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Plant Nutrition Eco-Physiology and Nutrient Management

edited by

Jiuxin Guo

and Tianyuan Yang

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14249

Keywords: mineral elements; organic fertilizers; plant nutrition eco-physiology; nutrient management; yield and quality; nutrient use efficiency; soil quality and productivity; environmental effects

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

Water-Carbon Processes and Management in Agronomic and Agroforestry Systems

edited by

Tianjiao Feng

and Xiaoqing Cui

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11081

Keywords: water management; ecological processes; sustainable agriculture; agroforestry systems; ecosystem resilience; soil science; plant– soil interactions; carbon cycling; ecosystem services

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

Crop and Vegetable Physiology Under Environmental Stresses—2nd Edition

edited by

Rong Zhou

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6378

Keywords: plant physiology; plant metabolite; gene regulation; abiotic stress; climate change

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

The Role of Silicon in Crop Stress Tolerance

edited by Leonardo Theodoro Büll and Dirceu Maximino Fernandes

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2156

Keywords: silicon; silicates; beneficial element; silicon bioavailability; silicon– phosphorus interaction; silicon quasi-essential nutrient

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

Agronomic Strategies for Managing Insecticide Resistance in Crop Pests

edited by

Youhui Gong

and

Xin Yang

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1664

Keywords: insecticide resistance; cytochrome P450; gene regulation; target-site mutation; insect signaling pathway; rice planthopper; whitefly; pest management; integrated pest management; sustainable agriculture

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

Modern Strategies for Sustainable Orchard Crop Management: Enhancing Yield, Fruit Quality and Disease Resistance

edited by Luca Mercenaro,

Pierfrancesco Deiana

and Mario Santona

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1487

Keywords: soil management; irrigation; fertilization; pest control; training systems; harvesting techniques; varietal selection

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

Utilization of Fruit Tree Germplasm Resources and Development of Cultivation Techniques

edited by

Jelena Gadže

, Mira Radunic and Krunoslav Dugalić

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 254

Keywords: genotype; phenotype; genetic resource; germplasm evaluation; fruit quality; environmental— genotype interaction; orchard managements; climate change; morphological traits

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

Industrial Crops Production in Mediterranean Climate

edited by

Alessandro Suardi

and

Antonio Scarfone

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8880 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial crops; by-products; fiber; seeds; oils; mechanization; circular economy; breeding; biobased products

Agroecological Strategies for Improving Nutritional Quality of Cereal Crops

edited by

Federica Taddei

and

Elena Galassi

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5536 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecology; food security; sustainability; climate change; biodiversity

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

Effect of Soil Enzyme Activity on Crop Growth

edited by

Alejandro Hernandez-Morales

submission deadline 27 May 2026 | Viewed by 746 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil enzyme activity; bioindicators of soil health; sustainable soil management

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

Breeding Forage and Bioenergy Grasses for Enhanced Productivity and Stress Resistance

edited by

Chen Lin

submission deadline 28 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2406 | Submission Open

Keywords: forage grasses; bioenergy grasses; breeding productivity; stress resistance; genetics; genomics; phenotyping

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

Utilization of Microorganisms for Sustainable Agricultural Development

edited by Huawen Han and

Tuo Yao

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 12097 | Submission Open

Keywords: microorganism; sustainable agriculture; soil health; environmental impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Innovations in Green and Efficient Cotton Cultivation

edited by Lu Feng,

Lei Zhang

and

Xiao-Fei Li

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10138 | Submission Open

Keywords: green agriculture; sustainable farming; resource-efficient farming; precision agriculture

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

Multifunctional Nanoparticles and Nano-Enabled Pesticides, Herbicides and Fertilizers in Agricultural Applications

edited by

Karen Escalante

and

Ana Angelica Feregrino Perez

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8737 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotechnology; nano-herbicides; nano-pesticides; nano-fertilizers; agriculture; food safety; plant stress; nanotoxicology; nutraceuticals; crop health

