Agronomy

Improving Irrigation Management Practices for Agricultural Production

edited by Lili Zhangzhong, Wengang Zheng and

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14687 | Submission Open

Keywords: new irrigation method; agronomy; drought; yield; water-use efficiency; smart irrigation; irrigation scheduling; model predictive control; precision agriculture

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

High Quality and High Yield Cultivation in Wheat: From Theory to Technology

edited by

Wenshan Guo

and

Min Zhu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6286 | Submission Open

Keywords: high yield; good quality; cultivation; wheat

Agrochemistry and Application of Natural Products to Agricultural Research

edited by

Mayker Lazaro Dantas Miranda

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3378 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant extracts; essential oils; chemistry of natural compounds; bio-based agricultural products; biological control of plant diseases

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

Study on Agronomic Measures and Physiological–Ecological Mechanisms for High-Yielding, High-Quality, and Resource-Efficient Utilization in Wheat Production

edited by Yanjie Wang and Qin Zhou

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1050 | Submission Open

Keywords: wheat; agronomic measures; physiological– ecological mechanism; resource-efficient utilization; quality; yield

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

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

edited by

Monika Mierzwa-Hersztek

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 22 articles | Viewed by 40703 | 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)

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

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 21 articles | Viewed by 35412 | 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)

Remote Sensing in Smart Agriculture

edited by

Xingang Xu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 34535 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop; nitrogen; water stress; pest and disease; growth prediction; yield; vertical structure; phenotyping; deep learning; machine learning; hyperspectral; LiDAR; UAV; smart agriculture.

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

Utilizing Genetic Resources for Agronomic Traits Improvement: Series II

edited by

Fernando Martinez-Moreno

,

Magdalena Ruiz

,

María B. Picó

and

María-José Díez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 15 articles | Viewed by 24906 | 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)

Optimal Allocation and Regulation of Agricultural Water Resources and Soils

edited by

Xuebin Qi

,

Ping Li

, Zhenjie Du and

Zulin Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 14293 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resource evaluation; water resource supply and demand analysis; sustainable development and utilization of groundwater; joint regulation of surface water and groundwater; multi-water source allocation; non-conventional water resources utilization; water quality detection and analysis; remediation technology of contaminated farmland soil

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

Locust and Grasshopper Management: Environmental Impacts and New Perspectives

edited by

Michel Lecoq

and

Long Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 10688 | Submission Open

Keywords: locust control; biopesticide; environmental impact

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

Conservation Agricultural Practices for Improving Crop Production and Quality

edited by

Mariola Staniak

,

Ewa Szpunar-Krok

and

Małgorzata Szostek

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10216 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation agriculture; farming systems; reduced tillage; crop rotation; intercropping; cover crops; crop residue management; water management; soil organic matter management; weed management; yield and crop quality

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

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

edited by

Rongjiang Yao

and

Xiaobing Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10187 | 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)

Effect of Agricultural Management Practices on Soil Microbial Community Composition, Diversity and Function

edited by Yajun Hu and Xiangbi Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 9096 | Submission Open

Keywords: tillage; irrigation; organic agriculture; crop rotation; biochar; CNP cycling; soil fertility; biodiversity; amplicon sequencing; microbial community assembly

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Adaptive Evolution in Weeds: Molecular Basis and Management

edited by

Shouhui Wei

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6717 | 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)

Smart Strategies and Technologies for Sustainability and Biodiversity in Herbaceous and Horticultural Crops—2nd Edition

edited by

Christian Frasconi

,

Marco Fontanelli

and

Daniele Antichi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6509 | Submission Open

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

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

The Ecology and Services of Beneficial Arthropods in Crop Production Systems

edited by

Finbarr Horgan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4968 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecology; crop production; black soldier fly; decomposition; ecosystem services; natural enemies; natural weed management; biological control; pollinators; integrated pest management; circular agriculture; farmer surveys; predators; parasitoids; semiochemicals

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

The Impact of Mulching on Crop Production and Farmland Environment

edited by Jixiao Cui, Wen-Qing He and Yingxing Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3876 | Submission Open

Keywords: plastic film mulching; straw mulching; soil surface mulching; organic mulching; microplastic; crop production; farmland environment; soil ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

New Insights into Pathogen, Insect Pest, and Weed Control in Field and Greenhouse Cropping Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Hideyoshi Toyoda

