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Sustainable Harvesting: Integrating Pre-Harvest and Post-Harvest Technologies for Crop Production

edited by

Maria Jose Gimenez Torres

and

Vicente Serna-Escolano

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 910 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruits; vegetables; preharvest management; postharvest sustainable technologies; food quality; shelf-life

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Grass Species

edited by

Zhou Li

and

Gang Nie

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2094 | Submission Open

Keywords: turfgrass; forage; ground-cover plant; gene function; stress physiology; metabolic pathway; omics; plant growth regulator

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

Artificial Intelligence in Greenhouse Environment Modelling and Control

edited by

Xiaoming Wei

Congcong Sun

and

Jingxin Yu

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 828 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in agriculture; smart greenhouse systems; automated environmental control; energy-efficient agriculture; machine learning applications; crop yield optimisation; IoT-based monitoring; predictive climate control; sustainable protected agriculture; intelligent resource management

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

Effects of Rootstocks to Improve Fruit Yield, Quality, and Resilience to Climatic Changes

edited by

Marco Antonio Tecchio

and Patrícia Coelho De Souza Leão

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

Keywords: rootstocks; grafting; biotic and abiotic stresses; enhance fruit crop resilience

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

How to Increase the Nutritional Quality of Agricultural Products

edited by Deborah Murowaniecki Otero,

María José Aliaño-González

and

Armando Quintero-Ramos

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutritional quality; crops; bioactive compounds; health-promoting compounds; antioxidants; macronutrients; vitamins; minerals; food quality; food safety; agronomic systems; agronomic practices; storage; processing; plant genotype; development of new products; food technology

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

Agroclimatology and Crop Production: Adapting to Climate Change

edited by

Ilie Bodale

and Vasile Stoleru

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 731 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-smart crop production; climate change adaptation and mitigation; sustainable crops; weather hazard response; monitoring and forecasting food security scenarios; sensor systems and remote sensing images; AI and digital tools for climate resilience; bioclimatic indexes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Conservation Agricultural Practices for Improving Crop Production and Quality—2nd Edition

edited by

Mariola Staniak

Ewa Szpunar-Krok

and

Edward Wilczewski

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 216 | 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)

Advances in Grassland Productivity and Sustainability—3rd Edition

edited by

Mohamed Abdalla

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: grassland; production; grazing; degradation; GHG emissions; climate change; biodiversity; modelling

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

Agricultural Innovation in Sustainable and Organic Vegetable Crops Production

edited by Jose Magno Queiroz Luz and

Gabriel M. Maciel

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2633 | Submission Open

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

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

The Role of Biostimulants in Horticultural Crop Production: Current Advances and Challenges

edited by

Rosa Porcel

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: biostimulants; abiotic stress; biotic stress; beneficial microorganism; mycorrhizal fungi; PGPR; inorganic compounds; seaweed extracts; chitin and chitosan derivatives; humic and fulvic acids; protein hydrolysates

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

Crop Genomics and Omics for Future Food Security

edited by

Shuan Meng

Marco Pietrella

and

Guobin Zhang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1269 | Submission Open

Keywords: food Security; crops omics; genomics; transcriptomics; metabolomics; proteomics; GWAS; crop improvement; crop yield; nutritional quality

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

The Future of Climate-Neutral and Resilient Agriculture Systems

edited by

Salem Alhajj Ali

Giuseppe Lopriore

and

Gaetano Alessandro Vivaldi

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open

Keywords: regenerative agriculture; low-carbon agriculture; climate mitigation; agroforestry and climate resilience; precision agriculture; remote sensing technologies; climate smart agriculture; agroecology; life cycle assessment; sustainability practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Advances Towards Innovative Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by Douglas Guelfi and

Heitor Cantarella

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; fertilizer technologies; nutrient use efficiency; innovations

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

Efficient Water and Nutrient Utilization of Crops Under Changed Environment

edited by

Zhenhua Wei

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

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

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

Impacts of CRISPR–Cas in Evolving Agriculture and Plant Biotechnology

edited by

Yupeng Cai

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: CRISPR– Cas; gene editing; agronomic traits; plant biotechnology; multi-gene editing; vector delivery system; prime editing; yield; quality; stress tolerance

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

Bud Fruitfulness in Grapes: Metabolism Response to Environmental Conditions

edited by

Xuefei Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: viticulture practices; plant physiology; grape metabolites; stress biology; environmental change; terroir

