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Sustainable Management of Vineyards and Olive Orchards Under Climate Change

edited by

Giuseppe Ferrara

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3039 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; vineyards; olive orchards; water stress; sustainable management; precision agriculture; agrivoltaics; crop yield and quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Application and Innovation of Digital Technologies in Controlled Environment Agriculture

edited by Zhihang Song and Azlan Zahid

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 980 | Submission Open

Keywords: controlled environment agriculture (CEA); agricultural robotics; plant phenotyping; real-time crop monitoring; precision agriculture; AI in agriculture; Internet of Things (IoT)

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

Climate-Smart Tillage and Planting: Toward Sustainable Agricultural Ecosystems

edited by Jian Gu and Yunzhou Qiao

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 331 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-smart agriculture; tillage systems; planting strategies; agricultural sustainability; climate resilience; soil health; resource use efficiency; crop adaptation; digital agriculture; drought resistance

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

Genome Stability and Regulation in Polyploid and Hybrid Crops

edited by

Shouzhen Teng

and Hai Wang

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open

Keywords: genome stability; polyploid crops; hybrid; heterosis; epigenetic regulation; crop domestication

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

Soil Health and Properties in a Changing Environment—2nd Edition

edited by

Eugenija Bakšienė

José De la Rosa

and

Vaida Steponavičienė

submission deadline 28 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8145 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health; properties; environment

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

Robotics and Automation in Farming—2nd Edition

edited by

Marco Fontanelli

and

Lorenzo Gagliardi

submission deadline 28 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1389 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural robotics; automation; smart farming; precision agriculture

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

New Trends in Molecular Biochemistry and Physiology of Pre- and Post-Harvest Fruits and Vegetables

edited by Jurandi Gonçalves De Oliveira,

José Hélio Costa

María E. García-Pastor

, Daniel Alexandre Neuwald and Luis Miguel Mazorra Morales

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10813 | Submission Open

Keywords: antioxidant metabolism; antioxidant system; plant growth regulators; pre- and post-harvest technologies; quality; respiration; shelf life; storage

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

Composting as a Key Driver for Sustainable Agricultural Scenarios—3rd Editon

edited by

Maria Angeles Bustamante Muñoz

, Encarnación Martínez-Sabater and

Luciano Orden

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2562 | Submission Open

Keywords: compost quality; organic waste management; soil fertility; soil quality; C sequestration; organic fertilization; soilless substrates; agricultural soils; nutrient recovery; climate change mitigation

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

Mechanism of Flower Growth in Ornamental Plants: From Floral Induction to Development—2nd Edition

edited by

Yanhong He

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1607 | Submission Open

Keywords: floral organ; flowering time; flower colour; flower shape; flower scent; flower size

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

Soil Microbes as Regulators of Grassland C and N Cycling Under Climate Change

edited by

Baihui Ren

Zhirui Wang

and

Jiangping Cai

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1283 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microbes; grassland ecosystems; carbon cycling; nitrogen cycling; climate change; regulatory mechanisms; microbial traits; nutrient provisioning; functional recovery; multiomics integration

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

Promoting Intercropping Systems in Sustainable Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Christos A. Dordas

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10844 | 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)

Conservation Agricultural Practices for Improving Crop Production and Quality—2nd Edition

edited by

Edward Wilczewski

Ewa Szpunar-Krok

and

Mariola Staniak

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8719 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation agriculture; farming systems; reduced tillage; crop rotation; intercropping; cover crops; crop residue management; water management; soil organic matter management; weed management; yield and crop quality

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

Bio-Based Fertilizers and Soil Health: Innovations for Nutrient Recycling and Environmental Protection

edited by

Carmo Horta

and

Ofélia Anjos

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8500 | Submission Open

Keywords: agronomic efficiency; bio-based fertilizers; biochar; circular economy; composting; conservative agriculture; struvite; pyrolysis; sustainable fertilization; vibrational spectroscopy

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

Advanced Machine Learning in Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Paul Kwan

Jing Zhou

and

Beibei Xu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7571 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; smart farming; smart agriculture; precision farming; digital technologies; artificial intelligence; remote sensing

(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

Ahmed Attia

and Prem Oli

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4519 | 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)

Integrated Approaches to Enhancing Crop Productivity: Molecular, Hormonal, and Agronomic Perspectives

edited by Chengqiang Ding

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4448 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant hormone signaling; crop stress resilience; hormonal crosstalk; yield optimization; sustainable agriculture

