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

edited by

Changling Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 70 | 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 61 | 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)

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 | Viewed by 55 | 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)

Breeding for Forage High Yield and Quality

edited by

Zhenwu Wei

and

Xue-Yang Min

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 55 | 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)

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

edited by

Mayker Lazaro Dantas Miranda

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 44 | 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)

Rice Gene Discovery and Genetic Breeding

edited by Bing Han

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 36 | 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)

Viral Diseases in Cereals: Genetics and Breeding for Resistance

edited by Jessica Rupp Noller and

Mirosław Tyrka

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 27 | 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)

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 15 | 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 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

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 2492 | 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 1047 | 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 125 | 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 119 | 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 58 | 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 10 | 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)

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 471 | 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)

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 169 | 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 107 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

The Dynamics of Fruit Quality: From Formation to Regulation

edited by

Shaojia Li

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

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

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

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 18 | 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)

Nutrient Enrichment and Crop Quality in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Maria Manuela Abreu da Silva

and

Cláudia Campos Pessoa

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 16 | 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)

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 9 | 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)

Water-Carbon Processes and Management in Agronomic and Agroforestry Systems

edited by

Tianjiao Feng

and Xiaoqing Cui

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3332 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3194 | 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 | Viewed by 89 | 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)

Agronomic Strategies for Managing Insecticide Resistance in Crop Pests

edited by

Youhui Gong

and

Xin Yang

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 41 | 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)

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 31 | 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)

Industrial Crops Production in Mediterranean Climate

edited by

Alessandro Suardi

and

Antonio Scarfone

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2282 | Submission Open

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

Effect of Soil Enzyme Activity on Crop Growth

edited by

Alejandro Hernandez-Morales

submission deadline 27 May 2026 | Viewed by 323 | 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 62 | 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)

Locust and Grasshopper Management: Challenges and Innovations

edited by

Michel Lecoq

and

Long Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 858 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 593 | Submission Open

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

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

Epidemiology and Integrated Management Strategies for Current and Emerging Crop Diseases

edited by Waldir Cintra De Jesus Júnior

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 308 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant disease epidemiology; integrated disease management (IDM); climate change and crop pathosystems; disease forecasting and risk modeling; emerging and re-emerging phytopathogens; artificial intelligence

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

Innovative Approaches for the Remediation of Polluted Soils in Agricultural Systems

edited by

Francesco De Mastro

Claudio Cocozza

and

Gennaro Brunetti

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; agricultural innovations; beneficial microorganisms; good agricultural practices; food safety

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

Innovative Postharvest Technologies for Maintaining Quality, Safety, and Shelf Life of Fruits and Vegetables

edited by

Jorge A. Zegbe

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural commodities; pre- and postharvest technologies; supply chains; food loss; food waste; pre harvest; greenhouse gas emissions

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

Linking Soil Microbial Functional Diversity with Agroecosystem Sustainability

edited by

Chaoqun Wang

and Maxim Dorodnikov

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 20 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural sustainability; agronomy practices; microbial community; microbial functionality; nutrient cycling; soil health

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

Regulatory Networks in Plant Response to Pathogens

edited by

Huaibing Jin

and

Yan Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 9 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– pathogen interaction; plant immune; resistance; defense-related gene; regulatory networks; gene expression regulation; genetic improvement

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

Functional Characterization of Key Agronomic Trait Genes in Soybean

edited by Jun Liu

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

Keywords: stress; adaptability; nitrogen fixation; architecture; quality; yield; molecular mechanism

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

Crop Agronomic Traits and Performances Under Stress

edited by

Jianrong Ye

Chao Zhong

and

Shengguan Cai

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop resilience; crop agronomic traits; various stress conditions; crop stress tolerance

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

Integrative Genomics, Molecular Markers, and Breeding Strategies in Rice

edited by

Mingxing Cheng

, Wenchao Huang and Fengfeng Fan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice; genomics; molecular markers; genome-wide association studies (GWAS); haplotype analysis; genetic variation; marker-assisted selection (MAS); multi-omics; trait– marker association; molecular breeding; stress tolerance; yield improvement; grain quality

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

Achievements and Perspectives on Heavy Metal Stress and Crop Plant Responses

edited by

Ciulca Sorin

Șumălan Radu-Liviu

and

Renata Maria Sumalan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal (HM) pollution; HM toxicity in plants; plant responses to HM stress; plant’ s adaptation strategies to HM stress; phytoremediation; metallophytes; HM stress mitigation; genetic of plant’ s tolerance to HM stress; Rhizospheric microbiome adaptation and plant tolerance

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

Characterisation, Protection and Development of Minor Crops Adapted to Challenging New Climatic Conditions—2nd Edition

edited by

Monica Boscaiu

Mariola Plazas

and

Oscar Vicente

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

Keywords: minor crops; abiotic stress tolerance; seed banks; genetic characterisation; breeding; germplasm resources

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

Application of Deep and Machine Learning in Crop Monitoring and Management—2nd Edition

edited by

Vjekoslav Tadić

Dorijan Radočaj

and

Mladen Jurišić

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep and machine learning; crop productivity; prediction of crop related parameters; prediction of biotic and abiotic factors in agricultural production; soil composition and fertilization; climate change impact of agriculture; pest management; precision agriculture; remote sensing applications; convolutional neural networks (CNNs); unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); phenotyping; data fusion; decision support systems

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

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