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Research Progress in Agricultural Robots in Arable Farming

edited by

Xianping Guan

and

Wan-Soo Kim

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12316 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural robotics; arable farming; intelligent agriculture; agricultural perception

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

Lipid Action in Crop Development and Defense

edited by Xingying Yan and

Ming Luo

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open

Keywords: lipid; sphingolipids; plant hormone response; stress response; plant architecture; signal transduction; vesicle trafficking; ER stress

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

Advances in Precision Pesticide Spraying Technology and Equipment

edited by Longlong Li and Chenhui Zhang

submission deadline 12 Mar 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 14740 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; pesticide spraying; remote sensing; UAV; spray deposition; spray drift; variable-rate spraying; spray robot; deposits behavior; spray adjuvant

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

Sustainable Water-Fertilizer Management for Soil Salinization Amendment and Crop Production in Salt-Affected Agroecosystems

edited by

Rongjiang Yao

and

Xiaobing Chen

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 24300 | Submission Open

Keywords: salinization; water; nitrogen; irrigation and drainage; water use efficiency; model; leaching efficiency; soil carbon sequestration; salt-affected soils

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

Fertilizer Innovation and Practice in Sustainable Intensified Agriculture

edited by

Witold Grzebisz

and

Nevien Elhawat

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10869 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility level; nitrogen action; nitrogen supporter; secondary nutrients; microelements; crop; plants; cardinal stages; yield formation

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

Cover Crops and Forage in Nutrient Cycling and Their Utilization in Integrated Crop–Livestock Systems

edited by

Luiz Fernando Carvalho Leite

Edvaldo Sagrilo

and

Henrique Antunes de Souza

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6959 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil quality; grassland; crop rotation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Germplasm Conservation and Genetic Improvement in Tropical and Subtropical Crops

edited by

Xing Huang

and Qibin Wu

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5414 | 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)

Enhancing Crop Yield and Quality: Insights from Precision Agriculture and Agronomic Practices

edited by

Agnieszka Klimek-Kopyra

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1656 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop yield and quality; agroecology; precision agriculture; agroforestry; agronomic practices; sustainable crop production; cropping systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Sustainable Potato Production: Emerging Strategies for Disease Prevention and Cultivation

edited by Dianqiu Lv,

Shuhao Qin

and

Xingkui Cai

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1031 | Submission Open

Keywords: potato; potato seed; cultivation; agronomic practices; pathogen; disease control

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

New Insights into Plant-Microbe Interaction

edited by

Eliana Dell'olmo

Loredana Sigillo

and

Giulia Semenzato

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 668 | Submission Open

Keywords: legumes; vegetable crops; pathogens; beneficial microorganisms; microbiome; microbial community

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

Epigenetic Regulation in Solanaceae Crops

edited by

Kang Zhang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 388 | Submission Open

Keywords: epigenetics; Solanaceae; histone modification; chromatin accessibility; DNA methylation; small RNA; ATAC-seq; Hi-C

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

Past, Present and Future Trends in the Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Agricultural Environments

edited by

Monika Mierzwa-Hersztek

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 370 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic and inorganic pollutants; organic matter in contaminated soils; nutrients; soil improvers; remediation techniques; ecological risk assessment; microorganisms; enzymatic activity; soil pollution; contaminant removal

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

Smart Pest Control for Building Farm Resilience

edited by

Jiaxing Xie

and Daozong Sun

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13257 | Submission Open

Keywords: pest management; environmental sustainability; pest resistance; smart pest control; deep learning; large language models; intelligent pest monitoring systems; sustainable farming; resilience

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

Pesticide Residues Abatement: A Central to Regenerative Agriculture

edited by

Sebastián Andres Elgueta Palma

and

Maria Cristina Diez

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3134 | Submission Open

Keywords: pesticide residues; green technologies; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Highlighting and Enhancing Ecosystem Services of Crops and Weeds in Agroecosystems

edited by

Ioannis Gazoulis

and

Ilias Travlos

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2977 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; agroecology; legumes; industrial crops; weed management; agronomy; weeds; integrated management

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

Recent Advances in Legume Crop Protection—2nd Edition

edited by Kai Li,

Yu Gao

Zhaofeng Huang

and

Guangnan Xing

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 770 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; germplasm resources; resistance breeding; induced resistance; malignant weed; plant viruses; insect ecology monitoring; biological control; herbicide resistance; physical and mechanical control; integrated pest management

