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Industrial Crops Production in Mediterranean Climate submission deadline 25 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8898 | 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 submission deadline 25 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5554 | 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 submission deadline 27 May 2026 | Viewed by 748 | 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
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submission deadline 28 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2421 | 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
submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 12140 | 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, and
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10156 | 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 submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8762 | 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 submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7966 | 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 and Qian Yue
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7243 | 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 and
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6233 | 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
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4692 | 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
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submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4612 | 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
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submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4555 | 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 submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4459 | 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 submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4203 | 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 3908 | 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 and Caio Antonio Carbonari
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3263 | 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 3042 | 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 and
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3002 | 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 and Zlatko Svecnjak
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1949 | 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, and
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1755 | 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)
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 1102 | 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)
Grazing Management and Carbon Dynamics in Grassland Ecosystems: From Microbial Processes to Ecosystem Functioning
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 939 | 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)
Linking Soil Microbial Functional Diversity with Agroecosystem Sustainability
edited by and Maxim Dorodnikov
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 671 | 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)
Regulatory Networks in Plant Response to Pathogens
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 652 | 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)
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
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 431 | 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 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 310 | 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 and Yajuan Wang
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 288 | 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 submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 257 | 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
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 submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 177 | 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 submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4461 | 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 and
submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10094 | 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 12742 | 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 , Kuanyu Zhu and Weiyang Zhang
submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8101 | 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 , Attila József Kovács and
submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6613 | 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 submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1566 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop resilience; crop agronomic traits; various stress conditions; crop stress tolerance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Effects of Cover Crop, Intercropping and Crop Rotation on Soil Properties
edited by and Milan Kroulík
submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1208 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; physical and chemical properties of soil; interaction between crops
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Cold Stress Physiology and Adaptation Strategies in Crop Species submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1197 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop; cold stress; cold adaptation; physiological response; molecular mechanism; molecular breeding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)
Biostimulant-Mediated Crop Stress Tolerance: From Physiological Mechanisms to Yield Improvement
edited by and Eliana Monteiro
submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 288 | Submission Open
Keywords: (a)biotic stress; climate change; crop physiology; plant vigor; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
Legacy of Traditional Maize: Resilience, Quality and Lost Genes submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 259 | 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)
Recent Developments in Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Plants
edited by , Bruno Brito Lisboa and Camille Eichelberger Granada
submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2618 | Submission Open
Keywords: diazotrophs; rhizobia; nodulation; nitrogenase; PGPR; nitrogen fixation; endophytes; biofertilizers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
Domestication and Genetic Improvement of New Crops
edited by , and Luciana González-Paleo
submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 426 | Submission Open
Keywords: domestication; wild relatives; sustainability; perennial; ecosystem services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
Advances in Light Management and Controlled-Environment Agriculture for Enhancing Crop Growth, Yield and Quality submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 404 | Submission Open
Keywords: light management; controlled-environment agriculture; crop growth; crop yield; crop quality; light spectrum optimization; light intensity; photoperiod; LED lighting; photophysiology; plant morphogenesis; light-regulated metabolism; secondary-metabolite accumulation; stress resilience; greenhouse cultivation; vertical farming; indoor farming; precision agriculture; sustainable lighting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
Digital Agricultural Systems for Orchard and Vineyard Management submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 394 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision agriculture; perennial crops; water stress; new sensors; IoT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
Application of Nanomaterials for Diseases and Pest Control in Agriculture
edited by and Rebeca G. Betancourt-Galindo
submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 27982 | Submission Open
Keywords: nano-agrochemicals; nanopesticides; nano-protect
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)
Advances in Soil and Water Sensor Technologies for Precision Agriculture and Environmental Monitoring
edited by George Arampatzis, and
submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16772 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart farming; sensor-based optimization; data-driven agriculture; environmental resilience; sustainable land management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
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