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Soil Fertility Management in Crop Production

edited by

Rafael Felippe Ratke

, Juliano Magalhães Barbosa, Leandro Pereira Pacheco and

Laércio Santos Silva

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 668 | Submission Open

Keywords: fertilizer; fertilization; cover crops; plant nutrition; hydrogels; soil analysis; sensors; integrated crop– livestock system; crop yields; spectroscopy; soil management; soil physics; organomineral fertilizer; organic fertilization

Preharvest and Postharvest Biology and Preservation Technologies for Horticultural Produce

edited by

Claudio Cannata

and

Carlo Nicoletto

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 446 | Submission Open

Keywords: agronomic practices; postharvest storage; fresh produce handling; quality preservation; bioactive compounds; post-harvest loss reduction

Molecular Marker Technology for Crop Breeding Improvement

edited by

Ioana Virginia Berindean

and

Katalin Szabo

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 694 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular characterization; markers; breeding; MAS; QTL; GWAS; CRISPR

Diversified Cropping Systems: Current Research and Future Perspectives

edited by

Fabio Luiz Checchio Mingotte

Fernando Shintate Galindo

, Anderson Prates Coelho, Aguinaldo José Freitas Leal,

Rilner Alves Flores

, Flávio Hiroshi Kaneko and Romulo Lollato

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: diversified cropping systems; low-carbon agriculture; cropping systems; integrated crop-livestock systems; crop succession; environmental resilience; global agricultural challenges; climate change; sustainability

From Resistance Genes to Architecture: Mechanistic and Predictive Approaches in Crop Disease Breeding

edited by

Hao Hu

and Fengqun Yu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop disease resistance; resistance gene networks; immune signaling architecture; functional resistance genes; predictive breeding; systems-level immunity; mechanistic plant– pathogen interactions

Building Crop Resilience Through Sustainable Soil and Cultivation Systems: Practices, Inputs, and Digital Tools

edited by

Gary Gillespie

and

Kevin McDonnell

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop resilience; soil management; soil-crop interactions; climate adaptation; soil amendments; cultivation systems; soil monitoring

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