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

Rhizosphere Microorganisms—2nd Edition

edited by

Zhihong Xie

and Hui-Ling Liao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10729 | Submission Open

Keywords: rhizosphere; microorganisms; interaction; promote; resistance

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

Crop Management in Water-Limited Cropping Systems

edited by Shoutian Ma

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3023 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation method; deficit irrigation; precision irrigation; evapotranspiration; yield gap; irrigation efficiency; water productivity; crop management

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

Seed Production and Technology

edited by Charline Zaratin Alves,

Francisco Vanies Da Silva Sá

Alan Mario Zuffo

and Ceci Castilho Custódio

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2264 | Submission Open

Keywords: vigor; viability; germination and dormancy; artificial intelligence; production; maturation; and harvest; cultural practices; quality control; image analysis; drying; processing; storage; and treatment of seeds

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

Harnessing Benefits of Legumes for Tropical Farming Systems

edited by

Surya P. Bhattarai

and Dante L. Adorada

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 931 | Submission Open

Keywords: tropical agriculture; grain and graze; dual purpose crops; sustainable soil; pulses; mixed farming; farming system; soil fertility; germplasm enhancement; high-value crops

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

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 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 769 | Submission Open

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

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

Biochar-Based Fertilizers for Resilient Agriculture

edited by

Qiao Xu

and Zubin Xie

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 459 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; soil fertility; microbiome; nutrient cycling; greenhouse gas emissions; ecosystem resilience; multi-omics

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

Trade-Offs in Crop Production: Yield and Quality, Resource Use Efficiency, and Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Junfei Gu

, Kuanyu Zhu and Weiyang Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 384 | Submission Open

Keywords: yield and quality; resource use efficiency; environmental sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Advances in Remote Sensing Agronomic Application for Mapping and Modeling Soil Properties

edited by

Anna Rita Bernadette Cammerino

and

Massimo Monteleone

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 353 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; mapping soil properties; modelling soil properties; agro-environmental application; multicriteria analysis

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

Breakthrough and Innovation of Mutants in Genetic Improvement of Crop Varieties

edited by

Nasya Tomlekova

and

Jerzy Henryk Czembor

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 300 | Submission Open

Keywords: mutagenesis; MAS; plant genetic resources; CRISPR editing; plant breeding; genomic selection; bioinformatics; cutting-edge research

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

Intelligent Detection of Crop Growth Phenotyping Toward Sustainability: Sensors, IoT Technologies and Signal Processing

edited by

Luis M. Contreras-Medina

and

Arturo Alfonso Fernandez-Jaramillo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 285 | Submission Open

Keywords: phenotyping; sensors; agriculture; electronic instrumentation; sustainability; knowledge management; plants; signal processing; modeling

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

Innovative Applications of Waste-Derived Materials for Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Engineering

edited by

Justyna Szerement

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste-derived materials; soil health; sustainable agriculture; environmental engineering; soil remediation; life cycle assessment (LCA); circular agriculture; waste-derived fertilizers; soil amendments; waste management

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

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

edited by Zifeng Guo,

Hongwei Zhang

and Yinglun Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 270 | 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)

Evapotranspiration Processes and Regulating Mechanisms in Agro-Forestry Ecosystems

edited by Zebin Liu and Lihong Xu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant transpiration; evapotranspiration; soil evaporation; water use; hydroxide isotope; modelling

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

Innovation in Oilseed Germplasm Resources and Nutritional Genetic Improvement

edited by Guixiang Tang and Xuanbo Zhong

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutritional genomics; gene editing; metabolic pathways; novel germplasm; sustainable oil production; molecular tools; technology innovation; oil crops

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

Transforming Agriculture Through Industrial Informatics and Emerging Technologies

edited by

Yongliang Qiao

and

Beibei Xu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart agriculture; internet of things (IoT); artificial intelligence (AI); robotics

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

Forage Conservation and Utilization in Organic Farming Systems

edited by

Barbara Wróbel

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: forage management; forage nutritional quality; forage preservation; storage techniques; grasslands; DM losses; organic additives; production of forage for ensiling; silage microbiota

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

The Challenge of Pesticide Application to Developing Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Kang Qiao

and

Mingwei Song

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: pesticides; sustainable agriculture; integrated pest management (IPM); biopesticides; environmental impact; precision agriculture; ecological farming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

