses; organic additives; production of forage for ensiling; silage microbiota

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

The Challenge of Pesticide Application to Developing Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Kang Qiao

and

Mingwei Song

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: pesticides; sustainable agriculture; integrated pest management (IPM); biopesticides; environmental impact; precision agriculture; ecological farming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

High-Standard Farmland: Innovations in Irrigation and Fertilization Technology

edited by

Anetta Siwik-Ziomek

and

Anna Figas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: sprinkler irrigation; drip irrigation; automated water-saving irrigation; smart irrigation systems; intelligent fertilization; biostimulants; crop health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Application of Machine Learning and Modelling in Food Crops

edited by

Luís Filipe Machado Pádua

Bing Liu

and

Chenyao Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop production and management; machine learning; deep learning; crop modelling; Internet of Things (IoT); big data; smart agriculture; precision farming technologies; sensor-based crop monitoring; model-based decision support systems

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

Crop Photosynthesis: Today’s Challenge for Our Future

edited by

Luca Dall'Osto

Alberta Pinnola

and

Zeno Guardini

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioengineering; crop improvement; stress tolerance; agronomy; physiology; genetics; global warming; photorespiration; C3-C4-CAM plants; non-photochemical quenching; RuBisCO; light-harvesting complexes

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

Interaction Mechanisms Between Crops and Pathogens

edited by Guodong Lu and

Yingzi Yun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop– pathogen interactions; molecular mechanisms; pathogen virulence; plant immunity; disease management strategies

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

Innovations in Crop Quality and Safety

edited by

Riccardo De Flaviis

and

Daniela Romano

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop quality; crop safety; volatile compounds; mycotoxins; sustainable agriculture; toxin detection; breeding strategies; risk assessment; flavor enhancement; safety assessment

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

Insect‒Microbe Symbiosis in Sustainable Pest Management

edited by

Qing Chen

and Zihua Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: insect– microbe symbiosis; biocontrol strategies; sustainable pest management

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

Enhancing Generalization in Agricultural AI: Bridging Data Gaps and Boosting Model Robustness

edited by

Jayme Garcia Arnal Barbedo

and Mulham Fawakherji

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: generalization in machine learning; precision agriculture; domain adaptation; transfer learning; data augmentation; synthetic data generation; multimodal data fusion; generative models (GANs; VAEs); large language models (LLMs); robustness and adaptability; crop monitoring and management; soil and water analysis

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

Neglected Crops for a Sustainable Future: NUS and the Path to Achieving SDGs

edited by

David Draper

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: neglected and underutilized species; crop wild relatives; food security; sustainable development goals

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

Advancements in Precision Fertilization and Water Management for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Junsheng Lu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; integrated water– fertilizer management; sustainable agriculture; smart irrigation systems; fertigation technologies; efficient utilization of water and fertilizers

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

Integrated Approaches to the Successful Remediation of Soils Polluted with Metal: Progress, Obstacles, and Sustainability Implications

edited by Claudia Campillo-Cora and Antía Gómez-Armesto

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal contamination; soil contamination; soil remediation; integrated approaches; sustainable remediation; risk assessment; bioremediation; phytoremediation; environmental impact; heavy metal

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

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