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

Phosphorus–Silicon Crosstalk in Plants: Enhancing Nutrient Efficiency and Alleviating Stress

edited by

Hanna Klikocka

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3875 | Submission Open

Keywords: phosphorus; silicon; elements; interaction; plant; crop; stress; integrated and ecological system; fertilizers

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

Advances in Fruit Development and Quality: Genetic, Environmental, and Agronomic Insights

edited by Seonae Kim and

Van Giap Do

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2909 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit development; fruit quality; fruit coloration; environmental factors; genetic factors; agronomic practices; cultivation techniques; pigment content; crop management; sustainable horticulture

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

Water–Salt in Farmland: Dynamics, Regulation and Equilibrium

edited by

Junpeng Zhang

and

Hao Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2222 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil water and salt; saline-alkaline soil; saline water; brackish water; exogenous substances; salt stress

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

Towards Sustainability of Controlled Environment Agriculture: Vertical Farms vs. Greenhouses—2nd Edition

edited by

Shumei Zhao

and

Weitang Song

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2124 | Submission Open

Keywords: vertical farms; greenhouses; sustainability; intelligent agriculture; low-carbon technologies; facility management

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

Enhancing Crop Productivity and Mitigating Environmental Footprints in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

István Mihály Kulmány

and

Csaba Centeri

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2031 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; crop productivity; environmental footprint; precision agriculture; climate-smart farming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Remote Sensing Assessment of Soil and Crop Health Under Varying Agronomic Practices

edited by

Dorijan Radočaj

and Lucija Galić

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1922 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health; Earth observation; precision agriculture; digital agriculture; sustainable agriculture; crop health monitoring

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

Recent Advances in Plant Growth and Development Under Environmental Stress

edited by

Ivana Varga

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1898 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental stress; seed priming; biostimulants; biofortification; sustainable agriculture; crop yield stability

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

Plant Nutrient Dynamics: From Soil to Harvest and Beyond

edited by Eleonora Coppa and

Stefania Astolfi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1858 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant nutrition; nutrient transport, uptake, and accumulation; nutrient use efficiency; low-input agriculture; stress tolerance

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

Agricultural Soil Bioremediation: Application Potential of Microorganisms

edited by

Liang Shi

and

Xuesong Luo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1855 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; organic pollutants; bioremediation; nanotechnology; microbiome engineering; microbial response mechanisms

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

Agroecological Approaches to Enhancing Productivity and Ecosystem Services

edited by

Marta Monder

Cathy Hawes

and Barbara Marcinek

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1827 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecology; carbon farming; sustainable intensification; biodiversity; ecosystem services; soil health; crop diversification; integrated nutrient management; deseases and pest management; resilience; climate change adaptation; phenotypic plasticity

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

Soil Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

edited by Chenghsien Lin and

Foting Shen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1793 | Submission Open

Keywords: regenerative practices; soil carbon; greenhouse gases; monitoring technology

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

Recent Advances in Genomics, Genetic Resources Evaluation and Breeding of Rice

edited by Kai Chen and

Xianjin Qiu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1781 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice yield and quality; rice biotic and abiotic traits; genetic resource evaluation development; gene identification; gene function analysis; omics study; whole-genome sequencing; bioinformatics study; genomic selection; novel variety breeding

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

Agro-Environmental Sustainable Exploitation of Halophyte, Medicinal and Aromatic Species from Marginal Areas—2nd Edition

edited by

Angelica Giancaspro

and

Pedro García Caparrós

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1654 | Submission Open

Keywords: marginal species; halophytes; salt tolerance; stress adaptation

Effects of Storage Environment and Technology on Fruit Quality

edited by

Jiawei Han

Jiaming Guo

and Dorota Wichrowska

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1629 | Submission Open

Keywords: cold storage; fruit quality; environmental control; package; field-assisted preservation; 1-methylcyclopropene; bioactive substances

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

Soil Microbial Functions Affecting Soil Carbon Cycling

edited by

San'an Nie

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1557 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic carbon (SOC); microbial community; carbon sequestration; soil aggregation; soil management; carbon–nitrogen coupling; carbon–iron coupling

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

Strategies for Effective Integrated Pest Management in Staple Crop Production

edited by

Adeney De Freitas Bueno

and

Weidson Plauter Sutil

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1514 | 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)

Advances in Soil Structure, Compaction Mitigation, and Root–Soil Interactions in Modern Cropping Systems

edited by

Moacir Tuzzin de Moraes

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1472 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil compaction; soil structure; root growth; root-soil interactions; soil resilience; regenerative agriculture; no-tillage

