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Towards Sustainability: Trade-Off Between Pest Management and Environment

edited by Patrice A. Marchand

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 237 | Submission Open

Keywords: pest management; plant protection products; organic farming; ecotoxicology; pesticides; ecological impact; regulatory; innovation

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

Smart Water Management: Improving Crop Physiology, Resilience, and Productivity Under Limiting Climate Conditions

edited by

Sidnei Deuner

João Paulo Barbosa

and

Filipe Selau Carlos

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural sustainability; water use efficiency; climate change; crop resilience; productivity

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

Ascorbic Acid in Plant Resilience and Postharvest Biology: From Stress Physiology to Nutritional Improvement

edited by Carlos G. Bartoli and Jurandi Gonçalves De Oliveira

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: ascorbic acid; challenging environment; shelf life; vitamin C

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

Oilseed Crop Improvement: Breeding for Enhanced Resistance and Quality

edited by

Weijun Zhou

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: oilseed crops; plant breeding; stress resistance; abiotic stress tolerance; biotic stress resistance; nutritional quality; seed quality; crop improvement

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

Herbicides Toxicology and Weeds Herbicide-Resistant Mechanism—3rd Edition

edited by

Jun Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: herbicide toxicology; herbicide-resistant weeds; herbicide resistance; resistance mechanism to herbicides

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

Effects of Salt and Water Stress on Crop Agronomic Performance

edited by

Ana Fita

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: water use efficiency; salinity tolerance; stress-responsive genes; plant adaptation; resilient cropping systems; new salt tolerant crops

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Sustainable Pest Management under Climate Change

edited by

Xiongbing Tu

and Shiqian Feng

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9914 | 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)

Crop Nutrition Diagnosis and Efficient Production

edited by

Shijie Tian

and Jin Hu

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5307 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; agricultural artificial intelligence; drone remote sensing; hyperspectral imaging; precision water and fertilizer management

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

Early Detection of Diseases in Crops for Efficient Application of Pesticides

edited by

Ioannis Vagelas

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3268 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop diseases; early detection; diagnostic tools; laboratory analytical methods; PCR-based diagnostics; next-generation sequencing; spectroscopy diagnostics; Raman-based techniques; machine learning models

Heavy Metal-Induced Plant Stress: Toxicity, Tolerance Mechanisms and Homoeostasis

edited by

Cláudia Sofia Pereira

and

Jorge Teixeira

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3113 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop production; heavy metal-induced stress; heavy metal homoeostasis

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

Cereal–Legume Cropping Systems

edited by

Katarzyna Pużyńska

Wacław Jarecki

and

Danijel Jug

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2252 | Submission Open

Keywords: legumes; cereals; mixed stands; intercropping; cropping systems; climate change; sustainable crop production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Emerging Research on Adaptive Plants in Karst Ecosystems—3rd Edition

edited by

Yanyou Wu

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1015 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive mechanisms; breeding; agroecosystems; resource utilization; water management; allocation and regionalization; plant electrophysiology; bicarbonate; karst drought

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

Organic and Organomineral Fertilizers for Sustainable and Circular Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Risely Ferraz Almeida

, Roberta Camargos de Oliveira and

Teodor Rusu

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 984 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil management; nutrient availability; nutrient use efficiency; microbial communities; fertilization strategies; fertilizer production; composting; organic residues; sustainable agriculture; circular agriculture

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

Adaptive Adjustment of Crop Management Practices Under Global Warming

edited by

Marcin Kozak

Magdalena Serafin-Andrzejewska

and

Agnieszka Lejman

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 797 | 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)

Breeding Strategies and Sustainable Cultivation of Forage Grasses Under Climate Change

edited by

Rui Dong

and

Zhongfu Yang

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 460 | Submission Open

Keywords: forage breeding; abiotic and biotic stress tolerance; sustainable cultivation; climate resilience; regulatory mechanism

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

Sustainable Cropping Systems and Biomasses for Energy and Biorefinery Applications

edited by

Nicolai David Jablonowski

Moritz von Cossel

and

Yasir Iqbal

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 41840 | Submission Open

Keywords: residues-/waste-/recycling-derived fertilizers; soil improvement; soil conditioners (e.g. biochars; algae biomass; other organic residues); waste stream-based; multi-product and/or decentralized and/or modular bio-refinery concepts; alternative crops and agronomic approaches; biodiversity and ecologically robust agronomic practices; nutrient recycling and alternative fertilizers; marginal soils; soil amelioration; biogenic fuels and biogas; biogenic residues; biogenic products and platform chemicals; thermochemical conversion of biomass; biomass to liquid (BtL) and bio based polymers; bio-oils production via Fischer– Tropsch synthesis

