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Insect‒Microbe Symbiosis in Sustainable Pest Management

edited by

Qing Chen

and Zihua Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open

Keywords: insect– microbe symbiosis; biocontrol strategies; sustainable pest management

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

Innovative Approaches to Mitigating Soil Toxicity in Agricultural Systems

edited by

Carmen Pérez-Sirvent

and Salvadora Martínez-López

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil toxicity; mitigation; emerging pollutant; good agricultural practices; soil indicators; desertification; agrochemistry: remediation and restoration of contaminated areas; risk assessment

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

Efficient Strategies for the Utilization of Water Resources and Nutrients and Crop Production

edited by

and

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10419 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-saving irrigation; water and fertilizer coupling; water use efficiency; climate change; solute transport; numerical simulation; greenhouse gas emissions; yield; quality

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

Integrated Pest Management for Invasive Species in Fresh Fruit Production Systems

edited by

Nikolaos Papadopoulos

Andrea Sciarretta

and Slawomir A. Lux

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6875 | Submission Open

Keywords: invasive pests; integrated pest management; fruit flies; perennial crops; fruit trees; fresh fruit commodities

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

Plant Disease Control: Pesticide Resistance Management and Eco-Friendly Alternatives

edited by

Alina Pǎunescu

, Liliana Cristina Soare and

Nicoleta Anca Sutan

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3167 | Submission Open

Keywords: biopesticides; bioformulation; phytopathogens; plant extracts; eco-friendly methods; plant disease; chorology of plant diseases; ecotoxicity; biocontrol

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

Composting for Soil Improvement and Removal of Soil Contaminants

edited by

Juan Antonio López González

and María Rosa Martínez-Gallardo

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2973 | Submission Open

Keywords: compost; biofertilizers; soil sustainability; soil ecology; biorestoration; bioremediation; organic fertilization; agrochemical reduction

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

New Approach to High-Quality Agricultural Development of Saline–Alkali Land—2nd Edition

edited by

Zhen Liu

and

Huarui Gong

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1659 | Submission Open

Keywords: comprehensive utilization of saline– alkali land; soil carbon and nitrogen processes in saline– alkali soil; the dynamic movement of soil water and salt in saline– alkali soil; plant– soil– microbe interactions in saline– alkali land; application of remote sensing technology in saline– alkali land; construction of ecological grass– husbandry ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Mechanisms and Signaling Pathways of Crop Tolerance Under Stressful Conditions

edited by Qi Jia and

Kai Fan

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1455 | Submission Open

Keywords: stressful conditions; stress responses; tolerance; molecular mechanism; signaling pathway

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

Phytoalexins, Resistance Inducers, and Sustainable Control Measures in Crop Protection Strategies—3rd Edition

edited by

Francesco Calzarano

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 418 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable crop protection; resistance induction; biological products; natural products; disease management

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

Safe and Efficient Utilization of Water and Fertilizer in Crops

edited by

Yan Li

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 15 articles | Viewed by 32528 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-saving irrigation; reclaimed water; organic fertilizer

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

Cultivation and Utilization of Herbal and Aromatic Plants

edited by

Magdalena Walasek-Janusz

Gianluca Caruso

and

Otilia Cristina Murariu

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2032 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant species and varieties; organic herbal cultivation; crop systems; innovative strategies to enhance product quality; chemical compounds; essential oils; bioactive substances; biological activity; processing of aromatic plants

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

Mechanisms and Effects of Biochar in Regulating the Soil Nitrogen Cycle

edited by

Zunqi Liu

, Xu Yang and Yu Lan

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1352 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; soil tillage; soil N transformation; greenhouse gas emissions; soil enzyme activity; fertilizer N

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

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

edited by Seonae Kim and

Van Giap Do

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 585 | 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)

New Perspectives in the Control of Soil-Borne Pathogens

edited by Alfredo Lacasa and

Manuel Cantó-Tejero

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 344 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil-borne pathogens; nematodes; soil biodesinfectation; integrated soil health management; intensive crops; soil microorganisms interactions

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

Optimizing Crop Water Use: Advances and Applications in Deficit Irrigation Strategies

edited by

Fernando França da Cunha

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 13 articles | Viewed by 25686 | Submission Open

Keywords: deficit irrigation; evapotranspiration; innovations in water management; irrigation management; precision irrigation; sustainable irrigation strategies; water optimization; water productivity; water use efficiency

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

Nitrogen Cycle in Agro-Ecosystems

edited by Claudia Jantalia

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1627 | Submission Open

Keywords: fertilizers; biological nitrogen fixation; N losses; N quantification; balance of N

