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Heavy Metal Pollution and Prevention in Agricultural Soils

edited by

Bo Xu

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14712 | 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)

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 6102 | Submission Open

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

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

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 280 | 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 91 | 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 68 | Submission Open

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

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

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 4613 | 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)

Molecular and Physiological Insights into Crop Growth Regulation

edited by

Jianyan Zeng

and Yuehua Xiao

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 33 | 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 14 | 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)

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 20264 | 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 12126 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop protection; interactions; agrobiotechnology

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

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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4609 | 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)

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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4360 | 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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3125 | 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)

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 2177 | 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)

The Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis in Crops Production

edited by

Jerzy Wielbo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1933 | Submission Open

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

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

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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1705 | 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)

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 1455 | 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)

Strategies and Methods for Analyzing Multivariate-Multidimensional Data Resulted from Agricultural Research

edited by

George Menexes

Thomas Koutsos

and

Angelos Markos

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 1043 | Submission Open

Keywords: multivariate and multidimensional data analysis; big data; design of experiments

Artificial Intelligence and Human–Computer Interactions in Agricultural Production

edited by Wenzheng Liu,

Shuqin Tu

and

Yuan Su

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1026 | 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)

Irrigation Management in Hot–Arid Environments

edited by

Nicolo Iacuzzi

and

Michele Denora

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 719 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural irrigation; water use efficiency; smart irrigation; agro-hydrological model; soil– plant– atmosphere system; moisture sensors; climate change mitigation

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

Potato in a Changing Climate: Adaptation Strategies and Crop Optimization

edited by

Elżbieta Wszelaczyńska

and Katarzyna Gościnna

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 654 | Submission Open

Keywords: stress protection; plant resistance; irrigation; bio-stimulants; soil quality

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

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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 557 | 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)

Viral Diseases in Cereals: Genetics and Breeding for Resistance

edited by Jessica Rupp Noller and

Mirosław Tyrka

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 307 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereal viruses; virus resistance; insect vectors; integrated pest management; genetic resistance; virus tolerance genes; breeding for resistance; disease management

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

Advances in Environmental Stress Biology: From Omics Approaches—2nd Edition

edited by

Longxing Hu

and

Liang Chen

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 300 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioinformatics; genomics; gene family; herbal plants; ionics; metabolomics; stress biology; transcriptomics

Efficient Utilization of Water and Fertilizer Resources for Crops and Enhancement of Farmland Fertility and Productivity

edited by Zhen Zhang and Yongli Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open

Keywords: field crops; high yield; high-efficiency utilization; irrigation and fertilizer management; soil health; greenhouse gas emission

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

Agrochemistry and Application of Natural Products to Agricultural Research: 2nd Edition

edited by

Mayker Lazaro Dantas Miranda

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 110 | 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)

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

edited by

Changling Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 104 | 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)

Pesticide Impact on Soil Health with Effective Counterplans

edited by

Maurice Millet

and

Dani Khoury

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: pesticide and soil health; soil microbial diversity; pesticide residue degradation; biopesticides; integrated pest management; soil bioremediation; sustainable agriculture; agroecology; pesticide monitoring in soil; pesticides-soil interaction

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

Breeding for Forage High Yield and Quality

edited by

Zhenwu Wei

and

Xue-Yang Min

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: forage breeding; yield-quality trade-off; multi-species systems; genomic selection; stress-resilient cultivars

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

Agricultural Carbon Sequestration, Emission Reduction, and Efficiency Enhancement: Innovative Practices and Prospects

edited by Pingping Zhang,

Xinchun Cao

and

Benliang Zhao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; non-point source pollution; nature-based solutions (NbS); risk assessment; collaborative control; carbon sequestration accounting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Rice Gene Discovery and Genetic Breeding

edited by Bing Han

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: germplasm resource identification; genetic discovery; germplasm innovation; breeding utilization; data model analysis

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

Innovations in Biosystems Engineering for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by Manuel Moya Ignacio and Desirée Rodríguez-Robles

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

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

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

Improving Nutritional and Functional Quality of Horticultural Crops Through Biofortification Approaches

edited by

Rachele Tamburino

and

Paolo Iovieno

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofortification; food quality; food security; micronutrient enrichment; horticultural crops; CRISPR/Cas; sustainable agriculture

