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Eco-Friendly Solutions to Enhance Plant Performance and Yield for Climate-Resilient Agriculture

edited by

Sandra Martins

and

Sandra Pereira

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; climate change adaptation and mitigation; bio-based products; agro-industrial by-products; plant stress tolerance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biotic and Abiotic Stress)

Pest and Disease Management in Horticultural Crops: Challenges, Strategies, and Solutions

edited by

Francesca Garganese

Annamaria Mincuzzi

and

Antonio Ippolito

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural products; fruit and vegetables; host– pathogen interaction; plant diseases; sustainable crop; epidemy; bioactive compounds; biostimulants; vector biocontrol; IPM; alien invasive or quarantine pest; biotic stresses; losses/damage; environmental conditions; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Insect Pest Management)

Artificial Intelligence and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Applications in Horticultural Crop Production

edited by

Yongming Chen

Ping Lin

and Zhiyong Zou

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); deep learning; computer vision; decision-making; horticultural crops production; smart farming; pest and disease detection; yield estimation; smart irrigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Protected Culture)

Molecular Genetics of Ornamental Plants Under Abiotic Stress: Current Insights and Future Perspectives

edited by

Yong-Jun Shu

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; abiotic stress; abiotic tolerance; high-throughput sequencing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biotic and Abiotic Stress)

Molecular Regulatory Mechanisms During Fruit Development and Ripening: Implications for Texture and Quality

edited by

Hao Zhang

, Ying Zhang and Lin Guo

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit ripening; quality; transcriptional regulation; phytohormones; postharvest biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Developmental Physiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology)

Impact of Climate Change on Grapevines, Berries, Wine: Present and Future

edited by Mario Gabrielli

submission deadline 24 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2804 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change impact; vine physiology; grape composition; wine composition; adaptation strategy; wine and grape quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viticulture)

Effects of Biostimulants on the Growth and Development of Horticultural Crops

edited by

Jorge González-Villagra

and

Marjorie Reyes-Díaz

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 18703 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant hormones; sustainable agriculture; plant physiology; tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biotic and Abiotic Stress)

The Role of Plant Growth Regulators in Horticulture

edited by Mack Moyo,

Stephen O. Amoo

and

Michael Bairu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10563 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress tolerance; climate change resilience; plant morphogenesis; plant growth regulators; plant tissue culture; signal transduction; sustainable horticulture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Developmental Physiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology)

Edible Mushrooms: Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding

edited by

Junjie Yan

, Jie Chen and

Mingwen Zhao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4960 | Submission Open

Keywords: edible mushrooms; genetics and breeding; functional genomics; comparative genomics; structural genomics; epigenomics; pan-genomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinals, Herbs, and Specialty Crops)

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Vegetable Crops

edited by

André Ricardo Zeist

, Tiago Benedito Dos Santos,

Valdir Marcos Stefenon

and

Juliano Tadeu Vilela de Resende

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2670 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular markers; gene editing; genetic diversity; marker-assisted selection; tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses; classical breeding; crop improvement strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics, Genomics, Breeding, and Biotechnology (G2B2))

Tolerance and Response of Ornamental Plants to Abiotic Stress—2nd Edition

edited by

Zhouli Liu

and Yi Zhao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2307 | Submission Open

Keywords: ornamental plants; abiotic stress; tolerance mechanisms; stess responses; phytotoxicity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biotic and Abiotic Stress)

Recent Advances in Citrus Cultivation and Scion–Rootstock Interactions

edited by Mateus Pereira Gonzatto,

Ana Claudia Costa

and

Edson Bertolini

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1775 | Submission Open

Keywords: citrus ecophysiology; orchard management; abiotic stress; biotic stress; interstock; horticultural practices; interstock

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fruit Production Systems)

Disease Diagnosis and Control for Fruit Crops

edited by Liqing Zhang, Lu Xu and

Zhen He

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1692 | Submission Open

Keywords: disease diagnosis; field efficacy evaluation; biological control; breeding; disease management; plant– pathogen interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Pathology and Disease Management (PPDM))

Computer Vision and Machine Learning in Horticulture Plants

edited by

Changyu Liu

and

Jiajun Zhuang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 1452 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; pattern recognition; machine learning; deep learning; plant phenomics; 3D reconstruction; remote sensing; unmanned aerial vehicles; horticulture plants

Postharvest Biology and Technology of Horticultural Crops

edited by

Noelia Castillejo

and

Danial Fatchurrahman

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 507 | Submission Open

Keywords: postharvest management; food sustainability; shelf life extension; horticultural crops; interdisciplinary approach

(This special issue belongs to the Section Postharvest Biology, Quality, Safety, and Technology)

Sustainable Soil Management for Tea Plantations

edited by

Lingfei Ji

, Yiyang Yang and

Jianyun Ruan

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open

Keywords: tea plantation soil; sustainable fertilization; soil acidification; nutrient management; soil microbial communities; tea quality parameters; different tea cultivars; climate-resilient tea cultivation; soil erosion control; organic soil amendment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)