Heavy Metal Pollution and Prevention in Agricultural Soils

edited by

Bo Xu

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 22204 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; accumulation; translocation; agricultural soil; soil remediation; hazards and impacts; crops

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

Regulation of Nanomaterials in Crop Growth and Physiology Under Abiotic Stress

edited by

James Barker

and

Abolghassem Emamverdian

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13040 | 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)

Influence of Irrigation and Water Use on Agronomic Traits of Crops—2nd Edition

edited by

Ruoshui Wang

Yuguo Han

Tibin Zhang

and Qibiao Han

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9355 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation; agronomic traits; adaptive strategy; water utilization

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

Genetically Modified (GM) Crops and Pests Management

edited by

Lanzhi Han

and

Fei Yang

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2698 | 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)

Effects of Different Biostimulants and Biochars on Crop Production and Quality

edited by

Riccardo Fedeli

and

Silvia Celletti

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2191 | 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)

Advances in Organ Development and Quality Formation Mechanisms in Horticultural Crops

edited by

Yanping Wang

and Liang Sun

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural crops; organ development; quality formation; gene regulation; hormone signaling; epigenetic modification; transcription factors; signal transduction; multi-omics analysis; crop improvement

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

Breeding of Novel Potato/Sweet Potato/Cassava Cultivars and the Application of New Technologies

edited by

Zhitong Ren

and

Hong Zhai

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: potato/sweet potato/cassava breeding; novel cultivars; genetic analysis; high yield; high quality; new technologies

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

Exogenous Organic Matter in Soil Health and Fertility

edited by

Grzegorz Siebielec

and

Sylwia Siebielec

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: exogenous organic matter; bacteria; plants; soil; degradation; drought; crop resistance

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

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 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7240 | 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)

Conventional vs. Modern Techniques in Horticultural Crop Breeding

edited by

Yi-Yin Do

and Su-Ying Yeh

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6249 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic improvement; hybridization; selection; molecular marker breeding; transgenic breeding; design breeding

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

Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests in Agriculture

edited by

Ting Li

Olufemi Ajayi

and

Fang (Rose) Zhu

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5293 | 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)

Advances in Beneficial Insects Research for Conservation Biological Control

edited by

Susana Pascual

, Elżbieta Wojciechowicz-Żytko and

Katarzyna Golan

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3850 | Submission Open

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

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

Molecular and Physiological Insights into Crop Growth Regulation

edited by

Jianyan Zeng

and Yuehua Xiao

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop growth regulation; molecular mechanisms; physiological processes; hormone signaling; gene expression; stress responses; metabolic pathways; omics approaches; high-throughput phenotyping

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

Advances in Mineral Nutrition for Improved Crop Yield, Quality, and Sustainability

edited by

Tomasz Knapowski

Magdalena Banach-Szott

and

Wojciech Kozera

submission deadline 26 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop production; fertilization; plant nutrition; soil; sustainable agriculture; yield quality

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

Functional Diversity of Soil Microbial Communities in Environments Shaped by Anthropogenic Activities

edited by

Franco Magurno

and

Zoltán Kende

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 25217 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microbial communities; functional diversity; anthropogenic activities; biodiversity; ecosystem functions; ecosystem processes

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

Innovative Hydrothermal Systems to Valorize Agricultural Residuals for Sustainable Crop Production and Environmental System

edited by

Changyoon Jeong

, Nicole Berge,

Sunyoung Bae

Kyoung S. Ro

and Judy Ann Libra

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 23836 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrothermal carbonization; carbon sequestration; environmental pollution; sustainable agriculture; greenhouse gas emission; water quality; recycling biomass; carbon-based materials

Molecular Advances in Crop Protection and Agrobiotechnology

edited by

Kun Zhang

and Kai Xu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16200 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop protection; interactions; agrobiotechnology

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

Agricultural Aspects of Medicinal, Aromatic and Spice Plants' Cultivation, Harvest, Processing and Conservation

edited by

Ivan Salamon

and

Milica Aćimović

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7518 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural technology and cultivation practices; herbs; harvest; post- harvest; raw material; quality

