Agriculture

The Use and Management of Agricultural Irrigation Systems and Technologies

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submission deadline 5 Jun 2023 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10620

Keywords: smart irrigation; agro-hydrological models; evapotranspiration models; soil-water monitoring; soil health; automatic and remote-controlled systems for irrigation; irrigation with marginal water.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Water Management)

Green and Sustainable Agricultural Ecosystem

edited by

Vitalii Nitsenko

and

Valerii Havrysh

submission deadline 10 Jun 2023 | 11 articles | Viewed by 14576 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic agriculture; sustainable agriculture; green energy; circular economy; climate change; agricultural ecosystem; ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecosystem, Environment and Climate Change in Agriculture)

Remote Sensing Technologies in Agricultural Crop and Soil Monitoring

edited by

Liujun Zhu

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Jeffrey Walker

and

Carsten Montzka

submission deadline 10 Jun 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5522 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; soil moisture; soil texture; soil salinity; field tillage status; crop heath; crop biomass; evapotranspiration; food security; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Alternative Protein Sources in Feed

edited by

Joana Nery

submission deadline 10 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4265 | Submission Open

Keywords: protein; amino acid profile; antinutritional factors; digestibility; animal health; sustainability; economy; environment; feed; protein processing; food quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)

Technological Innovation for Measurements on Crop Physiological and Agronomic Traits

edited by

Surya Kant

submission deadline 10 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4079 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital sensors; precision agriculture; machine learning; crop stress tolerance (e.g.; nutrients; diseases; drought; cold and heat); crop growth; biomass; and yield; plant phenotyping; remote sensing; UAV; satellite

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Impact of Agricultural Practices on the Environment

edited by

Mirna Velki

submission deadline 10 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2423 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural practices; environment; mechanization; selective breeding; biofortification; mineral fertilizers; pesticides; soil; water; biota

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecosystem, Environment and Climate Change in Agriculture)

Crop Responses and Tolerance to Abiotic Stress

edited by

Michela Janni

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Francesca Resentini

submission deadline 10 Jun 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1834 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; plant phenotyping; genetic material; genetic resources; defense response mechanisms; sensing technology; omics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Agricultural Insurance, Risk Management and Sustainable Development-Series II

edited by

Kirill A. Zhichkin

and

Vladimir Nosov

submission deadline 10 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1061 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural insurance; risk management; animal science; agronomy; plant growing; soil science; sustainable development; governance and economics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)

Insect Ecology and Innovative Crop Management

edited by

Christian Nansen

submission deadline 10 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1002 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative technologies; precision pest management; smart farming; digital agriculture; insect pest ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Systems and Management)

Sustainable and Ecological Agriculture in Crop Production

edited by

Jan Moudrý

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Magdalena Lacko Bartosova

and

Elnaz Amirahmadi

submission deadline 10 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop production; organic farming; sustainability; environmental impacts; agroecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Advances in Soybean Genetics and Breeding

edited by

Xianzhong Feng

and

Piwu Wang

submission deadline 10 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: soybean; genetic mapping; functional genomics; yield and quality improvement; biotic and abiotic stress resistance; omics; molecular breeding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genotype Evaluation and Breeding)

Nitrogen Fertilization in Crop Production

edited by

Andreas S. Pacholski

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15722 | Submission Open

Keywords: nitrogen use efficiency; crop productivity; nitrogen losses; ammonia volatilization; denitrification; nitrogen forms; greenhouse gas emissions; nitrate leaching; nitrogen nutrient interactions; nitrogen water interactions; biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Management of Weeds and Herbicide Resistance

edited by

Anna Wenda-Piesik

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Agnieszka Synowiec

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6637 | Submission Open

Keywords: development of herbicide resistance; molecular background of herbicide resistance; biology and physiology of herbicide-resistant weeds; competition between resistant and susceptible weeds and crops; management of herbicide-resistant weed

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pest and Weeds)

Research Progress of the Functional Properties of Fruit and Vegetables and Their Preserves

edited by

Anna Sadowska

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Katarzyna Najman

and

Franciszek Świderski

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4939 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruits; vegetables; functional food; bioactive properties; preserved methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Product Quality and Safety)

Biocontrol of Plant Pests and Pathogens

edited by

Eirini Karanastasi

and

Danai Gkizi

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3986 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological control; plant diseases; plant pests; crop protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pest and Weeds)

Flower Crops Breeding: Genomics, Bioinformatics, and Phenotyping Analysis

edited by

Zhe Cao

and

Yanhong He

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3004 | Submission Open

Keywords: ornamental plant breeding; genetics; genomics; bioinformatics; aesthetic trait