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3136 | Submission Open

Keywords: elucidation of electrostatic principles for pest control; electrostatic trapping of air-borne conidia; flying insect pests and plant pollen; electrostatic attraction of phototactic insect pests; development of insect-repelling apparatus; damage analysis for insects and weeds exposed to arc discharge; utilization of organic materials in electrostatic pest control devices; heating sterilization of soil to exterminate pathogens; insects and weed seeds; identification of useful genes conferring pest resistance to crop plants; searching of effective antagonistic microbes suppressing different types of pests in crop plants; lighting techniques to attract insect pests or disturb their behavior for host attacking; selective light exposure techniques to control the development of diseases caused by pathogens on host plants

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

Free from Herbicides: Ecological Weed Control

edited by

Giovanni Mauromicale

and

Aurelio Scavo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3099 | 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)

Planting Production, Identification and Quality Control of Medicinally Agricultural Products

edited by

Da-Cheng Hao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2714 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultivation; identification; quality control; medicinal plant; agricultural products; good agriculture practice

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

Effects of Agronomical Practices on Crop Quality and Sensory Profile—2nd Edition

edited by

Leontina Lipan

and

Agustí Romero

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2694 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; agricultural practices; breeding programs; new cultivars; industrial aptitude; bioactive compounds; sensory quality; consumers; descriptive; sensory drivers

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Crop Monitoring and Modelling

edited by Minghan Cheng and

Chengming Sun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2630 | Submission Open

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

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

Advances in Genetics, Breeding, and Quality Traits in Forage and Turf Grass—2nd Edition

edited by

Wanjun Zhang

and

Jingjin Yu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2556 | Submission Open

Keywords: turf grass; forage grass; functional gene; stress resistance; quality trait

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

Evolution of Compounds and Characteristics of Crops during Ripening and after Harvest—2nd Edition

edited by

Gerardo Fernández Barbero

and

Ana V. González-de-Peredo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2539 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; secondary metabolites; food analysis; identification; extraction; ripening; maturation; quality control; valorization

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

Soil Health and Properties in a Changing Environment

edited by

Eugenija Bakšienė

and

Audrius Kačergius

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2334 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health; properties; environment

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

Heavy Metal Tolerance Mechanism of Plants and Improvement in Contaminated Soil—2nd Edition

edited by

Xiaojiao Han

,

Yuping Zhang

and

Yikai Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2120 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; tolerance and accumulation; molecular mechanism; physiological mechanism; improvement of contaminated soils

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

Water Saving in Irrigated Agriculture: Series II

edited by

Jose Manuel Gonçalves

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2098 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation water demand management; soil water management; irrigation scheduling tools; water harvesting; irrigation system improvement; rice irrigation; precision irrigation; optimization of irrigation water productivity; remote sensing applied to irrigation management; use of non-conventional water for irrigation; conjunctive use of surface and underground water; public– private partnership for irrigation scheme development and management

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

Phytoalexins, Resistance Inducers, and Sustainable Control Measures in Crop Protection Strategies—2nd Edition

edited by

Francesco Calzarano

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2079 | 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)

Potential Benefits and Risks of Organic Amendments to Soil Health

edited by

Gennaro Gennaro Brunetti

and

Francesco De Mastro

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2022 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility; waste management; nutrient management; soil chemistry; fertilizers; organic matter; environmental science; contaminants of emerging concern; soil pollutions; tillage and organic management

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

The Role of Biochar in the Sustainability of the Agroecological Environment—2nd Edition

edited by

Xiaoyun Xu

and

Fan Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1773 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; agriculture; ecosystem; sustainability; soil remediation; soil amendment; carbon sink

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

Climate-Smart Agriculture for a Changing World

edited by Dener Márcio da Silva Oliveira

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1747 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; soil organic matter; agricultural systems; mitigation; adaptation; carbon sequestration; soil quality; greenhouse gases; soil management; climate resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

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

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1565 | 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)

Omics Approaches for Crop Improvement—Volume II

edited by

Roxana Yockteng

,

Andrés J. Cortés

and

María Ángeles Castillejo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1421 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop improvement; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; metagenomics; metatranscriptomics; nutrigenomics; ionomics; lipidomics; phenomics; environmental omics; bioinformatics; machine learning

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

Emerging Research in Plant Photosynthesis Considerations in Agriculture

edited by

Xiaoying Liu

and

Tran Quoc Khanh

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1352 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic regulation of photosynthetic traits; chlorophylls; photosynthesis; photoprotection; photosystem; Calvin cycle; chlorophyll fluorescence; photosynthetic efficiency; carotenoids