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

Harnessing Medicinal Plant Potential: Integrative Approaches from Breeding to Metabolomics

edited by Alma Angélica Del Villar-Martínez and

Mukund R. Shukla

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1420 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plants; in vitro culture; stress resilience; biosynthesis pathways; phytochemical characterization; metabolomics

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

Phosphate-Solubilizing Microbes in Agroecosystems: From Functional Mechanisms to Potential Field Application

edited by

Liliana Mercedes Ludueña

, María Soledad Anzuay and Tania Taurian

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1048 | Submission Open

Keywords: phosphate-solubilizing bacteria; P deficiency; abiotic stress; plant growth-promoting traits; rhizosphere; plant–bacteria interaction

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

AI, Machine Vision, and Navigation Technologies for Rice and Wheat Cultivation

edited by

Xiaobo Xi

Zhipeng Xing

and

Yangjie Shi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 951 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent agricultural machinery; agricultural robotics; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; machine vision; intelligent sensing and control; unmanned cultivation

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

Advanced Spectral Remote Sensing for Smart Crop Monitoring in Agriculture and Horticulture

edited by

Jingshan Lu

Zhiyong Guan

and Jie Zhu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 823 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectral remote sensing; crop phenotyping; nutrient monitoring; pest and disease detection; yield and quality assessment; UAV; machine learning; deep learning; horticultural crops; field crops

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

Innovations in Crop Quality and Safety

edited by

Riccardo De Flaviis

and

Daniela Romano

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 481 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop quality; crop safety; volatile compounds; mycotoxins; sustainable agriculture; toxin detection; breeding strategies; risk assessment; flavor enhancement; safety assessment

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

Improvement of Legume Crop Production: Fertilizers, Irrigation, Microorganisms

edited by Shan Yuan and

Cailong Xu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 460 | Submission Open

Keywords: legume crop productivity; yield improvement; microbiome–plant interactions; irrigation strategies; fertilizer management; water-use efficiency

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

Advancing Genomic Prediction: Statistical Models for Crop Breeding and G×E Optimization

edited by

Reka Howard

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 360 | Submission Open

Keywords: genomic prediction; G×E modeling; multi-environment trials; integrative frameworks; machine learning approaches; multi-omics integration; climate-resilient crops; statistical modeling; plant breeding; high-throughput phenotyping

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

Innovative Breeding and Genomics Approaches to Enhance Grain Yield

edited by

Can Baysal

and

Vicente Medina Piles

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 336 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant transformation; genome editing; genomics; breeding innovation; grain yield improvement

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

Potential Secondary Metabolites in Crops

edited by

Deividas Burdulis

and Mindaugas Liaudanskas

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 334 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactivity; target compound; sustainability; cultivation

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

Advances in Protecting Ecosystem Functions and Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes

edited by

Electra Kanellou

and

Nikolaos Ntoulas

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; agroecology; agrobiodiversity

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

Multifunctional Forage and Grassland Systems for Sustainable Agriculture and Ecosystem Services

edited by

Florin Pacurar

, Ioan Rotar and

Ioana Vaida

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 321 | Submission Open

Keywords: multifunctional forage systems; agronomic management; grassland productivity; forage quality; biodiversity; sustainable agriculture

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

Technological and Mechanistic Advances for Sustainable High-Value Fruit Production Systems

edited by

Gary Gao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); biochemistry; CEA; fertilizers; fruit yield and quality; IPM; lighting; molecular biology; physiology; profitability; robotics; substrate; sustainability and yield

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

Plant–Water Co-Adaptation Mechanisms and Regulation

edited by

Fengshan Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought resistance; alternative water resources; simulation modeling; climate change

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

Next-Generation Soybean: Integrating Omics with Crop Performance

edited by

Zhaoming Qi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: soybean; omics; high-yield; high-quality

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

Sustainable Viticulture and Winemaking: Adapting to a Changing Climate

edited by Alejandro Martinez Moreno,

Diego Paladines-Quezada

Mario Cunha

and

Adamo Domenico Rombolà

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5605 | Submission Open

Keywords: viticulture; sustainability; adaptation; abiotic stress; climate change; stress tolerance; wine

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

Environmentally Friendly Slow-Release Fertilizers in Agriculture

edited by

Yazhen Shen

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open

Keywords: controlled-release fertilizers; nitrogen use efficiency; reactive nitrogen

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

Germplasm Conservation and Genetic Improvement in Tropical and Subtropical Crops

edited by

Xing Huang

and Qibin Wu

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12060 | Submission Open

Keywords: tropical and subtropical crops; germplasm; genetic improvement; biotechnology; omics technology; adaptive traits; climate change

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

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