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Agricultural Environment and Intelligent Plant Protection Equipment—2nd Edition

edited by

Xiongkui He

Baijing Qiu

and

Fuzeng Yang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11543 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural environment; pollution; green plant protection; intelligent plant protection equipment; agricultural robot

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

Conventional and Alternative Fertilization of Crops

edited by

Anita Zapałowska

and

Wacław Jarecki

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5581 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral fertilization; organic fertilization; integrated nutrient management; soil health; crop productivity; precision agriculture; fertilizer optimization

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

Ecophysiology and Management of Grapevines Under Changing Climatic Conditions—2nd Edition

edited by

Vinay Pagay

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2708 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; plasticity; adaptation; abiotic stress; biotic stress; priming ecophysiology; yield; quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Precision Operation Technology and Intelligent Equipment in Farmland—3rd Edition

edited by

Jun Ni

, Lei Feng and

Lvhua Han

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1108 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision operation; agricultural sensor; agricultural machinery; field robots; machine– soil– crop interaction; interaction mechanism; intelligent control; unmanned and automatic operations

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

Crop Speed Breeding: The Contribution Efficiency of Environmental Factors

edited by

Zhonghua Bian

Kai Cao

and

Agnieszka Ostrowska

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open

Keywords: speed breeding; crop Response; gene expression; light; temperature; nutrition; CO2; abiotic stress

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

Advances in Environmental Stress Biology: From Omics Approaches—2nd Edition

edited by

Longxing Hu

and

Liang Chen

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioinformatics; genomics; gene family; herbal plants; ionics; metabolomics; stress biology; transcriptomics

Sustainable Management and Tillage Practice in Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Xing Wang

Jian-Ying Qi

Zheng-Rong Kan

and Jiaqi Hao

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4691 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural sustainability assessment; nutrient management; cropping system; soil carbon sequestration; greenhouse gas emissions; crop productivity; resource use efficiency; soil quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Application of In Vitro Technology to Improving the Yield and Quality of Common and Alternative Crops

edited by Wojciech Litwinczuk

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3904 | Submission Open

Keywords: micropropagation; plant breeding; germplasm storage; somaclonal variation

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

Reducing the Use of Chemicals in Agriculture in Favor of New Methods of Plant Protection and Growth Stimulation

edited by

Piotr Szulc

and

Robert Idziak

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological plant protection products; biostimulants; adjuvants; integrated plant protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

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 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1854 | 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)

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

edited by

Jitka Kumhálová

Iñigo Molina

and

František Kumhála

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 306 | 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)

Fertility Management for Higher Crop Productivity

edited by Danying Wang, Song Chen and Chunmei Xu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15548 | Submission Open

Keywords: fertilizer management; crop yield; soil fertility; nutrient cycling; precision farming; highly productive and efficient synergy

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

Mechanism of Flower Growth in Ornamental Plants: From Floral Induction to Development

edited by

Yanhong He

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9538 | 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)

Regulation of Nanomaterials in Crop Growth and Physiology Under Abiotic Stress

edited by

James Barker

and

Abolghassem Emamverdian

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9195 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoparticles; biogenic nanoparticles; heavy metal stress; salinity: cold stress; drought stress; temperature; reactive oxygen species

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

Ecology and Management of Weeds in Different Situations

edited by

Bhagirath S. Chauhan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8482 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed ecology; seed biology; chemical control; non-chemical control; cultural control; biotechnological approaches

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

Sustainable Pest Management under Climate Change

edited by

Xiongbing Tu

and Shiqian Feng

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6811 | Submission Open

Keywords: pest management; pest monitoring; suitable area forecasting; population dynamics; sustainable management strategies; biological control

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

Effect of Fertilizer Application on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Soil Carbon Sequestration

edited by

Weichao Yang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6543 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse gases; N2O; CO2; manure application; fertilizer management; nitrification inhibitor; biofertilizer; organic substitution; green manure; nitrogen cycle; yield; soil organic carbon

