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Risk Assessment of Pesticide Residues in Crop Production

edited by

He Min

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision application; pesticide residue; dietary exposure risk; spray technology; ecotoxicology; soil microbiota; resistance risk assessment; nano pesticides; deposition and retention; environmental fate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Enhancing Efficiency and Reducing Environmental Impact—2nd Edition

edited by

Thiago Libório Romanelli

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

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

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

Advances in Intelligent Agricultural Facilities, Equipment and Technologies for Sustainable Crop Production

edited by

Yafei Wang

and

Zhao Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: harvesting robot; spectral detection; terahertz metamaterial sensor; wearable sensor; microfluidic chip; pest and disease detection; phenotypic information; disease warning

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

Digital Twins in Precision Agriculture

edited by Nathalie dos Santos Guimarães and

Yuxing Han

submission deadline 10 Feb 2027 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8452 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twins; precision agriculture; remote sensing; machine learning; deep learning; crop simulation; smart farming

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

Innovative Agricultural Inputs and Soil–Plant–Microbe Interactions for Sustainable Agronomy

edited by

Wenwen Gong

Gang Liang

and Anxiang Lu

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6091 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; soil– plant-microbe interaction; circular nutrient management; functional microbial ecology; agroecosystem resilience; agricultural biotechnology

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

Application of Biological Control in Crop Protection

edited by

Neringa Rasiukeviciute

and

Gianfranco Romanazzi

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 383 | Submission Open

Keywords: biocontrol; plant extracts; microorganisms; agronomy; horticulture; mycobiome; fungi; bacteria; viruses; pests

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

Crop Production in a Changing World: Limiting Factors and Sustainable Solutions

edited by

Lindah Muzangwa

and

Nicola Cannon

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic and biotic stresses; climate resilience; sustainable intensification; resource use efficiency; agronomic management practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Crop Phenotyping and Structural Analysis

edited by

Chengming Sun

and

Fei Zhang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop phenotyping; crop structural analysis; remote sensing; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles imagery; LiDAR; multi-modal data integration; machine learning; semantic segmentation; multi-temporal analysis; data-efficient methods

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

Linking Soil Microbial Functional Diversity with Agroecosystem Sustainability

edited by

Chaoqun Wang

and Maxim Dorodnikov

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 938 | 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)

Drought-Resilient Irrigation for Agronomic Crops Under Water-Limited Conditions

edited by

Ya'nan Jiang

and

Fan Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 381 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural drought; irrigation strategy optimization; deficit irrigation; drought-resilient irrigation; climate-adaptive planning; water– food– energy– ecosystem nexus; water-use efficiency; climate-smart irrigation; irrigation scheduling; model predictive control

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

High-Throughput Identification of Crop Virus Diversity

edited by Joan Marquez-Molins and Yong-Duo Sun

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 245 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-throughput sequencing; crop viruses; metagenomics; plant virome; virus discovery; diagnostics; bioinformatics; epidemiology; crop protection

Sustainable Breeding for Disease Resistance in Soybean and Other Legume Crops

edited by

Kristina Petrović

and

Istvan Rajcan

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: soybean; legume crops; disease resistance; plant breeding; genomic selection; host– pathogen interactions; pathogen virulence; molecular markers; CRISPR; climate resilience

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

Regulation of Heavy Metals Migration and Accumulation in Soil–Plant System

edited by Nan Zhang

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal; soil– plant interaction; translocation; rhizosphere absorption; microbial detoxification; chemical immobilization

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

Agronomic Strategies for Improving Mineral Nutrition and Reducing Toxic Element Accumulation in Crops

edited by Gustavo Brunetto,

Moreno Toselli

and

Felipe Klein Ricachenevsky

submission deadline 4 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility; plant nutrition; efficiency in nutrient uptake; tolerance; management practices to increase nutrient availability; metal tolerance

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

Next-Generation Crop Management: Bridging AI Vision and Sensor Fusion for Smarter Agronomy

edited by

Xiaojun Jin

and

Kaixiang Zhang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1759 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-powered vision systems; sensor fusion; precision agriculture; multimodal crop monitoring; smart irrigation and fertilization; deep learning for plant phenotyping; thermal and hyperspectral sensing; field robotics and UAV-based sensing; climate-smart agronomy; agricultural intelligence systems

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

Innovations in Sustainable Soil Management for Climate Adaptation and Ecosystem Resilience

edited by Danijel Jug,

Irena Jug

and

Boris Durdevic

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable soil management; conservation tillage; climate change adaptation; ecosystem resilience; soil degradation; soil carbon sequestration; greenhouse gas mitigation; crop diversification; soil health; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Sustainable Agriculture for Food and Nutrition Security: 2nd Edition

edited by Peter J. Gregory and

Thorsten Kraska

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 408 | Submission Open

Keywords: production systems; sustainable intensification; regenerative agriculture; vertical farming; integrated pest management; nutritious food; food security; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Unlocking the Potential of Beneficial Elements in Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Agronomic Biofortification

edited by