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Increasing Water Use Efficiency Under Climate Extremes

edited by

Sushil Thapa

and

Qingwu Xue

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop physiology; cropping systems; deficit irrigation; drought resilience; dryland agriculture; evapotranspiration; precision agriculture; soil health; soil-water management; sustainable agriculture; systems agriculture

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

Integration of Agronomic Practices for Sustainable Crop Production—2nd Edition

edited by

Guoqiang Zhang

Peng Hou

and

Rongfa Li

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13125 | Submission Open

Keywords: agronomy; crop; yield; quality; planting density; water-saving irrigation; fertilization management; integration of water and fertilizer; resource utilization efficiency; conservation tillage; soil management; environmental stresses; greenhouse gas emissions

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

Sustainable Agriculture: Plant Protection and Crop Production

edited by

Luigi Morra

and

Eugenio Cozzolino

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8161 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecology; integrated pest management; biological control of plant disease; crop protection; soil health; plant health; biofertilizers and biocontrol; organic amendment; cover crops; minimum tillage

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

Agricultural Pollution: Toxicology and Remediation Strategies

edited by Hongzhi He and Guikui Chen

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6307 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollution; agriculture; toxicology; remediation

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

Effects of Agronomic Practices on Soil Properties and Health

edited by Marco Pittarello,

Emilio Lo Presti

and

Paolo Carletti

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3788 | Submission Open

Keywords: enzymatic activity; organic matter; soil fertility; sustainable agriculture

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

Integrated Management and Sustainability of Herbicide Resistance in Crops

edited by

Antonia María Rojano-Delgado

Ricardo Alcántara-de la Cruz

and Purificación Fernández García

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3573 | Submission Open

Keywords: herbicide resistance; herbicide selectivity; herbicide efficacy; crop tolerance; novel herbicidal activity

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

Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Under the Abiotic Stress

edited by

Xiaojiao Han

, Yikai Zhang and Huizhe Chen

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1791 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; physiological mechanism; molecular mechanism; woody plants; crops

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

Effects of Cover Crop, Intercropping and Crop Rotation on Soil Properties

edited by

Petr Novák

and Milan Kroulík

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 461 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; physical and chemical properties of soil; interaction between crops

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Mitigation of Ammonia and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Livestock Systems

edited by

David Fangueiro

and

José L. S. Pereira

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 43439 | Submission Open

Keywords: ammonia; animal houses; emissions factors; greenhouse gases; manure management; nutrients recycling; measurement methodologies; mitigation techniques; livestock production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Weed Biology and Ecology: Importance to Integrated Weed Management

edited by

Agnieszka Lejman

Judith Wirth

and

Shouhui Wei

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 14 articles | Viewed by 19625 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed biology and ecology; weed control; weed resistance; weed management; climate changes

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

Soil Evolution, Management, and Sustainable Utilization

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13222 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil evolution; soil management; sustainable utilization

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

Adaptive Evolution in Weeds: Molecular Basis and Management

edited by

Shouhui Wei

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13001 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed; adaptive evolution; seed dormancy; germination behavior; population dynamics; herbicide resistance; stress tolerance; weed management

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

Intelligent Detection and Classification of External Traits in Crop Plants, Fruits, and Vegetables

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11678 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; neural networks; image analysis; qualitative classification

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

Agricultural Water Management in Arid, Semi-Arid and Drought Prone Areas—2nd Edition

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9244 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-resource management; water conservation patterns; irrigation methods and tools; evapotranspiration; observation methods and modelling; plant water relations; water productivity; cover crops

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

Modern Control of Biotic Stress in Crops: Intelligent Detection and Precision Pesticide Application

edited by Hongxing Peng and

Yuanyuan Shao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8641 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent detection; precision agriculture; machine vision; hyperspectral image processing; pesticide application; agricultural robots; agricultural big data; agricultural product quality and safety

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

Advancements in Fertilization Strategies and Soil Health for Rice and Wheat Cultivation

edited by

Haipeng Zhang

and Xinliang Dong

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5200 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient management; soil quality; rice and wheat cultivation; precision fertilization; sustainable agriculture

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

Adaptations and Responses of Cropping Systems to Climate Change

edited by Shengli Liu, Jing Sun and Zhanbiao Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4761 | Submission Open

Keywords: cropping system; climate change; adaptation; food security; crop yield; management practice; soil quality; irrigation

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

Innovations in Turfgrass Management for Enhanced Sustainability and Conservation

edited by

Stefano Macolino

, Jason Kruse and Cristina Pornaro

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4072 | Submission Open

Keywords: turfgrass; forage crop; water conservation; management; integrated pest management; environmental stress

