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Genetics and Mechanisms of Disease Resistance in Crop

edited by Xuanjun Feng and

Yufang Xu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 288 | Submission Open

Keywords: maize ear rot; maize southern rust; wheat stripe rust; rice blast disease; wheat fusarium head blight; Tomato gray mold; other diseases

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

Artificial Neural Network-Based Methods in Agriculture

edited by

Shengyong Xu

and

Chenglong Huang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial neural networks; precision agriculture; data-driven agriculture; intelligent decision-making; multimodal data fusion

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

Smart Farming Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

and

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 25215 | 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)

Lipid and Hormone Action in Crop Development and Defense

edited by Xingying Yan and

Ming Luo

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2178 | 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)

Genetic Architecture of Kernel Development in Cereal Crops

edited by

Yu Cui

Xuemei Du

and

Hongwei Zhang

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1960 | Submission Open

Keywords: kernel development; endosperm; embryo; cereal

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

Influence of Agronomic Practices and Environmental Conditions on Phytochemical Accumulation and Antioxidant Activity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

edited by Urszula Sadowska and

Jacek Słupski

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1823 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plants; aromatic plants; phytochemicals; antioxidants; agronomic practices; fertilization; soil and climate interactions; secondary metabolites; functional traits; sustainable cultivation

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

Agricultural Biomass Waste Conversion into Value-Added Products—2nd Edition

edited by

Giuseppe Squillaci

and

Alessandra Morana

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 556 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural waste; biomass; waste valorization; waste conversion; polyphenols; biotransformations; biofuels; bioactive products

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

Influence of Compost and Biochar on Soil Properties

edited by Grzegorz Siebielec and Srabani Das

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: compost; biochar; soil health; climate mitigation; regenerative agriculture

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

Plant–Microbe Synergy in Crop Production

edited by

Rosa Porcel

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– microbe communication; microbial symbiosis; microbial inoculants; biofertilizer; sustainable agriculture

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

Smart Technologies for Pre- and Postharvest Quality Assessment of Fruits

edited by

Min Dong

and

Wenyong Li

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart agriculture; fruit quality assessment; hyperspectral imaging; postharvest technology; artificial intelligence; machine learning; IoT; precision horticulture

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

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 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5735 | 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)

Functional Genomics and Molecular Breeding of Soybeans—2nd Edition

edited by Fang Huang, Lin Zhao and Xiaobo Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5537 | Submission Open

Keywords: soybean; functional genomics; molecular breeding

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

Utilizing Genetic Resources for Agronomic Traits Improvement: 3rd Edition

edited by

Fernando Martinez-Moreno

Magdalena Ruiz

and

Laura Pascual

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5107 | 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)

Novel Studies in High-Performance and Smart Plant Protection Products Application—3rd Edition

edited by

Changling Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4168 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart PPP application; atomization; spray deposition; spray drift; control efficacy; boom sprayer; air-blast sprayer; manned agricultural aircraft; unmanned aerial spraying system (UASS); robot sprayer; frontier technologies

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

Agricultural Imagery and Machine Vision

edited by Ximing Li and

Xuejun Yue

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3850 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart agriculture; agricultural imagery; image recognition; crop monitoring; remote sensing; sensor technology

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

Pest Management in Agricultural Ecosystem

edited by Dirceu Pratissoli

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2798 | Submission Open

Keywords: insects; ecological balance; sustainability; integrated pest management; pest management techniques

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

Abiotic Stress Resilience in Vegetable Crops: Genetics and Agronomy Approaches

edited by Giao Nguyen and

Małgorzata Szczepanek

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2635 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought; heat; cold; flood; radiation; breeding; genomic selection; biotechnology; rotation; cover crop; conservation tillage; soil health; biostimulants; integrated pest management; precision agriculture; digital phenotyping; artificial intelligence; water use efficiency; nutrient use efficiency; protected cultivation

