Agronomy

Phytoremediation: Current Facts and Future Perspectives

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submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant growth-promoting bacteria; environmental pollution; heavy metal pollution; organic and inorganic amendments; phytoextraction; phytoremediation; phytostabilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Optimal Water Management and Sustainability in Irrigated Agriculture—3rd Edition

edited by

Pantazis E. Georgiou

and

Dimitrios K. Karpouzos

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water management and SDGs; water and energy saving; water scarcity and climate change; crop water requirements and irrigation scheduling; irrigation methods and systems— irrigation efficiency; crop water productivity; optimal irrigation networks— modern optimization methods; smart irrigation and IoT

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

Food Security in the Face of Drought: Challenges and Prospects for the Future

edited by

Weilu Wang

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2229 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought impact assessment; climate change adaptation; sustainable agriculture; water resource management; food security policy; technological innovations in agriculture; socioeconomic impacts of drought; drought-resistant crops; international food aid; agricultural resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Enhancing Efficiency and Reducing Environmental Impact

edited by

Thiago Libório Romanelli

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 29966 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; systems management; smart farming; digital agriculture; regenerative agriculture; cleaner production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Land Degradation and Management Strategies: Contributing to Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Changhe Lü

and

Yaqun Liu

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16019 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural land degradation; land use and cover change; overgrazing and grassland degradation; land productivity; soil quality; ecosystem services; anthropogenic interference; climate change; food and ecological security; sustainable land management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Soil Pollution and Remediation in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Cledimar Rogério Lourenzi

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9134 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal; animal wastes; organic compost; cover plants; no-tillage system; soil organic carbon; copper; zinc

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

Next-Generation Pesticide Application Technologies: Precision, Safety and Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Eric Mozzanini

,

Mohammod Ali

, Hongyoung Jeon and

Marco Grella

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4018 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural engineering; smart agriculture; precision agriculture; spray applications; plant protection products; variable-rate application; computer simulation; artificial intelligence; alternatives to spray technologies; human health; operator exposure; non-target organisms; bystander exposure

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

Innovative Practices for Carbon Management and GHG Mitigation in Agriculture

edited by Qianjing Jiang and

Junzeng Xu

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3425 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse gas; carbon management; carbon sequestration; sustainable agricultural; regenerative agriculture; precision farming; carbon-smart technologies

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

Metagenomic Analysis for Unveiling Agricultural Microbiome—3rd Edition

edited by

Yong-Xin Liu

and

Peng Yu

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 698 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant microbiome; root microbiota; amplicon; metagenomics; metatranscriptome

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Qualitative and Quantitative Plant Screening Measurements for Yield and Quality Enhancement—2nd Edition

edited by

Antonela Markulj Kulundžić

and

Domagoj Šimić

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 397 | Submission Open

Keywords: chlorophyll a fluorescence; photosynthesis; VIS/NIR reflectance; thermal imaging; spectral reflectance indices; phytochemical reflectance index; plant physiology; breeding; crop production; agronomic traits; yield; yield components; plant quality genotype; unfavourable growth conditions; adaptation; tolerance; resistance

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

Advancing Sustainable Agriculture: Biopesticides and the Biological Control for Pest Management

edited by

María Liza López

and

María Paula Zunino

submission deadline 16 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9070 | Submission Open

Keywords: semiochemicals; biopesticides; biological control; chemical ecology; pest management

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

Application of In Vitro Culture for Horticultural Crops

edited by

Panpan Yang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4550 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural crop; plant tissue culture; micropropagation; organogenesis; genetic transformation; gene edition; germplasm conservation; disease-free plants

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

Identification and Breeding of High-Quality, Disease-Resistance and High-Producing Varieties

edited by

Ainong Shi

,

Andreea Ona

and

Leon Muntean

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4214 | Submission Open

Keywords: crops yield; disease resistance; varieties quality; climate changes; food security

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

Genetic Basis of Crop Selection and Evolution

edited by

Moyang Liu

,

Shiling Feng

and

Hui Chen

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4127 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop selection; evolution; genetic basis; adaptability; variety improvement; stress resistance; environmental interaction; genomics; epigenetics; germplasm resources

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

Strategies for Sustainable Sugarcane Health and Productivity

edited by André Bueno Gama,

Saulo Castro

,

Ziqin Pang

and San-Ji Gao

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1216 | Submission Open

Keywords: sugarcane diseases; disease management; precision agriculture; rhizosphere microbiome; integrated crop management; resistance breeding; AI-driven predictive modeling; pathogen surveillance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

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

edited by

Lea Piscitelli

,

Lorenzo Negri

and

Mohamed Houssemeddine Sellami

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 545 | 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)

Energy Crops in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Paweł Radzikowski