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

Smart Farming: Advancing Techniques for High-Value Crops

edited by

Thanos Balafoutis

and

Evangelos Anastasiou

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7937 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-value crops; smart farming; agricultural robotics; decision support systems; orchards; vineyards; vegetables; extended reality; AI; human– machine interaction

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

New Pathways Towards Carbon Neutrality in Agricultural Systems

edited by

Kun Cheng

and Qian Yue

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7217 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon sequestration; greenhouse gas emission; carbon footprint; ecosystem model; carbon sink; carbon accounting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Locust and Grasshopper Management: Challenges and Innovations

edited by

Michel Lecoq

and

Long Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6209 | Submission Open

Keywords: locusts; pests; outbreaks; invasions; monitoring and forecasting; preventive management strategy; food crisis; biological control; sustainability; environmantal impact

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

Advances in Soil Management and Ecological Restoration

edited by

Youjin Yan

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4675 | 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)

Effects of Arable Farming Measures on Soil Quality—2nd Edition

edited by

Wenxiu Zou

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4599 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil nutrient management; soil nutrient cycling; soil tillage; soil amendment; crop yield; long-term fertilization; crop nutrient uptake

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

Regulatory Network of Crop to Environmental Stress: Genetic and Biochemical Characterization

edited by

Fangbin Cao

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4540 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop; abiotic stress; yield; quality; key genes; molecular methods; QTL

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

Plant–Microbiota Interactions Under Abiotic Stress

edited by

Loredana Scalschi

Ana Isabel González-Hernández

and

Eugenio Llorens

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4447 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; beneficial microorganisms; climate change; plant– microbe interaction; sustainable agriculture; food security

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

Precision Monitoring of Crops and Pastures Using UAV, Satellite, and Sensor Technologies

edited by

Jitka Kumhálová

Iñigo Molina

and

František Kumhála

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4196 | Submission Open

Keywords: active and passive remote sensing; UAV; GIS; Lidar and image photogrammetry; crop production; pastures; special crops

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

Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Farmland Soil

edited by Rongguang Shi and Tiantian Ma

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3891 | 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)

Effects of Herbicides on Crop Growth and Development

edited by

Leonardo Bianco de Carvalho

and Caio Antonio Carbonari

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3254 | Submission Open

Keywords: herbicide impacts on crops; crop physiology; GMO crops; hormesis; herbicide resistance

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

Application of Phytohormones in Postharvest Ripening and Quality Improvement of Fruits

edited by Hua Huang and Zhengke Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3029 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytohormones; fruits; postharvest treatments; ripening; cuticle; physiological and biochemical changes; pathogen control; molecular regulation

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

Response of Agroecosystem Carbon–Water Cycling and Crop Spatial Patterns to Environmental Change: Mechanisms and Adaptive Management

edited by

Yangyang Liu

and

Wei Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2990 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecosystem structure; ecosystem carbon– water cycle; machine learning; remote sensing

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

Prevention and Alleviation in Crop Stress Responses by Exogenous Substance Application

edited by

Cristian Merino-Gergichevich

and Zlatko Svecnjak

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1936 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; agronomy; antioxidant mechanism; biostimulants; biotic stress; growth regulators; sustainable crop production; physiology; phytohormones

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

Sky Guardians of Agriculture: Drones for Efficient Plant Health Surveillance

edited by Junying Chen,

Jiang Bian

and

Xin Hui

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1744 | Submission Open

Keywords: drones; hyperspectral; multispectral; thermal infrared; early stress detection; precision disease management; nutrient monitoring; yield prediction

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

Grazing Management and Carbon Dynamics in Grassland Ecosystems: From Microbial Processes to Ecosystem Functioning

edited by

Xiaoping Xin

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 936 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon sequestration; plant– soil– microbe interactions; root exudates; microbial ecology; metabolic quotient; rotational grazing; grassland sustainability; pasture resilience; ecosystem functioning

