Agronomy

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 173 | 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)

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 166 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Plant–Soil Feedbacks and Organic Matter Dynamics

edited by Magdalena Myszura-Dymek and

Barbara Futa

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 164 | 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)

Crop Nutrition Diagnosis and Efficient Production—2nd Edition

edited by

Shijie Tian

and

Zhouzhou Zheng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 153 | 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)

Innovative Irrigation Technologies and Crop Water–Nutrient Regulation

edited by Zhen Zheng,

Jian Wang

and

Chao Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 137 | 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)

Sustainable Fertilization Strategies and Soil Nutrient Dynamics in Climate-Resilient Cropping Systems

edited by

Wogene Solomon Kabato

and Zoltan Molnar

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable fertilization; soil nutrient dynamics; nutrient use efficiency; climate-resilient agriculture; soil fertility management; precision agriculture; biofertilizers; nutrient cycling

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

Integrated Pest Management and Landscape Approaches for Sustainable Orchard and Crop Protection

edited by

Aitor Somoano

and

Susana Pascual

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated pest management; landscape ecology; biological control; ecological intensification; habitat management; sustainable crop protection; pest–natural enemy interactions; precision pest management; multi-scale pest dynamics; orchard and crop resilience

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

Integrating Remote Sensing and Modeling for Carbon–Water Cycling and Ecosystem Service Assessment in Grassland Ecosystems

edited by

Yangyang Liu

and

Wei Zhang

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

Keywords: grassland ecosystems; remote sensing integration; process-based ecological modeling; machine learning applications; carbon sequestration and carbon-water coupling; ecosystem services assessment; global change and climate impacts; drought resilience

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

Assessing the Impact of Organic Matter on Crop Yields and Soil Functionality

edited by

Weiyan Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation tillage; manure; biochar; fertilizers; soil organic matter; productivity; greenhouse gas; microbial carbon-nitrogen cycle; soil multifunctionality

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

Multi-Omics Integration to Dissect Heavy Metal Stress Response Networks in Plants

edited by Huili Yan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-omics; heavy metal stress; plant stress networks; systems biology; cadmium; arsenic; mineral element homeostasis; transcriptomics; metabolomics; molecular breeding

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

Pest Control in the Cropping System of Horticultural Crops

edited by

Kristijan Franin

and

Žiga Laznik

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated pest management; biological control; biopesticides; climate change; ecological infrastructures; invasive species; natural enemies; pest ecology; precision agriculture; sustainable agriculture; semiochemicals

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

Optimization of Nutrient and Plant Protection Strategies in Sustainable Cereal and Legume Production

edited by

Xin Liu

and

Agnieszka Klimek-Kopyra

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereal crops; legume crops; intercropping systems; sustainable agriculture; precision agriculture; nutrient management; nitrogen use efficiency; plant protection; biological control; crop–microbe interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Digital Twins in Precision Agriculture

edited by Nathalie dos Santos Guimarães and

Yuxing Han

submission deadline 10 Feb 2027 | 10 articles | Viewed by 12372 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twins; precision agriculture; remote sensing; machine learning; deep learning; crop simulation; smart farming

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

Innovative Agricultural Inputs and Soil–Plant–Microbe Interactions for Sustainable Agronomy

edited by

Wenwen Gong

,

Gang Liang

and Anxiang Lu

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7465 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; soil–plant-microbe interaction; circular nutrient management; functional microbial ecology; agroecosystem resilience; agricultural biotechnology

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

Intelligent Orchard Management Machine: Optimization Design, Digital Map, Intelligent Control, Real-Time Sensing, and Machine Learning Applications

edited by Mingxiong Ou

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 904 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent orchard management; autonomous orchard machinery; digital orchard mapping; real-time sensing; intelligent control systems; machine learning applications; agricultural robotics; precision fruit production; autonomous navigation; precision spraying

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

Application of Biological Control in Crop Protection

edited by

Neringa Rasiukeviciute

and

Gianfranco Romanazzi

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 734 | Submission Open

Keywords: biocontrol; plant extracts; microorganisms; agronomy; horticulture; mycobiome; fungi; bacteria; viruses; pests

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

Crop Production in a Changing World: Limiting Factors and Sustainable Solutions

edited by

Lindah Muzangwa

and

Nicola Cannon

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 335 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic and biotic stresses; climate resilience; sustainable intensification; resource use efficiency; agronomic management practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Soil Ecology and Sustainable Crop Production

edited by

Haiyang Yu

and Jiaoyang Zhang

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microorganisms; soil biodiversity; GHG emissions; fertilization management; crop yield improvement

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

Strategies for Effective Integrated Pest Management in Staple Crop Production

edited by

Adeney De Freitas Bueno

and

Weidson Plauter Sutil

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1661 | Submission Open

Keywords: IPM; pest monitoring; biological control; chemical control; GM plants; botanical insecticides; genetic-based pest control methods; RNAi