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Recent Trends Towards Genetics-Based Methods for Pest Management in Agroecosystems—Second Edition

edited by

Fajun Chen

and

Lanzhi Han

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4854 | Submission Open

Keywords: insect-resistant genetically modified crops; RNAi and CRISPR/Cas9 editing methods; traditional genetic breeding techniques; diverse applications of insect-resistant crops; genetically sterile techniques for insect pests; transgenic insects; biopesticides

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

Advances in Functional Quality of Horticultural, Ornamental, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops—2nd Edition

edited by

Valentina Scariot

and

Stefania Toscano

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4145 | Submission Open

Keywords: agrobiodiversity; forgotten or underused species; edible flowers; bioactive compounds; mineral elements; vitamins; antioxidants; agronomic tools; post-harvest; processing techniques

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

Agricultural Water Management and Non-Point Source Contamination Mitigation

edited by

Javier M. Gonzalez

and Wenlong Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3794 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water management; irrigation and drainage; hydrology; non-point source contamination; mitigation practices

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

Advances in Crop Molecular Breeding and Genetics—2nd Edition

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3787 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular genetics and breeding; gene cloning and function; genetic diversity; agricultural genomics; crop adaptability; crop improvement; genetic engineering; germplasm resources

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

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

edited by

Karen Esquivel Escalante

and

Ana Angelica Feregrino Perez

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3538 | 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)

Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests in Agriculture

edited by

Ting Li

Olufemi Ajayi

and

Fang (Rose) Zhu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3203 | Submission Open

Keywords: arthropod pests; sustainable management; crop protection; climate change; resistance development; biological control; artificial intelligence; genome editing

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

Post-harvest Pest and Disease Management—2nd Edition

edited by

Christos G. Athanassiou

Paraskevi Agrafioti

and

Efstathios Kaloudis

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2722 | Submission Open

Keywords: stored-product protection; post-harvest pests; post-harvest diseases; processing; storage; food safety; food security; post-harvest losses; computational models

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

Advances in Beneficial Insects Research for Conservation Biological Control

edited by

Susana Pascual

, Elżbieta Wojciechowicz-Żytko and

Katarzyna Golan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2445 | Submission Open

Keywords: predators; parasitoids; biological control; biodiversity of beneficial fauna; ecosystem services

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

Soil Degradation and Restoration: Challenges and Prospects for Agroecological Development

edited by Pilar Alonso Rojo and

Marco Criado

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2243 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic agriculture; agroecology; sustainable management systems; soil restoration; soil degradation; soil conservation; soil quality

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

Effects of Different Biostimulants and Biochars on Crop Production and Quality

edited by

Riccardo Fedeli

and

Silvia Celletti

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1560 | Submission Open

Keywords: biostimulants; biochar; wood vinegar; seaweed extract; humic substances; protein hydrolyzates; crop production; plant fitness

(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 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1458 | 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)

Application of Phytohormones in Postharvest Ripening and Quality Improvement of Fruits

edited by Hua Huang and Zhengke Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1230 | 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)

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 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1004 | 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)

Cereal Rust Monitoring and Management

edited by

Laura A. Ziems

Rohit Mago

and

Mumta Chhetri

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 745 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereal rust; disease monitoring; disease resistance; disease surveillance; pathogen evolution; genomics; molecular diagnostics; plant pathology

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

Innovations in Composting and Vermicomposting

edited by Tereza Hřebečková and Ales Hanc

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 655 | Submission Open

Keywords: composting; vermicomposting; organic waste management; biological treatment; organic fertilizers; agrochemical parameters; use of vermi/compost

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

Effects of Herbicides on Crop Growth and Development

edited by

Leonardo Bianco de Carvalho

and Caio Antonio Carbonari

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 441 | 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)

Germplasm Collection and Genetic Improvement of Rosaceae Fruit Varieties

edited by

Marco Pietrella

and

Giuseppina Caracciolo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 269 | Submission Open

Keywords: germplasm diversity; germplasm collections; rosaceae; fruit quality; breeding; genomic selection; gene editing; molecular breeding; gene transformation; mutagenesis