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

Soil Organic Matter and Tillage—2nd Edition

edited by

Cledimar Rogerio Lourenzi

and

Arcângelo Loss

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2476 | Submission Open

Keywords: conventional tillage; reduced tillage; no-till systems; soil health; agricultural sustainability; crop residue management; long-term studies; soil fertility; soil structure; environmental impact

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

Towards Sustainability: Trade-Off Between Pest Management and Environment

edited by Patrice A. Marchand

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1683 | 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)

Advances in Tillage Methods to Improve the Yield and Quality of Crops—2nd Edition

edited by Jiatun Xu and

Xiaobo Gu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1303 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant growth; crop productivity; soil fertility; agroecosystems; plant– soil relationships; sustainable agricultural practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Precision Agriculture and Crop Models for Climate Change Adaptation

edited by

Katalin Somfalvi-Tóth

and Gábor Milics

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 935 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; precision agriculture; crop models; adaptation; soil conservation; data-based agriculture; phenology; crop yield

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

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

edited by

Tomasz Knapowski

Magdalena Banach-Szott

and

Wojciech Kozera

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 911 | 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)

Efficient Water and Nutrient Utilization of Crops Under Changed Environment

edited by

Zhenhua Wei

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 892 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop physiology; water use; nutrient uptake; soil health; environmental change

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

Plant–Insect Interactions in the Agroecosystem

edited by Apostolos Kapranas and

Eleni I. Koutsogeorgiou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 891 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– insect interactions; herbivory; integrated pest management (IPM); plant defense responses; volatile organic compounds (VOCs); insect behavior; agroecology; multitrophic interactions

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

Modeling for Risk Assessment of Crop Health and Yield Prediction

edited by

Laszlo Radocz

and

Csaba Juhász

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 419 | Submission Open

Keywords: IPM; plant pathology; entomology; weed sciences; epidemiology; prediction models; risk assessment

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

Robotics for Agricultural Production

edited by Sergio Bayano Tejero and

Rafael-Ruben Sola-Guirado

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural robotics; precision agriculture; autonomous operations; automated harvesting; multi-robot systems; autonomous navigation; resource optimisation; advanced perception

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

Innovations in Biosystems Engineering for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by Manuel Moya Ignacio and Desirée Rodríguez-Robles

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open

Keywords: technology; bioenergy; automation; environmental sustainability; greenhouse; irrigation; crop production

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

Soil and Plant-Based Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture and Carbon Sequestration

edited by

Yves Theoneste Murindangabo

and

Marek Kopecký

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 334 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; soil health; carbon sequestration; regenerative farming; plant– soil interactions; climate-smart agriculture; agroecology; soil organic matter

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

Exploration of Aneuploidy and Polyploidy in the Evolution of Horticultural Crops and Crop Wild Relatives

edited by Saverio D’Emerico, Alessio Turco and

Robert Philipp Wagensommer

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open

Keywords: aneuploidy; classical and molecular genetics; crop wild relatives; epigenetics; evolution; genetic diversity; horticultural crops; polyploidy

(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 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 291 | 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)

Metabolomics and Transcriptomics of Emerging Crop Diseases: Crop–Pathogen Interaction and Host Mechanisms

edited by

Violetta Katarzyna Macioszek

and

Andrzej K. Kononowicz

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotic stress; plant pathogens; defense response; signal transduction； metabolomics; transcriptomics; host– pathogen interactions

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

Building Grapevine Resilience Under Climate Change: Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses from Physiology to Sustainable Viticulture

edited by

Olfa Zarrouk

and Luísa Carvalho

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought; environmental stress; heat stress; microbiome; mineral nutrition; pests and diseases; rootstock– scion interactions; sustainable viticulture

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

Plant Physiological Responses in Agricultural Crops: From Molecular Mechanisms to Field Management

edited by

František Hnilička

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant physiology; stress tolerance; photosynthesis; omics technologies; high-throughput phenotyping; water-use efficiency; crop management; sustainable agriculture

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

The Role and Strategies of Biocontrol Microorganisms in Plant Health Management

edited by

Francisco Ruiz-Castilla

and

Rogelio Valadez Blanco

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open

Keywords: biocontrol microorganisms; plant health management; antagonistic interactions; microbial consortia; bioactive compounds; plant– microbe interactions; sustainable agriculture; postharvest disease control; beneficial fungi and bacteria

