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Pest Management in Agricultural Ecosystem
edited by Dirceu Pratissoli
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3049 | Submission Open
Keywords: insects; ecological balance; sustainability; integrated pest management; pest management techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Smart Orchard Equipment: Advances in Precision Management Technologies
edited by , Xueguan Zhao and Shuai Ma
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2853 | Submission Open
Keywords: autonomous orchard robotics; variable-rate application; AI-driven monitoring; eco-efficiency optimization; early stress diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
Towards Sustainability: Trade-Off Between Pest Management and Environment
edited by Patrice A. Marchand
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2332 | Submission Open
Keywords: pest management; plant protection products; organic farming; ecotoxicology; pesticides; ecological impact; regulatory; innovation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Advances in Tillage Methods to Improve the Yield and Quality of Crops—2nd Edition
edited by Jiatun Xu and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2297 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant growth; crop productivity; soil fertility; agroecosystems; plant–soil relationships; sustainable agricultural practices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Advances in Plant Pathology of Viticulture—2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2119 | Submission Open
Keywords: biocontrol; IPM; physiopathology; epidemiology; etiology; grapevine; biotechnology; genetics; early detection; emerging diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Modeling for Risk Assessment of Crop Health and Yield Prediction submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1893 | Submission Open
Keywords: IPM; plant pathology; entomology; weed sciences; epidemiology; prediction models; risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
The Role and Strategies of Biocontrol Microorganisms in Plant Health Management submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1394 | Submission Open
Keywords: biocontrol microorganisms; plant health management; antagonistic interactions; microbial consortia; bioactive compounds; plant–microbe interactions; sustainable agriculture; postharvest disease control; beneficial fungi and bacteria
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Robotics for Agricultural Production
edited by Sergio Bayano Tejero and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1330 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural robotics; precision agriculture; autonomous operations; automated harvesting; multi-robot systems; autonomous navigation; resource optimisation; advanced perception
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
Plant–Insect Interactions in the Agroecosystem
edited by Apostolos Kapranas and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1229 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant–insect interactions; herbivory; integrated pest management (IPM); plant defense responses; volatile organic compounds (VOCs); insect behavior; agroecology; multitrophic interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)
Efficient Water and Nutrient Utilization of Crops Under Changed Environment
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1072 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop physiology; water use; nutrient uptake; soil health; environmental change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Isotope and Microbial Approaches
edited by Hongfei Liu
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 809 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil carbon cycling; nitrogen cycling; stable isotopes; soil microbial ecology; plant–soil–microbe interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Exploration of Aneuploidy and Polyploidy in the Evolution of Horticultural Crops and Crop Wild Relatives
edited by Saverio D’Emerico, Alessio Turco and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 721 | Submission Open
Keywords: aneuploidy; classical and molecular genetics; crop wild relatives; epigenetics; evolution; genetic diversity; horticultural crops; polyploidy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Mechanisms of Light Response and Morphogenesis in Plants
edited by Alessandra Boccaccini
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 677 | Submission Open
Keywords: light signaling; photoreceptors; signal transduction; biodiversity; breeding; natural variation; genome editing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Innovations in Biosystems Engineering for Sustainable Agriculture
edited by Manuel Moya Ignacio and Desirée Rodríguez-Robles
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 622 | Submission Open
Keywords: technology; bioenergy; automation; environmental sustainability; greenhouse; irrigation; crop production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Biosystem and Biological Engineering)
Soil and Plant-Based Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture and Carbon Sequestration submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 438 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable agriculture; soil health; carbon sequestration; regenerative farming; plant–soil interactions; climate-smart agriculture; agroecology; soil organic matter
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Plant Physiological Responses in Agricultural Crops: From Molecular Mechanisms to Field Management submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 393 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant physiology; stress tolerance; photosynthesis; omics technologies; high-throughput phenotyping; water-use efficiency; crop management; sustainable agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Metabolomics and Transcriptomics of Emerging Crop Diseases: Crop–Pathogen Interaction and Host Mechanisms submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 380 | Submission Open
