Promising Technologies and Methods to Ensure Sustainable Crop Production

Dear Colleagues,

The efficient sustainable production of plant-based food resources is an important milestone for the entire agricultural sector in the context of ongoing climate change. In the near future, these climate changes will become a critical and limiting factor in agricultural production in many parts of the world. Effective approaches in this evolving, sustainable production and research direction can represent revolutionary contributions in the improvement of crop and food production and the reduction of the ecological impact on the valuable environment. It is very important to find a comprehensive solution for individual sectors of agricultural production so that, as a whole, the entire agricultural sector is sustainable both at the input and the output and with maximum respect for the environment in all places of our planet.

This Special Issue targets modern, gentle, and precise approaches in the production of agricultural and horticultural crops; effective pathogen diagnosis; plant protection; and breeding and introduction of low-input crops, resistant varieties, or varieties and species with low ecological burden in the new growing environment. From technical areas, contributions of topics such as sustainable ecological crop processing and food production, environmentally friendly technological elements such as the use of renewable resources and ecological structural elements in crop and food production (solar energy, photovoltaics, waste utilization, ecological buildings, and greenhouses), and automation and robotics usable in the agricultural sector are welcome.

Research contributions which in essence bring progress in this area are acceptable. Contributions bringing comprehensive solutions to the described problem are welcome, as are those presenting significant or revolutionary solutions to partial aspects of crop production or food production and related fields.

Dr. Tomas Necas
Prof. Dr. Josef Balík
Dr. Ivo Ondrášek
Dr. Tomáš Kiss
Guest Editors

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