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Animal Diseases Surveillance Systems: Tools and Demonstrations

edited by

Mo Salman

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1787 | Submission Open

Keywords: surveillance; animal diseases; preventive veterinary medicine; surveillance tools; surveillance examples; veterinary sciences; livestock diseases; food security; one health concept

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)

Neural Networks and Image Analysis in Intelligent Agricultural Engineering

edited by

Suresh Neethirajan

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1519 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital livestock farming; precision agriculture; digital agriculture; adaptation physiology; computer technologies for agriculture; agrifood big data analytics; precision animal systems; farm animal– computer interaction; machine learning in animal omics; data science in animal omics; real-time sensor data for soil; air; crop and livestock

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Food Loss and Waste: Seeking Sustainable Path to Food Security

edited by

Wojciech J. Florkowski

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Abdulbaki Bilgic

and

Ting Meng

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1515 | Submission Open

Keywords: food waste; food loss; small enterprise; small farmer; consumer behavior; sustainability; input waste; food (in)security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)

Research Progress of the Interactions between Agricultural Trade and Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Jeremiás Balogh

and

Tamás Mizik

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1438 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural trade; trade agreements; sustainability; environmental policy; green technologies; renewable energy; energy efficiency; greenhouse gas emissions; climate change; sustainable development goals; common agricultural policy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)

Advances in Integrated Pest Management Strategies

edited by

David João Horta Lopes

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 969 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated pest management; biological control; invasive alien species; natural compounds; new and traditional pesticides

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pest and Weeds)

Molecular Markers and Genetic Improvement in Subtropical Crops Breeding

edited by

Xiping Yang

,

Youxiong Que

and

Ziliang Luo

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular marker; gene mapping; germplasm evaluation; genetic diversity; crop breeding; MAS; genetic improvement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genotype Evaluation and Breeding)

Novel Applications of Optical Sensors and Machine Learning in Agricultural Monitoring

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submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | 12 articles | Viewed by 14641 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; optical sensor; crop mapping; precision agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Model-Assisted and Computational Plant Phenotyping

edited by

Xinyu Guo

,

Youhong Song

and

Weiliang Wen

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6108 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant phenotyping; crop model; functional plant phenotyping; crop growth model; functional-structural plant models; abiotic stress resistance; resource use efficiency; yield

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Sustainable Agri-Food System: Marketing, Economics and Policies

edited by

Giuseppe Timpanaro

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4718 | Submission Open

Keywords: agri-food policies at different levels of decision-making; economics of agri-food production; agri-food supply chain and its orientation toward sustainability; according to a holistic view; agri-food marketing; agribusiness and food trade; recovery and resilience of local production systems; price volatility and agri-food production shocks; economic and market aspects of carbon farming; global resilience and actions addressing climate change; analysis of consumption (theory and empirical applications)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)

New Traits of Agriculture/Food Quality Interface—2nd Edition

edited by

Alessandra Durazzo

and

Massimo Lucarini

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4665 | Submission Open

Keywords: agronomic practices; precision agriculture; food metrology; food monitoring; chemometrics; quality control; advanced techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Product Quality and Safety)

Agricultural Crops Subjected to Drought and Salinity Stress

edited by

Francisco Vanies Da Silva Sá

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Alberto Soares De Melo

and

Miguel Ferreira Neto

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2807 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticulture; field crops; cereal crops; industrial crops; plant physiology; plant ecophysiology; plant nutrition; irrigation management; plant breeding; crosstalk stress

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Laser in Agriculture

edited by

Roberto Alves Braga Júnior

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2301 | Submission Open

Keywords: lasers in agriculture; optical metrology; land levelling; dynamic laser speckle; seed germination stimulus; bruising; maturation in fruits; laser scanning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics of Rice

edited by

Lihong Xie

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2107 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice; quality; gene; map; clone; QTL; molecular marker

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genotype Evaluation and Breeding)

Soil Management for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Anetta Siwik-Ziomek

and

Anna Figas

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1744 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil; fertilizers; crop; environment; biodiversity; irrigation; enzymes; microorganisms; monitoring; heavy metals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Agricultural System Modeling and Its Application to Improve Soil Management and Crop Production

edited by

Nishant K. Sinha

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Monoranjan Mohanty

and

Santanu Kumar Bal

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural system modeling; climate change; climate variability; soil carbon modeling; crop; cropping system; Adaptation and mitigation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecosystem, Environment and Climate Change in Agriculture)

The Role of Phytohormones in Crop Plant Growth and Development

edited by

Noushina Iqbal

and

M. Iqbal R. Khan

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytohormones; abiotic stress; plant growth regulators; biotic stress; plant growth; photosynthesis; plant metabolism; adaptation; development; nutrients; source-sink; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genotype Evaluation and Breeding)