Innovative Technologies and Cultivation Practices in Greenhouse Horticulture

edited by Ana Angelica Feregrino-Perez, Humberto Aguirre-Becerra and

Ma. Cristina Vazquez-Hernandez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart greenhouse technologies; precision agriculture; biological crop management; soilless culture; crop biotechnology; sustainable production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Protected Culture)

Sustainable Viticulture and Oenology—Adaptation in a Changing Climate

edited by

Anastasios Alatzas

Serafeim Theocharis

Dimitris Miliordos

and

Polydefkis Hatzopoulos

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: grapevine adaptation; viticultural techniques; oenological methods; sustainable viticulture; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viticulture)

Agri-Food Waste Management for Sustainability in Horticultural Production

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: agri-food waste; by-product management; sustainability; functional foods; agricultural practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Processed Horticultural Products)

Pest Management: Challenges, Strategies, and Solutions

edited by Rizhao Chen and

Shaoli Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated pest management (IPM); host plant resistance; sex pheromone; induced plant defense; companion planting; conservation biological control; chemical ecology; sustainable horticulture; plant defense elicitors; insect– plant interactions; climate resilience; pesticide resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Insect Pest Management)

Application of Biotechnology in Genetic Improvement of Fruits and Vegetables

edited by Xiaoli Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnology; fruit and vegetable crops; genetic improvement; gene editing; molecular marker-assisted breeding; genomics; stress resistance; nutritional quality; gene function characterization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics, Genomics, Breeding, and Biotechnology (G2B2))

Bioresource for Sustainable Cultivation of Medicinal Herbs

edited by

Shuran He

Miaoyin Dong

and

Jun-Wen Chen

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal herbs; sustainable; cultivation; bioresources; fertilizer; optimal quality; sustainable yield

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinals, Herbs, and Specialty Crops)

Soil Microorganisms in Plant Health: Roles and Applications

edited by

Gabriele Bellotti

Gyöngyvér Mara

and Filippo Vaccari

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant inoculants; soil microbiome engineering; sustainable crop production; post-harvest microbial safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)

Pest Diagnosis and Control Strategies for Fruit and Vegetable Plants—Second Edition

edited by

Maja Čačija

, Ivan Juran and

Carmelo Peter Bonsignore

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated pest management; diagnostic tools (decission support systems); pest monitoring and detection; control measures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Insect Pest Management)

Plant–Microbial Interactions: Mechanisms and Impacts

edited by

Marius Stefan

Ana Cojocariu

and

Cristiana Virginia Petre

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6315 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal and bacterial biology; mutualism; antagonism; biological control; crop protection; plant defense response; biopesticides

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Pathology and Disease Management (PPDM))

Advances in New Agrotechnological Fertilization for Sustainable Vegetable Production Systems

edited by

Gabriel Ceccoli

Fernando Felipe Muñoz

and

Norberto Francisco Gariglio

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: fertilization; crop production; plant physiology; agronomical tools; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vegetable Production Systems)

Precision Irrigation in Horticultural Production

edited by Xuewen Gong and Xianbo Zhang

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision irrigation; greenhouse horticulture; sensor networks; automated irrigation; fertigation management; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vegetable Production Systems)

Orchard Management Under Climate Change: 2nd Edition

edited by

Sergio Ruffo Roberto

Simone Rodrigues da Silva

and

Sarita Leonel

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8613 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural practices; environment-physiology-plant interactions; soil use and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fruit Production Systems)

Sustainable Management of the Mechanization of Works for Horticultural Crops

edited by

Ioan Ţenu

and Nicolae Valentin Vlăduţ

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2787 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanization of horticultural works; machinery; equipment sustainable management; operation; horticultural crops; precision agriculture; conservative and sustainable horticulture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Protected Culture)

Genome Alignment and Regulatory Genomics in Horticultural Crops

edited by

Peng Jia

and Han Jiang

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

Keywords: comparative genomics; epigenetic regulation; functional genomics; gene family; gene regulatory network; genome alignment algorithms; genome-wide association analysis; quantitative trait locus; single-nucleotide polymorphism; transposon

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics, Genomics, Breeding, and Biotechnology (G2B2))

Advances in Irrigation and Fertilization Technologies for Sustainable Plant Production

edited by Di Feng and

Songrui Ning

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation technology; irrigation and fertilizer schedule; water and nutrient use efficiency; soil water– salt– fertilizer transport; intelligent agriculture; modeling; plant growth and yield; fertilizer-yield effect; plant phenotypic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Protected Culture)

Breeding and Genetic Strategies for Bananas

edited by Zhihao Cheng and

Zhuo Wang

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

Keywords: banana wilt disease; abiotic stress tolerance; yield and quality improvement; breeding technology; fruit and flower development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fruit Production Systems)

Emerging Technologies in the Preservation and Quality Conservation of Horticultural Products

edited by

Lêda Rita D’Antonino Faroni

Marcus Vinicius de Assis Silva

Ernandes Rodrigues De Alencar

and Gutierres Nelson Silva

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 17 | Submission Open

Keywords: modified atmosphere storage; edible coatings; high-pressure processing; UVC radiation; cold plasma; ohmic heating; ozonation; pulsed electric fields; food packaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Postharvest Biology, Quality, Safety, and Technology)