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

Value-Added Products from Crop Biomass: Biotechnological, Pharmaceutical and Food Applications

edited by

Martha-Estrella García-Pérez

and

Gina Rosalinda De Nicola

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3866 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture; agri-food; valorization; bioactive molecules; bio-based products; sustainability

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

Recycling Agro-Food and Urban Wastes According the Circular Economy and Sustainability Paradigms—Volume II

edited by

Niccolò Pampuro

Eugenio Cavallo

and

Lucia Vigoroso

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3066 | Submission Open

Keywords: agro-food waste; waste valorization; circular economy; composting; anaerobic digestion; greenhouse gas emissions; organic fertilizer; renewable energy; alternative fuels; corporate social responsibility (CSR); individuals’ perception

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

Enhancing Agricultural Practices: Novel Nature-Derived Plant Growth Stimulators

edited by

Eszter Virag

and

Erzsébet Mónika Karaffa

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2947 | Submission Open

Keywords: biostimulation; plant– pathogen interaction; crop protection; phytohormone; biopesticides; organic farming; abiotic/biotic stress

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

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

edited by

Carmo Horta

and

Ofélia Anjos

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2277 | 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)

Functional Genomics and Molecular Breeding of Soybeans—2nd Edition

edited by Fang Huang, Lin Zhao and Xiaobo Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1949 | Submission Open

Keywords: soybean; functional genomics; molecular breeding

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

Utilizing Genetic Resources for Agronomic Traits Improvement: Series III

edited by

Fernando Martinez-Moreno

Magdalena Ruiz

and

Laura Pascual

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1846 | Submission Open

Keywords: landraces; wild relatives; breeding for resistance to diseases and pests; breeding for quality; breeding for climate change

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

Novel Approaches to Phenotyping in Plant Research

edited by Robert Jackson

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1644 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant phenotyping; multiscale phenotyping; novel methods; low-cost approaches; AI-driven phenotyping; field-based research; lab-based research; agriculture; horticulture

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

Assessment of Climate Change Effects on Food Security—Yield, Quality, and Diversity

edited by Balázs Varga, Judit Bányai and

Hailin Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1334 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; abiotic and biotic stresses; sustainability; food security; food quality; biodiversity; agroecology; organic farming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Agricultural Imagery and Machine Vision

edited by Ximing Li and

Xuejun Yue

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 842 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart agriculture; agricultural imagery; image recognition; crop monitoring; remote sensing; sensor technology

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

Exploring the Diversity of Endophytic Microorganisms: From Microbial Ecology to Agronomic Applications—2nd Edition

edited by

Carlos Garrido

Victoria E. González-Rodríguez

and

Hernando José Bolivar Anillo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 680 | Submission Open

Keywords: endophytic microorganisms; plant– microbe interactions; endophytic communities; innovative agronomic applications; microorganisms and host plants

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

Multidimensional Drivers of Plant–Pathogen Interactions: From Molecular Mechanisms to Ecosystem Dynamics

edited by

Jiehua Qiu

, Huangbin Shi and

Caterina Morcia

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 626 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– pathogen interactions; environmental factors; plant health; climate change

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

Advances in Genetics of Pollination Mechanism and Fruit Development of Horticultural Crops

edited by Lulu Wang and Xiaoping Niu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 606 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollination genetics; fruit development; horticultural crops; genomic tools; flower organogenesis

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

The Molecular and Physiological Resistance Mechanisms of Maize in Response to Stress

edited by Zhirui Yang and Zeyang Ma

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 555 | Submission Open

Keywords: maize; stress; resistance mechanism; climate change; epigenetic regulation; omics technologies; stress-resistant maize breeding

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

Improvement of Beverage Crops (Tea, Coffee, Wine, etc.,) Through Breeding and Cultivation Management

edited by Xiangde Yang and

Shuilian Gao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 548 | Submission Open

Keywords: beverage crops; yield and quality; nutrient management; genetic resources and breeding; agronomic practices; agronomic improvement; microbiome and soil health; green development of agriculture; sustainable development

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

Plant–Fungus Interactions in Agronomic Systems

edited by

Jorge L. Folch-Mallol

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 355 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– fungal interaction; abiotic stress tolerance triggered by fungi; nurture of plants due to fungi; pathogenic plant fungi; host– interaction mechanisms; abiotic stress tolerance in plant– fungal interaction

Photosynthesis and Respiration in Food Crops

edited by Hsiangchun Lin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open

Keywords: photosynthesis; respiration; photorespiration; gas exchange; crop yield

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

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