Aims & Scope

Aims

Crops (ISSN 2673-7655) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal. It publishes original articles, reviews, and short communications on every aspect of crop science. This journal invites contributions concerning the production, improvement, and utilization of food, feed, forage, horticultural, and industrial crops. Our aim is to publish timely experimental and theoretical research results in a rapid and readily accessible manner. Experiments should be described in full detail within research articles so that the results can be reproduced. Therefore, Crops accepts submissions of any length appropriate to the complexity of the subject. To be considered for inclusion in this journal, studies reporting data obtained in open-field environments must present results from at least two growing seasons or two distinct locations. Moreover, in silico or simulation-based studies should include experimental data for validation.

Scope

• crop protection, pest and disease
• crop irrigation and water use
• seed science
• crop chemistry
• crop ecology and management
• crop breeding and genetics
• weed management
• cropping system
• crop and soil interactions
• crop physiology and metabolism
• precision agriculture
• sustainable farming
• pasture and forage science

MDPI Publication Ethics Statement

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Copyright / Open Access

Articles published in Crops will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text:

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