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

Adaptive Adjustment of Crop Management Practices Under Global Warming

edited by

Marcin Kozak

Magdalena Serafin-Andrzejewska

and

Agnieszka Lejman

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; adaptation; alternative crops; crop yield and quality; management practice; sowing date; biodiversity; pest management; symbiotic microorganisms; yield-stimulating products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Berry Fruits and Their Microbial Allies: Exploring Connections

edited by Daniela Sangiorgio and

Brian Farneti

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: berry fruits; productivity; omics technologies; plant growth-promoting bacteria; biological control agents; microbiomes; fruit quality

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

Phytopathogens and Crop Diseases

edited by

Ying-Hong Lin

and Yuh Tzean

submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 19203 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytopathology; plant resistance; integrated pest management; disease detection technologies; pathogen-host interaction; crop resilience; disease epidemiology; molecular approaches; climate change and agriculture

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

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

edited by

María Liza López

and

María Paula Zunino

submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4793 | Submission Open

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

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

Genetically Modified (GM) Crops and Pests Management

edited by

Lanzhi Han

and

Fei Yang

submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 306 | Submission Open

Keywords: insect-resistant transgenic crops; pest management; environmental risk assessment; ecological adaptability and survival competitiveness; gene flow; unintended environmental effects; non-target effects and biodiversity; insect resistance evolution and management

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Crop Monitoring and Modelling—2nd Edition

edited by

Chengming Sun

and Minghan Cheng

submission deadline 5 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2048 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; crop monitoring and modelling; multimodal data fusion; crop phenotype; machine learning

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

Organic Amendments to Low-Fertility Soils: Current Status and Future Prospects

edited by

Jie Zhou

and Xiquan Wang

submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12187 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil carbon sequestration; microbial community; greenhouse gas emission; crop production; straw; manure; green manure; biochar; biofertilizer

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

Intelligent Information System for Agriculture Based on Vision Technology

edited by

Arjun Neupane

Tej Bahadur Shahi

and Richard Koech‬

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 16 articles | Viewed by 33295 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent system; sensors; smart farming; data science; vision technology

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

Infectious Plant Diseases: Emerging Threats and Advances in Plant Protection

edited by

Slavica Matic

and

Swarnalatha Moparthi

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11610 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant disease; emerging threats; plant protection

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

Harnessing Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics for Digital Agriculture

edited by

Md Sultan Mahmud

and

Lirong Xiang

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7848 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart farming; agricultural robotics; data-driven agriculture; AI-enhanced farming; autonomous machinery; crop monitoring; IOT in agriculture; digital twin

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

Unmanned Farms in Smart Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by Zhiyan Zhou and Lian Hu

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1478 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart agriculture; unmanned farms; intelligent farm machinery; automatic navigation; precision operation; unmanned farm; information technology; agricultural internet of things; smart management

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

Recent Developments in Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Plants

edited by

Luciano Kayser Vargas

, Bruno Brito Lisboa and Camille Eichelberger Granada

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1393 | Submission Open

Keywords: diazotrophs; rhizobia; nodulation; nitrogenase; PGPR; nitrogen fixation; endophytes; biofertilizers

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

Genetic Diversity of Weedy and Invasive Plants

edited by

Stephen J. Novak

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: invasive plants; native weeds; genetics of herbicide resistance; invasion history and geographic origins; level and structure of genetic diversity; molecular markers; next-generation sequencing; quantitative genetics; taxonomic studies; cryptic invasions

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

Novel Research in Crop Nutrient Density and Sustainable On-Farm Nutrient Management

edited by

Kishan Mahmud

and Dennis Busch

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: macronutrient density; micronutrient density; soil microbiome; regenerative agriculture; crop rotation; nutrient management; soil health; ecosystem services; crop yield; cover cropping

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

Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Agroecosystems: Strategies to Mitigate Plastic Pollution for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Zhimin Xu

and Yifan Wang

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8162 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; nanoplastics; agroecosystems; plastic pollution; sustainable agriculture; environmental remediation; pollution mitigation strategies

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

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 20 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1266 | 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)

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