,

Mariusz Matyka

and

Jacek Niedźwiecki

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4896 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy crops; sustainability; economics; environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Microbial Interactions and Functions in Agricultural Ecosystems

edited by Tanvi Govil,

Daniel Owens

and Heidi Sieverding

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1856 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; rhizosphere; root exudates; plant– microbe interactions; soil health; sustainable agriculture

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

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

edited by

Baihui Ren

,

Zhirui Wang

and

Jiangping Cai

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 623 | 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)

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

edited by

Eugenija Bakšienė

,

José De la Rosa

and

Vaida Steponavičienė

submission deadline 26 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2023 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health; properties; environment

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

Plant Nutrient Dynamics: From Soil to Harvest and Beyond

edited by Eleonora Coppa and

Stefania Astolfi

submission deadline 26 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 881 | 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)

Addressing Water Scarcity in Agriculture: Innovative Management Strategies for Sustainable Cropping Systems

edited by

Mohamed Houssemeddine Sellami

and

Mauro Mori

submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 947 | Submission Open

Keywords: water scarcity; sustainable irrigation strategies; precision irrigation; drought resilience; crop water productivity; deficit irrigation; agriculture water management; water optimization; climate-smart farming; innovative water strategies

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

Soil Improvement and the Efficient Utilization of Water and Fertilizer in Greenhouse Crops

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submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 21 articles | Viewed by 68776 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation; fertilization; biochar; water and fertilizer use efficiency; soil environment; greenhouse gas; greenhouse crop quality; plant disease; crop growth model

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

New Inspirations concerning Breeding and Cultivation Practice to Enhance Crop Productivity and Their Essentials

edited by

Tingting Chen

, Weiyang Zhang and

Guanfu Fu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17168 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop production; high efficiency; new strategies; regulation mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Effects of Soil Tillage and Fertilizer Management on Production of Cereal Crops: 2nd Edition

edited by Juan Han

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12817 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation agriculture; soil tillage; fertilization mode; crop yield; agricultural product quality; resource utilization efficiency; soil fertility and health; soil nutrient supply and circulation; sustainability of soil fertilization; greenhouse gas emissions

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

New Trends in Agricultural UAV Application—2nd Edition

edited by

Yali Zhang

and

Pengchao Chen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9302 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); remote sensing; sustainable agriculture; variable rate application technology; artificial intelligence (AI); deep learning (DL); agricultural information acquisition; 3D reconstruction; plant phenotyping; Internet of Things (IoT)

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

Stress Responses and Resistance Mechanisms in Plants: Physiology, Genetics, and Molecular Pathways

edited by

Hsin-Hung Lin

and

Shi-Peng Chen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7951 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic and biotic stress; defense mechanisms; crop genetics; phytohormone

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

Characteristics of Organomineral Fertilizers (OMFs) and Their Effects on Increasing Nutrient Use Efficiency, Biostimulant Effects, and Enhancing Crop Production

edited by

Everton Geraldo de Morais

and

Massimo Zaccardelli

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7326 | Submission Open

Keywords: humic acid; biochar; composting; mineral nutrition; metabolism; organomineral fertilizers

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

High-Voltage Plasma Applications in Agriculture

edited by

Kazunori Koga

, Takamasa Okumura,

Vida Mildažienė

, Katsuyuki Takahashi and

Koichi Takaki

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6838 | Submission Open

Keywords: plasma; high voltage; seed germination; seedling growth; plant hormone control; bacteria inactivation

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

New Strategies for Forage Breeding and Cultivation Under Challenging Conditions

edited by

Chrysanthi Pankou

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6634 | Submission Open

Keywords: forage species; breeding; resilient varieties; yield optimization; functional traits; phenotyping; livestock nutrition; integrated pest management; intercropping; sustainable agriculture; ecosystem services; regenerative practices

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

Vegetable Adaptation and Mitigation of Abiotic Stress

edited by

Changxia Li

and Yang-Dong Guo

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5972 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; plant hormone; quality; growth and development

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

Natural Products in Crop Diseases Control

edited by Rosa M. Varela,

Jesús G. Zorrilla

and

Francisco J.R. Mejías

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3285 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop protection; natural products; bioactive substances; crop diseases control

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

Physiological and Genetic Improvement of Crop Traits in Enhancing Crop Resilience

edited by

Dong-Hong Wu

and

Árpád Székely

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3090 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic resource; crop development; gene mapping; genome selection

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

Recent Advances in Crops Genome-Wide Assisted Selection Breeding

edited by Xiaodeng Zhan,

Weixun Wu

,

Xiangjin Wei

and

Yingxin Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2949 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop breeding; Marker-assisted selection (MAS); Quantitative trait locus (QTL); Genome-wide association study (GWAS); mutagenesis