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

Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Fruits

edited by

Avtar K. Handa

Martín-Ernesto Tiznado-Hernández

and

Guillermo Berumen-Varela

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7023 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop; enzyme activity; fruit quality; functional genomics; genome editing; molecular mechanisms; omics; stress tolerance; transgenics; transcriptomics

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

New Trends in Molecular Biochemistry and Physiology of Pre- and Post-Harvest Fruits and Vegetables

edited by Jurandi Gonçalves De Oliveira,

José Hélio Costa

María E. García-Pastor

, Daniel Alexandre Neuwald and Luis Miguel Mazorra Morales

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6778 | Submission Open

Keywords: antioxidant metabolism; antioxidant system; plant growth regulators; pre- and post-harvest technologies; quality; respiration; shelf life; storage

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

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

edited by

Muxing Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5492 | Submission Open

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

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

The Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis in Crops Production

edited by

Jerzy Wielbo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4670 | Submission Open

Keywords: rhizobium– legume symbiosis; biological nitrogen fixation; biofertilizers; biostimulators; sustainable agriculture

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

Soil Degradation and Restoration: Challenges and Prospects for Agroecological Development

edited by Pilar Alonso Rojo and

Marco Criado

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4517 | 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)

Ecological Aspects as a Basis for Future Pest Integrated Management—2nd Edition

edited by

Flávio Roberto Mello Garcia

and

Sérgio M. Ovruski

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4096 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– insect interaction; population dynamics; diversity; host range; natural enemies; trophic relationships; competition; epidemiology; phytosociology; absent quarantine pests; epidemiology

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

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Spice Crops

edited by

Touming Liu

, Song Gao and Yao Lv

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3506 | Submission Open

Keywords: spice crops; genetics; genomics; genetics; breeding; gene function; comparative genomics

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

From Phenotype to Gene: A Holistic Approach to Improving Crop Agronomic Traits

edited by Zifeng Guo,

Hongwei Zhang

and Yinglun Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3417 | Submission Open

Keywords: phenomics; quantitative trait locus (QTL); genomic selection (GS); genomic-enviromic selection (GES); molecular design breeding

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

Artificial Intelligence and Human–Computer Interactions in Agricultural Production

edited by

Wenzheng Liu

Shuqin Tu

and

Yuan Su

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3176 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; crop monitoring; precision agriculture; fruit detection and harvesting; human– computer interaction; agricultural robotics

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

Role of RNA and ssDNA Viruses in Plant–Virus/Viroid Interactions

edited by Ana Grande-Perez, Luis Díaz-Martinez and

Enrique Viguera

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3039 | Submission Open

Keywords: RNA; ssDNA; plant– virus interactions; virus/viroid evolution; host– pathogen interactions; plant defense response; sequence analysis/bioinformatics

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

Effects of Agrotechnical Factors and Farming Systems on Soil Properties and Plant Productivity—2nd Edition

edited by

Cezary A. Kwiatkowski

and

Elżbieta Harasim

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2647 | Submission Open

Keywords: farming system versus soil quality; crop rotation and agrotechnical factors versus soil quality; physical and chemical properties of soil; soil biological properties and enzymatic activity; soil contamination and soil pathogens; soil quality versus yield and quality of agricultural crops; soil condition monitoring and anthropopressure

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

Navigating Pesticide Residues: Safeguarding Agricultural Product Quality

edited by

Xinru Wang

and

Xinzhong Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2536 | Submission Open

Keywords: pesticide residue; agricultural products safety; risk assessment; metabolism; crop quality

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

State-of-the-Art Research on Weed Populations and Community Dynamics

edited by

Guillermo R. Chantre

and

Marcos Yanniccari

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2061 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed bioecology; weed management; alternative control methods; field emergence; weed competition; tactical planning; operational planning

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

Shaping the Future of Plant Breeding: Harnessing Phenomic and Genomic Insights for Disease Resistance

edited by

Jianping Wang

, Donna K. Harris, Bikash Ghimire and Bochra Amina Bahri

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1445 | Submission Open

Keywords: GWAS; QTL mapping; fine mapping; marker-assisted selection; genomic selection; genome editing; high-throughput phenotyping; CRISPR/Cas9; gene pyramiding; disease-resistance breeding

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

Strategies and Methods for Analyzing Multivariate–Multidimensional Data Resulting from Agricultural Research

edited by

George Menexes