High-Standard Farmland: Innovations in Irrigation and Fertilization Technology

edited by

Anetta Siwik-Ziomek

and

Anna Figas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: sprinkler irrigation; drip irrigation; automated water-saving irrigation; smart irrigation systems; intelligent fertilization; biostimulants; crop health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Crop Photosynthesis: Today’s Challenge for Our Future

edited by

Luca Dall'Osto

Alberta Pinnola

and

Zeno Guardini

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioengineering; crop improvement; stress tolerance; agronomy; physiology; genetics; global warming; photorespiration; C3-C4-CAM plants; non-photochemical quenching; RuBisCO; light-harvesting complexes

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

Application of Machine Learning and Modelling in Food Crops

edited by

Luís Filipe Machado Pádua

Bing Liu

and

Chenyao Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop production and management; machine learning; deep learning; crop modelling; Internet of Things (IoT); big data; smart agriculture; precision farming technologies; sensor-based crop monitoring; model-based decision support systems

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

Interaction Mechanisms Between Crops and Pathogens

edited by Guodong Lu and

Yingzi Yun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop– pathogen interactions; molecular mechanisms; pathogen virulence; plant immunity; disease management strategies

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

Innovations in Crop Quality and Safety

edited by

Riccardo De Flaviis

and

Daniela Romano

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop quality; crop safety; volatile compounds; mycotoxins; sustainable agriculture; toxin detection; breeding strategies; risk assessment; flavor enhancement; safety assessment

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

Insect‒Microbe Symbiosis in Sustainable Pest Management

edited by

Qing Chen

and Zihua Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: insect– microbe symbiosis; biocontrol strategies; sustainable pest management

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

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

edited by

Jayme Garcia Arnal Barbedo

and Mulham Fawakherji

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 36 | 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)

Climate Change and Its Impact on Crop Production: Enhancing Resilience and Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Ahmed Attia

and Prem Oli

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change mitigation; crop rotation; cover cropping; soil organic carbon; greenhouse gas emissions; agroecosystem modeling; sustainable agriculture; nitrous oxide emissions; carbon footprint

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Integrated Approaches to the Successful Remediation of Soils Polluted with Metal: Progress, Obstacles, and Sustainability Implications

edited by Claudia Campillo-Cora and Antía Gómez-Armesto

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal contamination; soil contamination; soil remediation; integrated approaches; sustainable remediation; risk assessment; bioremediation; phytoremediation; environmental impact; heavy metal

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

Innovations and Prospects for Future Agriculture: Applications of Machine Learning and AI in Crop Breeding

edited by

Moysés Nascimento

and

Ana Carolina Nascimento

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational intelligence; plant breeding; climate changes; precision phenotyping; genomic selection

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

Neglected Crops for a Sustainable Future: NUS and the Path to Achieving SDGs

edited by

David Draper

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 20 | Submission Open

Keywords: neglected and underutilized species; crop wild relatives; food security; sustainable development goals

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

Advancements in Precision Fertilization and Water Management for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Junsheng Lu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; integrated water– fertilizer management; sustainable agriculture; smart irrigation systems; fertigation technologies; efficient utilization of water and fertilizers

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

CRISPR-Cas Systems and Crop Diseases: Advances in Gene Editing for Stress Resistance

edited by

Gen Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: CRISPR-Cas; gene editing; crop disease resistance; agricultural biotechnology; crop improvement; plant pathogens

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

Efficient Strategies for the Utilization of Water Resources and Nutrients and Crop Production

edited by Junlin Zheng,

and

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2567 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-saving irrigation; water and fertilizer coupling; water use efficiency; climate change; solute transport; numerical simulation; greenhouse gas emissions; yield; quality

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

Composting for Soil Improvement and Removal of Soil Contaminants

edited by

Juan Antonio López González

and María Rosa Martínez-Gallardo

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1310 | Submission Open

Keywords: compost; biofertilizers; soil sustainability; soil ecology; biorestoration; bioremediation; organic fertilization; agrochemical reduction

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

Integrated Approaches to Enhancing Crop Productivity: Molecular, Hormonal, and Agronomic Perspectives

edited by Chengqiang Ding

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant hormone signaling; crop stress resilience; hormonal crosstalk; yield optimization; sustainable agriculture

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

New Approach to High-Quality Agricultural Development of Saline–Alkali Land—2nd Edition

edited by

Zhen Liu

and

Huarui Gong

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: comprehensive utilization of saline– alkali land; soil carbon and nitrogen processes in saline– alkali soil; the dynamic movement of soil water and salt in saline– alkali soil; plant– soil– microbe interactions in saline– alkali land; application of remote sensing technology in saline– alkali land; construction of ecological grass– husbandry ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

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