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

From Monoculture to Cover Crops: Evaluating the Benefits and Limitations of Different Cropping Systems

edited by

Cailong Xu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 735 | Submission Open

Keywords: cropping systems; diversified farming; crop rotation; soil health; sustainable agriculture; resource management

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

Harnessing Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) for Crop Performance

edited by

Karol Skrobacz

and

Maciej Balawejder

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 376 | Submission Open

Keywords: reactive oxygen species; ROS; ozone; hydrogen peroxide; oxygen radicals; crop performance; crop quality; stress tolerance; sustainable agriculture

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

Innovative Techniques for Weed Control in Turfgrass

edited by

Kehua Wang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open

Keywords: turfgrass; special crop; horticulture; AI-based weed identification; remote sensing and monitoring; unmanned aerial vehicle; smart weed control; integrated weed management; organic management; sports turf; golf courses; herbicide

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

Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Microbes in Agriculture—3rd Edition

edited by

Luciano Kayser Vargas

and Marco Antonio Nogueira

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant-growth promotion; microbial ecology; nitrogen fixation; biocontrol; nutrient solubilization; synthetic communities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Free from Herbicides: Ecological Weed Control

edited by

Giovanni Mauromicale

and

Aurelio Scavo

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16826 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed management; agroecology; allelopathy; bioherbicides; cover crops; soil seedbank; species composition; cultural methods

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

Adaptation Strategies Under Climate Change in Mediterranean Agriculture

edited by António Canatário-Duarte and

José Manuel Gonçalves

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8117 | Submission Open

Keywords: mediterranean agriculture; climate change; crop adaption strategies; water scarcity; increase soil conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Cultivar Development of Pulses Crop—2nd Edition

edited by

Lixia Wang

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1861 | Submission Open

Keywords: new cultivars (with notable character; e.g.; high yield; high resistance; special uses); systematic selection; hybridization; mutation; transgenic; wide adaptability; planting system

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

Cover Crops Grown Alone and in Consortia: Biomass Production, Nutrient Cycling of Residues and Relationships with Soil and Crop Productivity

edited by

José Luiz Rodrigues Torres

and

Arcângelo Loss

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 404 | Submission Open

Keywords: cover crops; biomass production; nutrient cycling; physical and chemical attributes; production quality; productivity

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

Digital Twin and AI-Enhanced Simulation in Agricultural Systems

edited by

Min Dai

and Ya Xiong

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; AI-enhanced simulation; internet of things (IoT); machine learning and deep learning; smart agriculture

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

Soil Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

edited by Chenghsien Lin and

Foting Shen

submission deadline 28 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

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

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

Integrated Water, Nutrient, and Pesticide Management of Fruit Crop

edited by

Davie M. Kadyampakeni

Alisheikh A. Atta

and

Said Hamido

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9882 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant nutrition; crop water requirement; plant physiology; nutrient and water dynamics; plant and root growth; fruit and postharvest quality

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

Genetic Architecture of Kernel Development in Cereal Crops

edited by

Yu Cui

Xuemei Du

and

Hongwei Zhang

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 532 | Submission Open

Keywords: kernel development; endosperm; embryo; cereal

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

Smart Farming Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18890 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart farming technologies; precision agriculture; digitalization; sensors; internet of things; decision support systems; indicators; sustainable agriculture and agri-food value chains; sustainability assessment; sustainability impacts

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

Exploring Mechanisms and Technologies for Enhancing Nitrogen Efficiency in Maize Production

edited by

Zheng Liu

and Guohua Mi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13414 | Submission Open

Keywords: maize; nitrogen uptake; nitrogen utilization; nitrogen use efficiency; nitrogen fate; crop– soil system; crop management; crop model

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

Progress in Horticultural Crops—from Genotype to Phenotype—2nd Edition

edited by

Guanglong Wang

Lijun Ou

and

Ai-Sheng Xiong

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11949 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural crop; genetics; biotechnology; genotype; phenotype

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

Revolutionizing Crop Management: Integrating UAV Technology for Precision Agriculture

edited by

Biquan Zhao

and

Cengiz Koparan

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9235 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV remote sensing; precision farming; site-specific management; UAV image processing; robotic and sensor technology; crop modeling; drone applications

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

Microbial Carbon and Its Role in Soil Carbon Sequestration

edited by Xuechen Yang and Xiaojing Hu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8637 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon sequestration; soil carbon cycling; soil microorganism; microbial biomass carbon; agronomy and soil; agricultural management; global change