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

Legacy of Traditional Maize: Resilience, Quality and Lost Genes

edited by

Martina Ghidoli

and

Roberto Pilu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1557 | Submission Open

Keywords: breeding; molecular breeding; plant genetics; plant genomics; agrobiodiversity; germplasm bank

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

Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Crop Phenotyping and Structural Analysis

edited by

Chengming Sun

and

Fei Zhang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 913 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop phenotyping; crop structural analysis; remote sensing; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles imagery; LiDAR; multi-modal data integration; machine learning; semantic segmentation; multi-temporal analysis; data-efficient methods

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

Aquaponics, Hydroponics and Nature-Based Circular Biosystems for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Juan Fernando García-Trejo

and

Ana Angelica Feregrino Perez

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaponics; hydroponics; integrated biosystems; circular bioeconomy; sustainable agriculture; nature-based solutions

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

Innovative Strategies for the Circular Utilization of Agricultural and Municipal Biowaste

edited by

Niccolò Pampuro

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural residues; biowaste valorization; circular economy; composting; anaerobic digestion; organic fertilizer; renewable energy; alternative fuels

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Regulation of Stress and Defense Responses in Horticultural Plants

edited by Kaile Sun and

Yu Du

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural plants; stress responses; defense responses; molecular regulation; abiotic stress; biotic stress; hormonal crosstalk; multi-omics; crop resilience; post-harvest stress

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

The Progress of Crop Disease Epidemics, Forecasting and Management

edited by

Jie Deng

and

Wei Liu

submission deadline 26 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop disease; remote sensing; artificial intelligence; machine learning; disease modeling; epidemic forecasting; precision agriculture; sustainable crop management; spatiotemporal dynamics; crop disease control

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

The Role of Microbes in Saline–Alkali Soil Remediation

edited by

Dongwei Li

and Wenhao Li

submission deadline 26 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: saline–alkali soil remediation; rhizosphere processes; plant–microbe interactions; field validation; sustainable agriculture; microbial functions; soil improvement

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

Herbicide-Resistant Weeds: Biology, Ecology, Mechanisms and Management Perspectives

edited by

Thomas Gitsopoulos

submission deadline 26 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: herbicide resistance; weed ecology; non-target-site resistance; integrated weed management; precision agriculture; digital agriculture; resistance monitoring; weed genomics; sustainable weed management

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

Application of Spectroscopic Technologies in Precision Agriculture and Agroforestry Products Quality Assessment

edited by

Chao Zhao

submission deadline 26 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectroscopic technologies; precision agriculture; agricultural product quality assessment; non-destructive detection; agricultural remote sensing; hyperspectral imaging; Raman spectroscopy; crop growth monitoring; nutrient management; agricultural artificial intelligence; crop stress detection; miniaturized spectral sensors; UAV spectral sensing

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

Adaptive Agricultural Strategies: Win–Win Solutions for Climate Change Challenges

edited by

Lea Piscitelli

,

Lorenzo Negri

and

Mohamed Houssemeddine Sellami

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6119 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil management; climate change; climatic adaptation strategies; crop yield gaps; agricultural practices; farming system; crop management; soil fertility; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Plant-Derived Bioactive Products for Sustainable Pest Control and Crop Protection

edited by

Sabrina Sarrocco

and

Prangthip Parichanon

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2166 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant-derived bioactive products; essential oils; biological control; resistance management; postharvest protection; plant–microbe–insect interactions; sustainable agriculture

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

Synergistic Cultivation of Energy Crops: Maximizing Biomass Yield and Quality via Physiological, Agronomic and Technological Innovations

edited by

Renata Gaj

,

Katarzyna Wielgusz

and Dominika Sieracka

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2076 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioenergy; energy plants; plant biomass; bioenergy feedstock; biofuels; bioenergy production; sustainable development; precision agronomy/farming; resource use efficiency (RUE); circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Linking Soil Microbial Functional Diversity with Agroecosystem Sustainability

edited by

Chaoqun Wang

and Maxim Dorodnikov

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1849 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural sustainability; agronomy practices; microbial community; microbial functionality; nutrient cycling; soil health

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

Cellular and Molecular Basis of Horticultural Crop Resilience

edited by Kehao Liang, Yuxing Li and Yi Tang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1141 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural crops; multi-omics integration; genome editing; abiotic and biotic stress; metabolic pathways; plant hormones; transcriptional and epigenetic regulation

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

Smart Technologies for Pre- and Postharvest Quality Assessment of Fruits

edited by

Min Dong

and

Wenyong Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 991 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart agriculture; fruit quality assessment; hyperspectral imaging; postharvest technology; artificial intelligence; machine learning; IoT; precision horticulture