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

Plant Production and Microorganism Potential in Modern Agro-Ecosystems—3rd Edition

edited by

Agnieszka Wolna-Maruwka

Tomasz Kleiber

and

Agnieszka Pilarska

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecosystems; farming systems; sustainable agriculture; biodiversity; bioindicators; ecological quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Sustainable Soil Fertility Management Through Organic Fertilizers, Green Manures, and Recycled Resources

edited by

Hideto Ueno

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 10 | Submission Open

Keywords: green manure; organic farming; soil health; sustainable agriculture; waste utilization

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

Landscape-Scale Modeling of Agricultural Land Use

edited by Xiumei Tang and

Zsolt Pinke

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

Keywords: land-use change; agricultural landscape; spatial modeling; sustainability; ecosystem services

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

Water Deficit and Its Impact on Crop Yield

edited by

Cristina Patanè

and Nenghan Wan

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

Keywords: drought; water-use efficiency; soil moisture; climate change

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

Agricultural Innovation and Sustainable Development in Tropical Cropping Systems

edited by

Milton César Costa Campos

and

Flavio Pereira de Oliveira

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2966 | Submission Open

Keywords: tropical cropping systems; use and management of tropical soil; agricultural production in the tropics; innovations in tropical systems

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

Harnessing Exogenous Applications for Crop Stress Tolerance and Enhanced Productivity

edited by Chao Wu

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1424 | Submission Open

Keywords: exogenous applications; crop stress tolerance; biostimulants; nanoparticles; phytohormones; abiot-ic stress mitigation; biotic stress resistance; drought resilience; salinity adaptation; heat stress man-agement; heavy metal detoxification; microbial consortia; omics approaches; precision agriculture; sustainable crop management; nutrient-use efficiency; molecular priming; antioxidant defense sys-tems; climate-smart agriculture; gene expression regulation

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

Beyond Survival: Engineering Crops for Extreme Climate Adaptation

edited by

Rodica Catana

and Anush Kosakyan

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: crops; modern biotechnology tools; heat tolerance; drought resistance; soil microbes; plant breeding; abiotic stress; sustainable agricultural practices; plant genetic resources for food and agriculture; neglected and underutilized species

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

Genetic and Genomic Advances in Brassica Crops: Enhancing Yield and Resilience

edited by

Jianbo Wang

and

Bin Zhu

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: Brassica; genetic improvement; genomic innovation; stress tolerance; yield enhancement; heterosis; subgenomic interaction; gene editing; molecular breeding

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

Crop Monitoring and Yield Prediction for Arid and Semi-Arid Farming Systems

edited by

Xin Hui

and

Maosheng Ge

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: arid and semi-arid farming systems; crop monitoring; yield prediction; remote sensing in agriculture; precision agriculture technologies; IoT-based crop sensing; machine learning for yield estimation; drought stress detection; agricultural data analytics; climate-resilient crop forecasting

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

Integrated Mite Management in Agriculture

edited by Daniel Junior de Andrade, Daniel Carrillo and Mário Eidi Sato

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 349 | Submission Open

Keywords: monitoring and sampling; economic thresholds; climate change; mite outbreak; invasive mites; digital IPM; biological control; chemical control; genetic control and integration of control tactics

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

Sustainable Agriculture for Food and Nutrition Security: 2nd Edition

edited by Peter J. Gregory and

Thorsten Kraska

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 79 | 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)

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

edited by

Wenwen Gong

Gang Liang

and Anxiang Lu

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1424 | 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)

Nutrient Enrichment and Crop Quality in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Maria Manuela Abreu da Silva

and

Cláudia Campos Pessoa

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 373 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; soil– plant nutrient dynamics; biofortification; precision fertilization; plant– microbe interactions; crop nutritional properties; food quality

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

The Dynamics of Fruit Quality: From Formation to Regulation

edited by

Shaojia Li

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 335 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruits; color; flavor; texture; physiology; cultivation; postharvest

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

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

edited by

Xiaojun Jin

and

Kaixiang Zhang

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 195 | 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)

Evaluating Extreme Temperature Impacts on Crop Growth and Physiology

edited by

Yan Jia

and Hualong Liu

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme temperature stress; crop physiology; crop yield; stress tolerance; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

The Role of Nutrients in Crop Performance Under Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

edited by Marta Nunes da Silva and

Carla Sofia Sancho Dos Santos

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient use efficiency; micronutrients; stress tolerance; priming; nanofertilizers; crop protection; precision fertilization; sustainable farming

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

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