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Innovations in Green and Efficient Cotton Cultivation
edited by Lu Feng, and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6169 | Submission Open
Keywords: green agriculture; sustainable farming; resource-efficient farming; precision agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)
Risk and Management of Organic Contaminants in the Agricultural Environment
edited by Jian Wang and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3992 | Submission Open
Keywords: organic contaminants; soil contamination; food safety; agricultural environment; risk management; soil remediation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Agroecological Strategies for Improving Nutritional Quality of Cereal Crops submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3401 | Submission Open
Keywords: agroecology; food security; sustainability; climate change; biodiversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)
The Future of Climate-Neutral and Resilient Agriculture Systems submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2104 | 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)
Integrated Strategies for Enhancing Lodging Resistance and Yield Performance in Cereal Crops
edited by , and Yaliang Wang
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1832 | Submission Open
Keywords: cereal yield; lodging resistance; integrated management strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)
Impacts of CRISPR–Cas in Evolving Agriculture and Plant Biotechnology
edited by
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1760 | 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)
Advances Towards Innovative Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture
edited by Douglas Guelfi and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1326 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable agriculture; fertilizer technologies; nutrient use efficiency; innovations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)
Cultivation Strategies for Sustainable Bioenergy Crop Production
edited by María Mercedes Echarte, and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 414 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; sustainable agriculture; biomass production; climate resilience; circular bioeconomy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Efficient Water and Nutrient Utilization of Crops Under Changed Environment
edited by
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop physiology; water use; nutrient uptake; soil health; environmental change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Insecticide Resistance and Novel Insecticides
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 46250 | Submission Open
Keywords: insecticide; insect resistance; synthesize
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Effects of the Soil Microbiome on Nutrient Cycling and Soil Health in Agroecosystems
edited by Hui Wei
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 27516 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil biodiversity; soil food web; soil microbiomes; soil health; nutrient cycling; agricultural practices; agroecosystems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)
Keeping Nutrients in the Soil: The Challenges, Benefits and Trade-Offs
edited by Shuangyi Li and Yalong Liu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15341 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil; nutrients; benefits; health; fertilization; agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Application of Nanomaterials for Diseases and Pest Control in Agriculture
edited by and Rebeca G. Betancourt-Galindo
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15093 | Submission Open
Keywords: nano-agrochemicals; nanopesticides; nano-protect
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Crop Management in Water-Limited Cropping Systems
edited by Shoutian Ma
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14781 | 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)
Rhizosphere Microorganisms—2nd Edition
edited by and Hui-Ling Liao
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14351 | Submission Open
Keywords: rhizosphere; microorganisms; interaction; promote; resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Genetic and Molecular Research on Rice Grain Yield submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12919 | Submission Open
Keywords: rice yield-related traits; GWAS; QTLs mapping; map-based cloning; multi-omics; marker-assisted selection; genome editing
Water and Fertilizer Regulation Theory and Technology in Crops
edited by Dongmei Qiao, Qingfeng Miao and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11501 | Submission Open
Keywords: water and fertilizer; agronomy; physiology; yield; quality; drought; salinity; artificial intelligence; remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Plant Tissue Culture and Plant Somatic Embryogenesis–2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10674 | Submission Open
Keywords: breeding; elicitation; genetic stability; micropropagation; molecular markers; regeneration; slow growth; somatic embryos
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
A Path for Circular Economy in Agriculture: From Organic Waste to Sustainable Energy and Soil Fertility submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8231 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable agriculture; anaerobic digestion; composting; soil enrichment; waste management; organic waste; organic fraction of municipal solid wastes; pollution; renewable energy; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Metabolomics-Centered Mining of Crop Metabolic Diversity and Function
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7707 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop; metabolomics; nutrition; function; regulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Adaptive Evolution and Resistance Mechanisms in Agricultural Pest Management
edited by Rui Pang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7696 | Submission Open
Keywords: pest management; adaptive evolution; pesticide resistance; metabolic resistance; target site mutation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Advancements in Precision Fertilization and Water Management for Sustainable Agriculture
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7116 | 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)
Effect of Brackish and Marginal Water on Irrigated Agriculture submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6948 | Submission Open
Keywords: salinity; water use efficiency; low-quality water; irrigation management; water reuse
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Irrigation)
Environmentally Friendly Ways to Control Plant Disease submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6234 | Submission Open
Keywords: alternative control; biological control; plant disease; resistance inducers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Promoting Intercropping Systems in Sustainable Agriculture—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5927 | 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)
Seed Production and Technology
edited by Charline Zaratin Alves, , and Ceci Castilho Custódio