Sustainable Horticultural Plant Production Business: The Role of Economics, Marketing, Innovation, and Financial Management

edited by

Maria Tsiouni

, Alexandra Pavloudi,

Ilias Avdikos

and

Christian Fischer

submission deadline 22 May 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable horticulture; financial management; agricultural economics; marketing strategies; technological innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural Economics, Policy, Business Management and Marketing)

Precision Breeding in Vegetables: The Mining and Utilization of Key Genes Regulating Important Agronomic Traits

edited by Jia Shen, Xiaoguang Sheng and Xinyi Wu

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: gene mining; molecular markers; vegetable genetics; precision breeding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vegetable Production Systems)

New Strategies for Agrochemical-Conventional Management in Horticultural Crops

edited by

Tomás Rivas-García

and Bernardo Murillo-Amador

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7135 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; bioinputs; microorganisms; agroecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biotic and Abiotic Stress)

Mineral Nutrition of Plants

edited by

Gustavo Brunetto

and

Danilo Eduardo Rozane

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4120 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient availability; root system; nutrient absorption; diagnosis of nutritional status; symptoms of nutrient excess and deficiency; productivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)

Stress Response, Development, and Quality Regulation in Horticultural Plants

edited by

Jun Tang

Guo Wei

and Tianyuan Yang

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 3273 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural plants; abiotic and biotic stresses; growth and development; quality regulation; gene expression analysis; multi-omics; physiological and molecular mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biotic and Abiotic Stress)

Advanced Sensory and Analytical Methodologies in Horticultural Cultivar Development and Fresh Produce Marketing

edited by

Billy Yi Yang

Renata Carneiro

and Shaoyang Wang

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural breeding; genotype– environment interactions; fresh produce; sensory evaluation; instrumental– omics integration; postharvest quality; consumer science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Processed Horticultural Products)

Innovative Strategies and Emerging Technologies for Enhancing Resilience to Multiple Abiotic Stresses in Horticultural Crops

edited by

Ziping Chen

and

Yi Han

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural crops; abiotic stress; gene editing; synthetic biology; fertilizers; precision irrigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biotic and Abiotic Stress)

Application of Computer Vision Technology in Postharvest Processing of Fruits and Vegetables

edited by

Guangjun Qiu

, Bin Zhou and Xiangwu Deng

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1586 | Submission Open

Keywords: imaging system; deep learning; artificial intelligence; non-destructive detection; postharvest processing; quality control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Postharvest Biology, Quality, Safety, and Technology)

Driving Sustainable Agriculture Through Scientific Innovation

edited by Dean Ban

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1287 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; circular agriculture; organic farming; integrated production; agroecology; plant nutrition; plant protection strategies; biostimulants; genetic resources; crop improvement; soil and water management; olive-; grape-; fruit-; vegetable-; wine- and olive oil-related studies; agricultural innovation

The Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Microorganisms (PGPMs) in Horticulture Production

edited by

Hector Herrera

and Roxana Alvarado

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 565 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacteria; endophytes; microbiome; fungi; phyllosphere; rhizosphere; symbiosis; metabarcoding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)

Machine Learning for Sustainable Horticulture

edited by

Shuangxi Liu

, Hongjian Zhang, Linlin Sun and

Araceli Peña

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 427 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning in horticulture; sustainable horticultural production; precision agriculture and smart farming; plant disease and pest detection; artificial intelligence in crop management

Vitis Genetic Resources: Phenotyping, Genotyping, and Utilization for Sustainable Viticulture

edited by

Antonio Amores-Arrocha

Ana Jiménez-Cantizano

and

Jorge Alejandro Prieto

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: Vitis genetic resources; grapevine cultivar; somatic variant; autochthonous cultivar; local cultivar; rootstocks; grapevine breeding; germplasm banks; clonal selection; molecular marker; oenological potential; agronomic potential; physiological characterization; interspecific hybrids; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics, Genomics, Breeding, and Biotechnology (G2B2))

Disease Resistance in Horticultural Crops: Genotypic Variation and Host-Pathogen Interactions

edited by Huizhen Fu and

Pingwu Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural crops; disease resistance; host– pathogen interactions; genetic variation; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Pathology and Disease Management (PPDM))

Improvement of Resistance Strategies for Horticultural Plant Cultivation

edited by

Nanshan Du

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental response; plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; biological control (biocontrol of plant pathogens); abiotic stress tolerance; plant physiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vegetable Production Systems)

Molecular Regulation of Plant Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis on Horticultural Crops

edited by

Xudong Zhu

, Meng Ma and Kekun Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit; vegetable; ornamental plants; tea; genomics; transcriptomics; metabolomics; secondary metabolites; phenolics; terpenoids; transcription factor

(This special issue belongs to the Section Developmental Physiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology)

Irrigation and Water Management Strategies for Horticultural Systems: 2nd Edition

edited by