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

Influence of Land Use Patterns on Soil Physical Quality

edited by

Wei Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1259 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use patterns; soil physical quality; soil health; land use change; soil degradation; conservation practices; soil conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

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 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1208 | 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)

Research Progress in Biochar and Microbial Remediation for Heavy Metal Agricultural Soil

edited by

Małgorzata Majewska

and

Agnieszka Hanaka

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1176 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar production; soil carbon sequestration; metal bioavailability in biochar-treated soils; bioremediation efficacy; heavy metal bioremediation mechanisms; phytoremediation; soil bioremediation; microorganism– biochar interactions; nano-biochar; risks of biochar use

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

Precision Viticulture for Vineyard Management

edited by

Rita Perria

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1164 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial variability; remote and proximal sensing; yield mapping; vineyard survey; terroir; vineyard management; sustainable production

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

Adapting Edible and Medicinal Plants to Abiotic Stress in a Changing Climate

edited by Chao Wu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1062 | Submission Open

Keywords: edible and medicinal plants; global climate change; abiotic stress; tolerance mechanisms; functional cereals; chemical constituents; nutritional quality; pharmacologically active compounds; nutritional composition; health benefits

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

New Insights into Fungal Pathogenicity, Pathogen–Host Interactions, and Host Immunity

edited by

Muxing Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 817 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathogen– host interactions; pathogenicity; host immunity; plant resistance

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

Response Mechanism of Plants to Water in Efficient Water-Saving Irrigation Technologies

edited by

Xiang Gao

,

Cristina Patanè

and Xiaojun Song

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 658 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural irrigation; water use efficiency; water stress; water regulation strategies; plant plasticity; plant growth; sustainable agriculture

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

The Role of Livestock Manure in Sustainable Agricultural Land Management (Soil Health) in the Context of Climate Change

edited by

Ladislav Menšík

,

Lukáš Hlisnikovský

and

Eva Kunzová

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 637 | Submission Open

Keywords: livestock manure; soil; soil health; physical; chemical; and biological properties of soils; carbon sequestration; agricultural land; agronomy; food security; climate change; yield stability

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

Crop Improvement and Cultivation in Saline-Alkali Soils

edited by Lihua Huang and

Weiqiang Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 547 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop varieties; saline-alkali; crop physiology; soil improvement; fertilization

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

Effects of Conservation Tillage Strategies on Soil Carbon Changes

edited by

Petr Novák

and

Petr Šařec

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil conservation; soil tillage; soil organic carbon; soil carbon pool; soil erosion; agricultural soils; tillage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Germplasm Evaluation and Breeding of Cereals under a Changing Environment

edited by

Hrvoje Šarčević

and Miroslav Bukan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereals; grain yield; end-use quality; nutritional quality; biotic stresses; abiotic stresses; germplasm evaluation; high-throughput phenotyping; molecular markers; QTL mapping; GWAS molecular breeding

Digital Agriculture Strategies to Guide Orchard Management for Premium Quality Fruits

edited by

Dimitrios Kateris

and

Dionysis Bochtis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital agriculture; orchard management; premium quality fruits; precision farming; sensor technology; data analytics; crop monitoring; Internet of Things (IoT); smart farming; fruit quality assessment; sustainable agriculture; yield optimization; real-time monitoring

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

Effects of Tillage Practices on Crop Productivity and CO₂ Emissions

edited by

Vaida Steponavičienė

,

Kestutis Romaneckas

and Aušra Sinkevičienė

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open

Keywords: tillage systems; agroecosystem sustainability; CO2 emissions; crop productivity; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Insights into Resistance Genes and Molecular Regulatory Mechanisms in Brassica Crops

edited by

Guoliang Li

and

Shujiang Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: Brassica crops; disease resistance; molecular regulation; resistance genes; plant– pathogen interactions; downy mildew; fusarium wilt; root defense; root diseases; viral resistance; pathogen recognition; plant immunity

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

Phytochemical Compounds with Health Beneficial Activity in Crop Extracts

edited by Ping Chen and Kunmei Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: antioxidant; crops; flavonoids; anthocyanins; metabolic pathways; key genes

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

Efficient and Intelligent Methods for Crop Disease Detection

edited by Moussa El Jarroudi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop disease detection; innovative methodologies; Artificial Intelligence

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