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Viral Diseases in Cereals: Genetics and Breeding for Resistance

edited by Jessica Rupp Noller and

Mirosław Tyrka

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 387 | 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 344 | Submission Open

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

Germplasm Collection and Genetic Improvement of Rosaceae Fruit Varieties

edited by

Marco Pietrella

and

Giuseppina Caracciolo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open

Keywords: germplasm diversity; germplasm collections; rosaceae; fruit quality; breeding; genomic selection; gene editing; molecular breeding; gene transformation; mutagenesis

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

Advances in Plant Pathology of Viticulture—2nd Edition

edited by

María Luisa Tello

and

Maria Aránzazu Gómez Garay

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open

Keywords: biocontrol; IPM; physiopathology; epidemiology; etiology; grapevine; biotechnology; genetics; early detection; emerging diseases

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

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 166 | 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 123 | 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 111 | 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 109 | 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 95 | 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 93 | 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)

Innovations in Biosystems Engineering for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by Manuel Moya Ignacio and Desirée Rodríguez-Robles

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

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

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

Rice Gene Discovery and Genetic Breeding

edited by Bing Han

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 69 | 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)

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 66 | 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)

Landscape-Scale Modeling of Agricultural Land Use

edited by Xiumei Tang and

Zsolt Pinke

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

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

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

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 49 | 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 33 | Submission Open

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

(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 26 | 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 3162 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1778 | 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 162 | 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 145 | 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 119 | 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 446 | 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 105 | 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 1766 | 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 507 | 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 431 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by Jiatun Xu and

Xiaobo Gu

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 322 | 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)

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 222 | 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 150 | 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 59 | 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)

Soil Carbon Decomposition and Management: Experimental Insights for Sustainable Agroecosystems

edited by

Guangsheng Zhou

and Jinyang Zheng

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

Keywords: soil carbon decomposition; biogeochemistry; sustainable managements

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

Light Environment Regulation in Greenhouses: Mechanisms, Technologies, and Interdisciplinary Innovations

edited by Xiaoli Chen and Lichun Wang

submission deadline 16 May 2026 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: light regulation; plants; greenhouse; plant factory; photosynthesis; photoreceptors; light signaling; artificial lights; light-converting film; light supplementation models and algorithms

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

Water-Carbon Processes and Management in Agronomic and Agroforestry Systems

edited by

Tianjiao Feng

and Xiaoqing Cui

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4858 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; ecological processes; sustainable agriculture; agroforestry systems; ecosystem resilience; soil science; plant– soil interactions; carbon cycling; ecosystem services

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

Crop and Vegetable Physiology Under Environmental Stresses—2nd Edition

edited by

Rong Zhou

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3909 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant physiology; plant metabolite; gene regulation; abiotic stress; climate change

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

Digital Twins in Precision Agriculture

edited by Nathalie Guimarães and

Yuxing Han

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 910 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twins; precision agriculture; remote sensing; machine learning; deep learning; crop simulation; smart farming

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

Soil Microbial and Nematode Communities: Diversity, Function, and Responses to Agronomic Practices

edited by

Nikolaos Monokrousos

and

Andrea Čerevková

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 368 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil biodiversity; organic amendments; soil health indicators; microbe– nematode interactions; co-occurrence networks; plant– microbe interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Agronomic Strategies for Managing Insecticide Resistance in Crop Pests

edited by

Youhui Gong

and

Xin Yang

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open

Keywords: insecticide resistance; cytochrome P450; gene regulation; target-site mutation; insect signaling pathway; rice planthopper; whitefly; pest management; integrated pest management; sustainable agriculture

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

Seed Dormancy and Germination: Ecological, Physiological and Applied Perspectives

edited by Edna Ursulino Alves

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture; biochemical regulation mechanism; biotechnology; climate change; conservation; ecology; physiology; restoration

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

Utilization of Fruit Tree Germplasm Resources and Development of Cultivation Techniques

edited by

Jelena Gadže

, Mira Radunic and Krunoslav Dugalić

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: genotype; phenotype; genetic resource; germplasm evaluation; fruit quality; environmental— genotype interaction; orchard managements; climate change; morphological traits

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

The Role of Silicon in Crop Stress Tolerance

edited by Leonardo Theodoro Büll and Dirceu Maximino Fernandes

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: silicon; silicates; beneficial element; silicon bioavailability; silicon– phosphorus interaction; silicon quasi-essential nutrient

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

Industrial Crops Production in Mediterranean Climate

edited by

Alessandro Suardi

and

Antonio Scarfone

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3510 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial crops; by-products; fiber; seeds; oils; mechanization; circular economy; breeding; biobased products

Sky Guardians of Agriculture: Drones for Efficient Plant Health Surveillance

edited by Junying Chen,

Jiang Bian

and

Xin Hui

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: drones; hyperspectral; multispectral; thermal infrared; early stress detection; precision disease management; nutrient monitoring; yield prediction

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

Effect of Soil Enzyme Activity on Crop Growth

edited by

Alejandro Hernandez-Morales

submission deadline 27 May 2026 | Viewed by 471 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil enzyme activity; bioindicators of soil health; sustainable soil management

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

Breeding Forage and Bioenergy Grasses for Enhanced Productivity and Stress Resistance

edited by

Chen Lin

submission deadline 28 May 2026 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open

Keywords: forage grasses; bioenergy grasses; breeding productivity; stress resistance; genetics; genomics; phenotyping

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

Multifunctional Nanoparticles and Nano-Enabled Pesticides, Herbicides and Fertilizers in Agricultural Applications

edited by

Karen Esquivel Escalante

and

Ana Angelica Feregrino Perez

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4262 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotechnology; nano-herbicides; nano-pesticides; nano-fertilizers; agriculture; food safety; plant stress; nanotoxicology; nutraceuticals; crop health

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

Effects of Arable Farming Measures on Soil Quality—2nd Edition

edited by

Wenxiu Zou

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1676 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil nutrient management; soil nutrient cycling; soil tillage; soil amendment; crop yield; long-term fertilization; crop nutrient uptake

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

Application of Phytohormones in Postharvest Ripening and Quality Improvement of Fruits

edited by Hua Huang and Zhengke Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1459 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytohormones; fruits; postharvest treatments; ripening; cuticle; physiological and biochemical changes; pathogen control; molecular regulation

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

Locust and Grasshopper Management: Challenges and Innovations

edited by

Michel Lecoq

and

Long Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1439 | Submission Open

Keywords: locusts; pests; outbreaks; invasions; monitoring and forecasting; preventive management strategy; food crisis; biological control; sustainability; environmantal impact

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

Response of Agroecosystem Carbon–Water Cycling and Crop Spatial Patterns to Environmental Change: Mechanisms and Adaptive Management

edited by

Yangyang Liu

and

Wei Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1140 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecosystem structure; ecosystem carbon– water cycle; machine learning; remote sensing

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

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