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

Precision Assistance for Crop Genetic Improvement: Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

edited by Jun Yan

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 914 | Submission Open

Keywords: genomics; phenomics; multi-omics; artificial intelligence; machine learning; big data; precision crop breeding

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

Regulatory Networks in Plant Response to Pathogens

edited by

Huaibing Jin

and

Yan Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 645 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– pathogen interaction; plant immune; resistance; defense-related gene; regulatory networks; gene expression regulation; genetic improvement

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

Linking Soil Microbial Functional Diversity with Agroecosystem Sustainability

edited by

Chaoqun Wang

and Maxim Dorodnikov

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 643 | 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)

Epidemiology and Integrated Management Strategies for Current and Emerging Crop Diseases

edited by Waldir Cintra De Jesus Júnior

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 603 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant disease epidemiology; integrated disease management (IDM); climate change and crop pathosystems; disease forecasting and risk modeling; emerging and re-emerging phytopathogens; artificial intelligence

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

Innovative Postharvest Technologies for Maintaining Quality, Safety, and Shelf Life of Fruits and Vegetables

edited by

Jorge A. Zegbe

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 429 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural commodities; pre- and postharvest technologies; supply chains; food loss; food waste; pre harvest; greenhouse gas emissions

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

Advanced Sensing and AI for Crop Nutrient Management and Stress Detection

edited by

Worasit Sangjan

and

Alberto San Bautista

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 420 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; nutrient management; stress detection; remote sensing; machine learning

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

Compost Development, Application and Its Impacts on Soil

edited by Qi Wang and Idowu Atoloye

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 308 | Submission Open

Keywords: composting; vermicomposting; black soldier fly; anaerobic digestion; biochar acceleration; organic waste management; soil amendment; soil health; carbon sequestration

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

Advanced Chromosome Engineering and Molecular Breeding for Disease Resistance in Crops and Their Wild Relatives

edited by

Guohao Han

and Yajuan Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open

Keywords: crops and wild relatives; disease resistance; gene mining; chromosome engineering; molecular cytogenetics; molecular breeding; introgression lines; distant hybridization; durable resistance; genome editing; genomic selection; high-throughput phenotyping

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

Functional Characterization of Key Agronomic Trait Genes in Soybean

edited by Jun Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open

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

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

Innovative Approaches for the Remediation of Polluted Soils in Agricultural Systems

edited by

Francesco De Mastro

Claudio Cocozza

and

Gennaro Brunetti

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; agricultural innovations; beneficial microorganisms; good agricultural practices; food safety

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

Pests and Diseases Management Reimagined: Biocontrol Approaches

edited by Elżbieta Wojciechowicz-Żytko and

Stanislav Trdan

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open

Keywords: biocontrol agents; predators; parasitoids; plant growth-promoting microorganisms; entomopathogenic microorganisms

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

Advances in Biological Control and Ecological Interactions in Agroecosystems

edited by

José Bruno Malaquias

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: classical biocontrol; augmentative biocontrol; new biocontrol technologies

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

Sustainable Harvesting: Integrating Pre-Harvest and Post-Harvest Technologies for Crop Production

edited by

Maria Jose Gimenez Torres

and

Vicente Serna-Escolano

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4456 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruits; vegetables; preharvest management; postharvest sustainable technologies; food quality; shelf-life

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Grass Species

edited by

Zhou Li

and

Gang Nie

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10058 | 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)

Adaptive Evolution and Resistance Mechanisms in Agricultural Pest Management

edited by Rui Pang

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12716 | 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)

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 15 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8075 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Sustainable Precision Agriculture with Wireless Sensor Networks in Crop Monitoring Aligned with SDGs

edited by

Anikó Nyéki

, Attila József Kovács and

Miklós Neményi

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6585 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; wireless sensor networks; precision farming; SDGs; IoT in agriculture; crop monitoring; big data; environmental sustainability; artificial intelligence in farming

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

Crop Agronomic Traits and Performances Under Stress

edited by

Jianrong Ye