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

Crop Production in the Era of Climate Change

edited by

Anastasios Zotos

and

Angelos A. Patakas

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5766 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; climate change; smart agriculture; precision agriculture; remote sensing; Internet of Things (IoT)

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

Artificial Intelligence as a Support for Forecasting in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Gniewko Niedbała

and

Magdalena Piekutowska

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3927 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; yield forecasting; artificial intelligence; sustainable agriculture; resource management; crop quality

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

Soil Health to Human Health

edited by

Saurav Das

Dinesh Panday

and Gladis Zinati

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3330 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health; crop nutrient density; organic farming; ecosystem services; human nutrition; human health

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

Circular Agriculture: Waste-to-Resource Innovations in Cropping Systems

edited by Xueming Lin and

Yangmei Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3233 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular agriculture; waste valorization; biochar application; sustainable intensification; life cycle assessment (LCA)

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

Genotype × Environment Interactions in Crop Production—2nd Edition

edited by

Ioannis Mylonas

Elissavet Ninou

and

Fokion Papathanasiou

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2358 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptability; climate change; field evaluation; agronomy; breeding

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

Fruit Tree Germplasm Innovation Driven by Molecular Breeding and Genomics

edited by

Runze Wang

, Yue Huang and Xia Wang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2050 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-omics; gene editing; fruit quality traits; stress; databases

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

Advancing Weed Biology Through Innovation and Technology for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Te-Ming Tseng

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1735 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed biology; herbicide resistance; precision agriculture; deep learning models

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

Old Challenges and Modern Solutions in Farmland Soils: Addressing Heavy Metals, Microplastics, and GHG Emissions

edited by Alessia Corami and

Andrew S. Hursthouse

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1602 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals (PTEs); microplastic/nano-plastic (MNPs); greenhouse gases (GHGs); soils; remediation solutions; nature-based solutions; biochar; fertilizer; pesticides; groundwater; nutrients; anthropogenic contaminants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

The Revision of Production Potentials and Yield Gaps in Field Crops

edited by Dario Iljkić,

Marta Jańczak-Pieniążek

and Ionel Samfira

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1567 | Submission Open

Keywords: yield gap analysis; crop production potential; precision agriculture; field crops; biostimulants; remote sensing; sustainable intensification; climate-resilient cropping; crop modeling; soil and nutrient management

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

Physiological and Anatomical Responses of Crops to Environmental Factors

edited by

Fabrício José Pereira

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1474 | Submission Open

Keywords: photosynthesis; plant anatomy; plant metabolism; crop species

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

Application of Organic Amendments in Agricultural Production—3rd Edition

edited by

Elena Baldi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1414 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic matter; carbon sequestration; plant performances; soil fertility; nutrient availability

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

Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Production: Physiology, Breeding and Sustainability

edited by Juan Guillermo Cruz-Castillo, Guillermo Raúl Pratta and

Julián Cuevas González

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1409 | Submission Open

Keywords: biostimulants; sink; source; rootstocks; thinning; postharvest; phenols; gens

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

Microplastics in Farmland and Their Impact on Soil

edited by Jixiao Cui and Wen-Qing He

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1315 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastic; farmland soil; soil health; soil microorganisms; soil pollution; soil remediation

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

Applications of Pre- and Post-Harvest Techniques in Horticultural Products—2nd Edition

edited by

Mengyao Li

and

Ya Luo

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 767 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural products; pre-harvest and post-harvest techniques; biological characteristics; nutritional quality

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

A Circular Economy: Chemical, Microbiological and Environmental Implications of Mineral and Organic Fertilizers Use in Soils—2nd Edition

edited by

Monika Mierzwa-Hersztek

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 671 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; organic matter; nutrients; plant quality; exogenic organic matter; soil improvers; waste management; ecological risk assessment; microorganisms; enzymatic activity; soil pollution

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

Comprehensive Impacts of Agrobiodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems

edited by

László Sipos

and

László Csambalik

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 571 | Submission Open

Keywords: agrobiodiversity; sustainable food systems; food security; sociocultural diversity; soil microbial diversity; urban agriculture; climate resilience

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

Integrated Management of Maize–Legume Cropping Systems

edited by

Jacques Fils Pierre

and

Upendra Singh

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 511 | Submission Open

Keywords: maize– soybean rotation; soil health; nitrogen use efficiency (NUE); conservation crop rotation; crop models; soil nitrogen dynamics; sustainable agriculture; maize– legume intercropping

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

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