Keywords: biotic stress; plant pathogens; defense response; signal transduction; metabolomics; transcriptomics; host–pathogen interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Building Grapevine Resilience Under Climate Change: Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses from Physiology to Sustainable Viticulture
edited by and Luísa Carvalho
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 366 | Submission Open
Keywords: drought; environmental stress; heat stress; microbiome; mineral nutrition; pests and diseases; rootstock–scion interactions; sustainable viticulture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
Herbicides Toxicology and Weeds Herbicide-Resistant Mechanism—3rd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 361 | Submission Open
Keywords: herbicide toxicology; herbicide-resistant weeds; herbicide resistance; resistance mechanism to herbicides
(This special issue belongs to the Section Weed Science and Weed Management)
Valorization of Organic Wastes for Sustainable Crop Production
edited by Ilan Adler and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open
Keywords: circular agriculture; agricultural waste management; sustainable agriculture; energy and nutrient recovery from waste; organic fertilizer; anaerobic digestion; plant nutrition; soil health; crop quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Renewable Energy Applications in Agriculture: Technical Innovations for Sustainable and Resilient Farming submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; agricultural water management; smart agriculture; socio-technical systems; agrivoltaics; mini-grids; climate resilience; smallholder farmers; energy access; sustainable farming
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Agricultural Innovation in Sustainable and Organic Vegetable Crops Production—2nd Edition
edited by Jose Magno Queiroz Luz and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open
Keywords: vegetables breeding; organic sustainable; farming; genetic improvement; cultivation vegetable; nutrition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)
Saltwater Irrigation and Saline-Alkali Land Improvement
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open
Keywords: salinity control; irrigation; soil amendments; arid/coastal regions; crop productivity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Irrigation)
Integrative Physiology and Molecular Mechanisms of Heavy Metal Stress in Rice
edited by and Xiaoyan Lin
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open
Keywords: heavy metal stress; rice (Oryza sativa); molecular regulation; multi-omics integration; food safety and security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Oilseed Crop Improvement: Breeding for Enhanced Resistance and Quality
edited by
submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 548 | Submission Open
Keywords: oilseed crops; plant breeding; stress resistance; abiotic stress tolerance; biotic stress resistance; nutritional quality; seed quality; crop improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Agricultural Aspects of Medicinal, Aromatic and Spice Plants' Cultivation, Harvest, Processing and Conservation submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14786 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural technology and cultivation practices; herbs; harvest; post- harvest; raw material; quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
New Insights into Plant–Microbe Interaction submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2979 | Submission Open
Keywords: legumes; vegetable crops; pathogens; beneficial microorganisms; microbiome; microbial community
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Advances in Soil Remediation Techniques for Degraded Land submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6637 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil remediation; soil quality; degraded land; byproduct; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Enhancing Generalization in Agricultural AI: Bridging Data Gaps and Boosting Model Robustness
edited by and Mulham Fawakherji
submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3196 | 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)
Selected Papers from the 5th International Electronic Conference on Agronomy (IECAG 2025) submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1442 | Submission Open
Keywords: biostimulants; plant breeding; climate change; plant nutrition; biotic and abiotic stress; plant–microbe and plant–plant interactions; plant physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology; sustainable agriculture
Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Farmland Soil
edited by Rongguang Shi and Tiantian Ma
submission deadline 16 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6803 | Submission Open
Keywords: farmland protection; environmental monitoring; risk assessment restoration and governance; regulatory techniques and policies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Genetically Modified (GM) Crops and Pests Management
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7143 | 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)
Smart Strategies and Technologies for Sustainability and Biodiversity in Herbaceous and Horticultural Crops—3rd Edition submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5777 | Submission Open
Keywords: conservation agriculture; organic agriculture; cover crops; intercropping; integrated/non-chemical weed and pest control; precision and digital agriculture for sustainability
Smart Agriculture for Crop Phenotyping
edited by Wenting Han and Liyuan Zhang
submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4473 | 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 Carbon Sequestration, Emission Reduction, and Efficiency Enhancement: Innovative Practices and Prospects
edited by Pingping Zhang, and
submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3392 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; non-point source pollution; nature-based solutions (NbS); risk assessment; collaborative control; carbon sequestration accounting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Molecular Mechanisms of Nutrient Stress Responses in Crops: From Physiology to Epigenetics
edited by
submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1456 | Submission Open
Keywords: nutrient stress; crop resilience; signal transduction; epigenetic regulation; molecular physiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Exogenous Organic Matter in Soil Health and Fertility submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1360 | Submission Open
Keywords: exogenous organic matter; bacteria; plants; soil; degradation; drought; crop resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Soil Microbe and Nematode Communities in Agricultural Systems—2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil microorganisms; soil nematodes; community structure; soil biodiversity; soil functions; soil health; soil ecosystems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)
Cover Crops and Forage in Nutrient Cycling and Their Utilization in Integrated Crop–Livestock Systems submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12495 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil quality; grassland; crop rotation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests in Agriculture submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8206 | 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)
Highlighting and Enhancing Ecosystem Services of Crops and Weeds in Agroecosystems submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5275 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem services; agroecology; legumes; industrial crops; weed management; agronomy; weeds; integrated management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Weed Science and Weed Management)
Strategies for Sustainable Sugarcane Health and Productivity
edited by André Bueno Gama, , and San-Ji Gao
submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2636 | Submission Open
Keywords: sugarcane diseases; disease management; precision agriculture; rhizosphere microbiome; integrated crop management; resistance breeding; AI-driven predictive modeling; pathogen surveillance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Digital Twin and AI-Enhanced Simulation in Agricultural Systems
edited by and Ya Xiong
submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1911 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital twin; AI-enhanced simulation; internet of things (IoT); machine learning and deep learning; smart agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
Precision Spray Application Technologies in Fruit Crops for Efficient and Sustainable Production submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 324 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision spraying; fruit crops; spray drift; variable-rate application; smart sprayers; canopy management; sustainable agriculture; IPM
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
Molecular Breeding and Quality Improvement in Nut Tree Species submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open
Keywords: nut tree species; molecular breeding; quality enhancement; genomics; molecular marker-assisted selection; stress resistance; germplasm innovation; chestnut; almond; hazelnut; walnut; yield optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Plant-Parasitic Nematodes: Emerging Threats and Control Solutions, or Next-Generation Tools for Plant-Parasitic Nematode Management
edited by and Cristina Galhano
submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant-parasitic nematodes; biocontrol; phytochemicals; metagenomics; agroecosystems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)
Restoration of Degraded Agricultural Soils: A Future Roadmap Integrating Circular Bioeconomy and Agroecosystem Resilience submission deadline 27 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 360 | Submission Open
Keywords: technosols; regenerative agriculture; soil restoration roadmap; rural revitalization; soil-social nexus; carbon farming; circular economy; nature-based solutions; ecosystem services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Agroecological Transitions: Integrating Soil–Pesticide–Microbe Interactions for Sustainable System Transformation
edited by Romina Aylén Verdenelli and José Manuel Meriles
submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4746 | Submission Open
Keywords: agroecological transitions; soil–pesticide interactions; soil microbial communities; plant–soil–microbe dynamics; biopesticides; sustainable agriculture; soil health indicators
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)
Mechanisms of Crop Stress Resistance and Corresponding Strategies for Crop Production
edited by and Weibing Yang
submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 803 | Submission Open
Keywords: stress resilience; sustainable agriculture; resource use efficiency; abiotic and biotic stress; crop physiology; crop yield; crop quality; marginal land utilization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Pesticide Impact on Soil Health with Effective Counterplans
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 491 | Submission Open
Keywords: pesticide and soil health; soil microbial diversity; pesticide residue degradation; biopesticides; integrated pest management; soil bioremediation; sustainable agriculture; agroecology; pesticide monitoring in soil; pesticides-soil interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
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