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

Smart Strategies and Technologies for Sustainability and Biodiversity in Herbaceous and Horticultural Crops—3rd Edition

edited by

Christian Frasconi

,

Marco Fontanelli

and

Daniele Antichi

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2729 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation agriculture; organic agriculture; cover crops; intercropping; integrated/non-chemical weed and pest control; precision and digital agriculture for sustainability

Effective Soil and Water Conservation Practices in Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Koffi Djaman

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2076 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural sustainability; crop evapotranspiration; precision agriculture; crop productivity; crop rotation; soil moisture sensors; conservation tillage; soil erosion; buffer strips; climate change

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

Crop Productivity and Management in Agricultural Systems

edited by

Stefano Marino

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1967 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop yield; integrated management strategies; soil; water; nutrients; weeds; pest management; biodiversity; innovative technologies

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

Abiotic Stress Resilience in Vegetable Crops: Genetics and Agronomy Approaches

edited by Giao Nguyen and

Małgorzata Szczepanek

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1776 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought; heat; cold; flood; radiation; breeding; genomic selection; biotechnology; rotation; cover crop; conservation tillage; soil health; biostimulants; integrated pest management; precision agriculture; digital phenotyping; artificial intelligence; water use efficiency; nutrient use efficiency; protected cultivation

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

Biostimulants for Sustainable Crop Productivity and Protection: From Concept to Application

edited by Zoltan Molnar and

Wogene Solomon Kabato

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1658 | Submission Open

Keywords: biostimulants; phytohormones; amino acids; microbial inoculants; plant-growth-promoting microorganisms; microalgae and cyanobacteria; nutrient uptake; abiotic and biotic stress tolerance; plant– microbe interactions; sustainable agriculture

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

Research Progress in Sustainable Pest and Disease Control of Fruit Tree

edited by

Dario Ivić

and

Vesna Tomaš

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1284 | Submission Open

Keywords: pest control; fruit protection; effectiveness; new technologies; IPM measures; biotic stress; tolerance; bioactive compounds; biostimulants

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

Precision Farming Applied to Grazing Lands

edited by

Domingos Sarvio Valente

and

Igor L. Bretas

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1129 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; canopy height; fertilization; forages; decision tools; digital technologies; grassland management; grazing management; nutritive value; rangelands; weed control

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

Modeling Soil-Water-Salt Interactions for Agricultural Sustainability

edited by

Min Tang

,

Chao Zhang

and

Ketema Zeleke

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1010 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil water– salt interactions; agricultural sustainability; numerical simulation; water resource management; soil moisture balance; climate change; precision agriculture; soil amelioration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Integrating Yield Maps, Soil Data, and IoT for Smarter Farming

edited by

Eduardo Godoy de Souza

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 549 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart IoT-driven; precision agriculture; land mapping; crop prediction; productivity maps

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

Novel Studies in High-Throughput Plant Phenomics

edited by Ruifang Zhai,

Hui Feng

and

Wanneng Yang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 504 | Submission Open

Keywords: root phenotyping; micro phenotyping; field phenotyping; physiological phenotyping; novel sensing technology; deep learning

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

Recent Advances in Novel Shelf Life Extension Technologies for Fruits and Vegetables During Storage

edited by

Rajko Vidrih

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 436 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit; vegetable; cuticle characterization; postharvest physiology; mold alternative inhibition; aroma volatiles; electronic nose; heat treatments; light irradiation

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

Fungal Endophytes in Plant—the Way Ahead

edited by Silvina Felitti and Guillermo Raúl Pratta

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 406 | Submission Open

Keywords: symbiosis; biodiversity; plant growth promoting fungi; biofertilizers; biocontrol

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

Innovative Technology and Postharvest Management Strategies to Improve the Quality and Shelf-Life of Horticultural Products

edited by

Giorgia Liguori

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 375 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit postharvest physiology; fruit postharvest technology; fruit processing; fruit handling; fruit quality; fruit waste reduction; fruit safety; consumer test; sensory analysis

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

Effect of Disturbances on the Ecosystem Services of Natural Grasslands

edited by Ana Elena de Villalobos, Analía Carrera and

Elizabeth Juliana Jacobo

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 372 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural grasslands; functional diversity; grassland degradation; NCP; disturbance regimes; climate change; biodiversity conservation; land-use change; sustainable management

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

Influence of Agronomic Practices and Environmental Conditions on Phytochemical Accumulation and Antioxidant Activity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

edited by Urszula Sadowska and

Jacek Słupski

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plants; aromatic plants; phytochemicals; antioxidants; agronomic practices; fertilization; soil and climate interactions; secondary metabolites; functional traits; sustainable cultivation

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

Agricultural Biomass Waste Conversion into Value-Added Products—2nd Edition

edited by