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

Drought-Resilient Irrigation for Agronomic Crops Under Water-Limited Conditions

edited by

Ya'nan Jiang

and

Fan Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 512 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural drought; irrigation strategy optimization; deficit irrigation; drought-resilient irrigation; climate-adaptive planning; water–food–energy–ecosystem nexus; water-use efficiency; climate-smart irrigation; irrigation scheduling; model predictive control

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

Comprehensive Effects of Applying Varied Organic Fertilizers into Unfertile Soils

edited by

Haijun Sun

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 487 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil carbon sequestration; microbial community; greenhouse gas emission; crop production; straw manure; green manure; biochar biofertilizer; nutrient cycling; soil health; organic fertilizer substitution; soil fertility

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

High-Throughput Identification of Crop Virus Diversity

edited by Joan Marquez-Molins and Yong-Duo Sun

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 358 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-throughput sequencing; crop viruses; metagenomics; plant virome; virus discovery; diagnostics; bioinformatics; epidemiology; crop protection

Legume Genetic Improvement for Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance

edited by

Jinhui Wang

and

Sui Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open

Keywords: legumes; abiotic stress tolerance; biotic stress resistance; functional genomics; molecular breeding; genome editing; genomic selection/marker-assisted selection; multi-omics integration; biological nitrogen fixation or rhizosphere microbiome; quantitative trait loci (QTL)/GWAS

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

Sustainable Breeding for Disease Resistance in Soybean and Other Legume Crops

edited by

Kristina Petrović

and

Istvan Rajcan

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open

Keywords: soybean; legume crops; disease resistance; plant breeding; genomic selection; host–pathogen interactions; pathogen virulence; molecular markers; CRISPR; climate resilience

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

Remote Sensing of Soil Properties and Crop Responses

edited by

Hongyan Chen

and Dongyun Xu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; soil degradation; soil health; machine learning; artificial intelligence; data fusion; soil properties; crop stress; precision agriculture; time-series analysis; sustainable land management

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

Heavy Metal Stress in Cropping Systems: Responses, Mechanisms and Mitigation Strategies

edited by

Lizhi He

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal stress; crop tolerance; heavy metal accumulation; soil remediation; sustainable agriculture

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

NextAge: AI-Driven Autonomous Agriculture

edited by

Asya Toskova

and

Dimitrios Kateris

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-driven agriculture; autonomous agro-systems; edge computing; intelligent IoT architectures; agricultural robotics; multi-agent systems; computer vision; smart greenhouses; precision livestock farming; digital twins

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

Plant–Soil–Microbiota Interactions in Extreme and Changing Environments

edited by

Wojciech Bierza

and

Agnieszka Kompała-Bąba

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant microbiome; rhizosphere ecology; soil microbial communities; abiotic stress tolerance; microbiome engineering; climate-resilient agriculture; soil–plant–microbe interactions

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

Intelligent Crop Stress Monitoring System Based on UAV Multimodal Data

edited by

Sergio Alberto Monjardin-Armenta

,

Jesús Gabriel Rangel-Peraza

and

Lachezar Hristov Filchev

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV remote sensing; multimodal data fusion; crop stress detection; precision agriculture; deep learning in agriculture; hyperspectral and thermal imaging; high-performance phenotyping; intelligent crop monitoring systems

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

Establishment of Plant Pathogens and Their Interactions with Antagonistic Microorganisms in Agricultural Ecosystems

edited by

Eva Sánchez-Hernández

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: antagonistic microorganisms; biocontrol agents; crop protection; disease suppression; fungicides; induced systemic resistance; plant extracts; plant pathogens; microbiome; sustainable agriculture

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

Revealing the Role of Biochar in Regulating Soil Carbon and Nitrogen

edited by Jinfeng Yang,

Cuncang Jiang

and Yu Lan

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; carbon sequestration; nitrogen; microbial regulation; greenhouse gas fluxes; aged biochar

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

Advances in Crop Science: Combating Biotic, Abiotic, and Combined Stresses for Improved Yield Stability

edited by

Jianhong Ren

and

Zhen Gao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; biotic stress; combined stresses; yield stability; stress tolerance mechanisms; crop improvement strategies

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

Advancements in Precision Fertilization and Water Management for Sustainable Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Junsheng Lu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 95 | 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)

Advanced Sensing and Intelligent Technologies for Precision Agriculture and Quality Assessment

edited by

Guoyi Xia

,

Mengmeng Qiao

, Chenlong Fan and Weijun Xie

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced sensing; precision agriculture and forestry; quality assessment; crop monitoring; artificial intelligence; agricultural robotics

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

Ensuring Food Security: Ecophysiology and Smart Mitigation for Wheat, Maize, and Rice

edited by

Baozhong Yin

and Wenchao Zhen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop stress ecophysiology; meteorological disasters; biological disasters; smart monitoring; disaster prevention; climate resilience; wheat; maize; rice

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

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