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

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Isotope and Microbial Approaches

edited by Hongfei Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil carbon cycling; nitrogen cycling; stable isotopes; soil microbial ecology; plant– soil– microbe interactions

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

Smart Orchard Equipment: Advances in Precision Management Technologies

edited by

Zhichong Wang

, Xueguan Zhao and Shuai Ma

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous orchard robotics; variable-rate application; AI-driven monitoring; eco-efficiency optimization; early stress diagnosis

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

Renewable Energy Applications in Agriculture: Technical Innovations for Sustainable and Resilient Farming

edited by

Abdelouahid Fouial

and

Roula Khadra

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; agricultural water management; smart agriculture; socio-technical systems; agrivoltaics; mini-grids; climate resilience; smallholder farmers; energy access; sustainable farming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Valorization of Organic Wastes for Sustainable Crop Production

edited by Ilan Adler and

Stephan M. Haefele

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular agriculture; agricultural waste management; sustainable agriculture; energy and nutrient recovery from waste; organic fertilizer; anaerobic digestion; plant nutrition; soil health; crop quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Mechanisms of Light Response and Morphogenesis in Plants

edited by Alessandra Boccaccini

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: light signaling; photoreceptors; signal transduction; biodiversity; breeding; natural variation; genome editing

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

Agricultural Innovation in Sustainable and Organic Vegetable Crops Production - 2nd Edition

edited by Jose Magno Queiroz Luz and

Gabriel M. Maciel

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetables breeding; organic sustainable; farming; genetic improvement; cultivation vegetable; nutrition

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

Saltwater Irrigation and Saline-Alkali Land Improvement

edited by

Jiefei Mao

and

Wenxuan Mai

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open

Keywords: salinity control; irrigation; soil amendments; arid/coastal regions; crop productivity

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

Integrative Physiology and Molecular Mechanisms of Heavy Metal Stress in Rice

edited by

Qina Huang

and Xiaoyan Lin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal stress; rice (Oryza sativa); molecular regulation; multi-omics integration; food safety and security

(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 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 368 | 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)

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

edited by

Ivan Salamon

and

Milica Aćimović

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12329 | 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)

New Insights into Plant–Microbe Interaction

edited by

Eliana Dell'olmo

Loredana Sigillo

and

Giulia Semenzato

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2258 | Submission Open

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

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

Advances in Soil Remediation Techniques for Degraded Land

edited by

Antonio Ganga

Thiago Assis Rodrigues Nogueira

Arun Dilipkumar Jani

and

Gian Franco Capra

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3507 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil remediation; soil quality; degraded land; byproduct; circular economy

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

Enhancing Generalization in Agricultural AI: Bridging Data Gaps and Boosting Model Robustness

edited by

Jayme Garcia Arnal Barbedo

and Mulham Fawakherji

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1921 | Submission Open

Keywords: generalization in machine learning; precision agriculture; domain adaptation; transfer learning; data augmentation; synthetic data generation; multimodal data fusion; generative models (GANs; VAEs); large language models (LLMs); robustness and adaptability; crop monitoring and management; soil and water analysis

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

Selected Papers from the 5th International Electronic Conference on Agronomy (IECAG 2025)

edited by

Oscar Vicente

and

Diana-Maria Mircea

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1019 | Submission Open

Keywords: biostimulants; plant breeding; climate change; plant nutrition; biotic and abiotic stress; plant– microbe and plant– plant interactions; plant physiology; biochemistry and molecular biology; sustainable agriculture

Genetically Modified (GM) Crops and Pests Management

edited by

Lanzhi Han

and

Fei Yang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4993 | 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)

Smart Strategies and Technologies for Sustainability and Biodiversity in Herbaceous and Horticultural Crops—3rd Edition

edited by

Christian Frasconi

Marco Fontanelli

and

Daniele Antichi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4744 | Submission Open

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

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