Sustainable Agriculture: Theories, Methods, Practices and Policies

edited by

Moucheng Liu

,

Xin Chen

and

Yuanmei Jiao

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 13 articles | Viewed by 17314 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological agriculture; agricultural heritage; agroecosystem; food safety; sustainable livelihoods; ecosystem functions and services; ecological compensation; landscape ecology; community development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Systems and Management)

Biosaline Agriculture and Salt Tolerance of Plants

edited by

Hans Raj Gheyi

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Claudivan Feitosa de Lacerda

and

Devinder Sandhu

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 10 articles | Viewed by 11391 | Submission Open

Keywords: salinity; brackish water; haloculture; salt tolerance; bio-remediation; alternative crops; soil amendments; halophytes; reclamation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Sustainable Pest Management in Agriculture

edited by

Frédéric Francis

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10815 | Submission Open

Keywords: biocontrol; physical control; chemical ecology; beneficials; plant selection; habitat management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pest and Weeds)

Recent Advancements in Precision Livestock Farming

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submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10313 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision livestock farming; smart livestock farming; animal science; animal production; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)

Sustainable Management of Grape Production and Vineyards

edited by

Yishai Netzer

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6687 | Submission Open

Keywords: viticulture; agrotechnology; sustainability; applied physiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Agriculture and COVID-19: Assessing the Footprint of the Pandemic on the Production and Consumption Patterns of Agricultural Products and Food

edited by

George Vlontzos

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6073 | Submission Open

Keywords: productivity; precision farming; international trade; logistics; E-trade; consumer behaviour

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)

Genetic Identification, Exploration, Evaluation and Breeding of Plant Genetic Resources

edited by

Penelope Bebeli

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Vasileios Papasotiropoulos

and

Jaime Prohens

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4591 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant genetic resources; crop wild relatives; landraces; gene banks; indigenous species; traditional varieties; characterization; conservation; genetic improvement; molecular fingerprinting; genetic erosion; descriptors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genotype Evaluation and Breeding)

Farm Animals Rumen Digestion, Nutrition and Feed Management

edited by

Riccardo Fortina

and

Sonia Tassone

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4069 | Submission Open

Keywords: ruminant nutrition; forages and crops; additives

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)

Biological Control for Plant Disease

edited by

Yi-Hsien Lin

and

Ying-Hong Lin

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3936 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural management; antagonistic activity; beneficial microorganisms; biocontrol agents; fermentation; induced resistance; plant growth promoting rhizobacteria

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pest and Weeds)

Sustainable Nutrient Management in Agricultural Production

edited by

Agnieszka Faligowska

and

Katarzyna Panasiewicz

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3656 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofertilizers; sustainable agriculture; no-tillage systems; biodiversity; forecrop; residue management; cover crops; mulching; crop rotation; microorganisms; soil and nutrient management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Crop Cultivation Physiology and Farmland Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction

edited by

Lijun Liu

and

Hao Zhang

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3142 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop management; crop physiology; crop yield; greenhouse gas emissions; soil carbon storage; climate change; mitigation options; physiological mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Modern Reproductive Biotechnology Assists Farm Animal Conservation and Genetic Rescue

edited by

Monika Trzcińska

and

Marcin Samiec

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1929 | Submission Open

Keywords: assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs); ex situ and/or in situ protection of livestock species; biodiversity conservation; endangered or extinct livestock breeds; genetic resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farm Animal Production)

Heavy Metal Stress in Crop Plants: Toxicity, Tolerance Mechanisms, and Amelioration Strategies

edited by

Murtaza Khan

and

Sajid Ali

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1298 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; heavy metals; antioxidants; gene expression; physiological and biochemical parameters; crop improvement; sustainable agriculture; food chain; PGPR; biofertilizer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Advances in Biological Control of Plant Diseases

edited by

Anna Marzec-Grządziel

and

Anna Gałązka

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 867 | Submission Open

Keywords: pest diseases; microbiology; PGPR; sequencing; genotyping; phenotyping; microarrays

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pest and Weeds)

Innovative and Sustainable Biorefinery Processes for Food Waste Valorization towards Circular Bioeconomy in Modern Agriculture and Agro-Industry

edited by

Ricardo Gómez-García

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Cristian Torres-León

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Débora A. Campos

and

Cristóbal Noé Aguilar González

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 478 | Submission Open

Keywords: biorefinery systems; biowaste valorization; bioactive compounds; circular bioeconomy; functional ingredients; fiber; proteins; zero-waste approach

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)