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5280 | 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)
Application of Machine Learning and Modelling in Food Crops submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5123 | 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)
The Formation of Specialized Traits and the Regulation of Directional Development in Forage submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4911 | Submission Open
Keywords: forage; stress tolerance; yield traits; quality factors; regulatory mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Grassland and Pasture Science)
Regulatory Mechanism of Growth Regulators on Crop Growth and Development: 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4877 | Submission Open
Keywords: brassinosteroids; chemical elements; gasotransmitters; microorganisms; phytohormones; plant growth regulators; neurotransmitters
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Trade-Offs in Crop Production: Yield and Quality, Resource Use Efficiency, and Environmental Sustainability
edited by , Kuanyu Zhu and Weiyang Zhang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4301 | Submission Open
Keywords: yield and quality; resource use efficiency; environmental sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Integrated Nitrogen Management for Improved Use Efficiency in Agroecosystems
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3525 | Submission Open
Keywords: nitrogen fertilizers; agroecosystems; nitrogen use efficiency; enhanced fertilizers; precision nitrogen management; cropping systems; integrated nutrient management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Omics Approaches for Crop Improvement—Volume II submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3030 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop improvement; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; metagenomics; metatranscriptomics; nutrigenomics; ionomics; lipidomics; phenomics; environmental omics; bioinformatics; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Mechanisms and Pathways for Enhancing Crop Stress Resistance, Yield, and Quality
edited by and Weibing Yang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2942 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop adversity; abiotic stress; stress resistance; crop yield; crop quality; crop growth; response mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Optimization and Innovation of Physiological Indexes in Crop Tolerance Mechanism
edited by Mario Franić and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2590 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; crop resilience; physiological traits; stress adaptation; agricultural innovation; tolerance mechanisms; yield stability; physiological index; performance index
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
From Phenotype to Gene: A Holistic Approach to Improving Crop Agronomic Traits
edited by Zifeng Guo, and Yinglun Li
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2450 | 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)
Biochar-Based Fertilizers for Resilient Agriculture
edited by and Zubin Xie
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2408 | 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)
Biological Pest Control in Agroecosystems—2nd Edition
edited by Dirceu Pratissoli
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1875 | Submission Open
Keywords: biological control; insect; integrated pest management; sustainability; ecological balance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Fruit Quality Improvement and Postharvest Biotechnology
edited by , and Zengyu Gan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1524 | Submission Open
Keywords: fruit quality improvement; postharvest biotechnology; genetic regulation; omics approaches; storage and shelf life extension; biocontrol strategies; smart packaging; flavor and texture enhancement; metabolic pathways; postharvest disease management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
Herbicide Use: Effects on the Agricultural Environment
edited by Edson Santos and Claudinei Da Cruz
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1504 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental pollution; environmental risks; herbicide application technology; bioremediation; phytoremediation; water quality; weed control; wildlife protection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Weed Science and Weed Management)
Interaction Mechanisms Between Crops and Pathogens
edited by Guodong Lu and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1466 | 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)
Advances in Remote Sensing Agronomic Application for Mapping and Modeling Soil Properties submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1373 | 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)
Climate Change and Its Impact on Crop Production: Enhancing Resilience and Environmental Sustainability
edited by and Prem Oli
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1291 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change mitigation; crop rotation; cover cropping; soil organic carbon; greenhouse gas emissions; agroecosystem modeling; sustainable agriculture; nitrous oxide emissions; carbon footprint
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Breakthrough and Innovation of Mutants in Genetic Improvement of Crop Varieties submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1251 | 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)
Transforming Agriculture Through Industrial Informatics and Emerging Technologies
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1247 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart agriculture; internet of things (IoT); artificial intelligence (AI); robotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
Advances in Soil Remediation Techniques for Degraded Land submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1146 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil remediation; soil quality; degraded land; byproduct; circular economy
(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 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1087 | 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)
Advancements in Genetic Research and Breeding of Sugar Crops
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 966 | 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)
Application of Artificial Intelligence in Crop Monitoring submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 807 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); crop monitoring; remote sensing; precision agriculture; data integration; climate resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
Effect of Agronomic Treatment on Seed Germination and Dormancy: 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 784 | Submission Open
Keywords: seed dormancy; germination promotion; seed enhancement; plant hormones; chemical treatments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
Enhancing Generalization in Agricultural AI: Bridging Data Gaps and Boosting Model Robustness
edited by and Mulham Fawakherji
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 661 | 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)
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