Agriculture

New Approaches to the Storage and Effective Processing of Agricultural Products

edited by

Giuseppe Sortino

,

Giovanna Sala

and

Ilenia Tinebra

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: pre-harvest; post-harvest storage; quality of fruit and vegetables; antioxidant; post-harvest; shelf-life; storability; sensory analysis; consumer choice; monitoring systems

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

The Impact of Climate Change and Variability on Coffee Production

edited by Vivekananda Mittahalli Byrareddy and

Louis Kouadio

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: coffee; climate change; climate variability; agronomy practices; crop yield models; climate risk management; crop insurance; remote sensing; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Role of Local Breeds in Global Agriculture—Local Food, Regional Identity and Ecosystem Services

edited by

Ante Ivanković

and

András Gáspárdy

submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: local breed; gastronomy; local food terroir; regional identity; ecosystem services; biodiversity

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

Computer Vision for Intelligent Crop Identification and Crop Protection

edited by

Wen-Hao Su

and

Zhou Zhang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 10 articles | Viewed by 16758 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; crop plant signaling; automatic system; robot– plant interaction; high-throughput phenotyping; machine learning; image segmentation; plant detection; physiology of crops and weeds; monitoring and control of diseases; pests and weeds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Agroecosystem Modeling

edited by

Rabin Bhattarai

and

Hamze Dokoohaki

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6357 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecosystems modeling; cropping systems; climate change; genotype (G) x environment (E) x management (M); conservation agriculture; intercropping; remote sensing; crop modeling

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

Nondestructive Sensing Techniques and Intelligence Systems for Agricultural Product Detection

edited by

Jiangbo Li

,

Baohua Zhang

and

Zhiming Guo

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4866 | Submission Open

Keywords: agro-products quality and safety; nondestructive sensing technique; intelligence system; online detection and sorting; agricultural robot

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

Modern Reproductive Biotechnology Assists Farm Animal Conservation and Genetic Rescue

edited by

Monika Trzcińska

and

Marcin Samiec

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4417 | 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)

Artificial Intelligence, UAV, and Remote Sensing Applications for Precision Agriculture

edited by

Luís Manuel Navas Gracia

and

Manuel Pérez-Ruiz

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3131 | Submission Open

Keywords: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and drones; precision agriculture and Farming 4.0; guidance; navigation and control; autonomy; perception and decision-making; smart farming (crops; dairy; grazing; etc.); Site-Specific Management (SSM) of water; pesticide; fertilizer; etc.; Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and yield prediction; smart sensing and smart big data analytics; processing of data and information and communication technologies in agriculture; multiresource image processing technology; Artificial Intelligence and artificial neural network

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Sensor-Based Precision Agriculture

edited by

Xiongzhe Han

and

Tianyi Wang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2753 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; proximal soil sensing; crop canopy sensors; precision livestock management; sensor networks; multi-sensor; data fusion; decision support

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Integrated Pest Management in Stored-Product Protection

edited by

Maria K. Sakka

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2200 | Submission Open

Keywords: stored product insects; integrated pest management; biological control; chemical control

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

The Multidimensional Role of Dietary Polyphenols in the Quality of Plant-Based Foods

edited by

Vlasios Goulas

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2171 | Submission Open

Keywords: polyphenols; flavonoids; phenolic acids; health; color; taste; food quality; functional foods; processing; cultivation practices

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

Improved Sustainable Agriculture Using Biochar as a Soil Amendment

edited by

Xiaoyu Liu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1745 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; crop yield; sustainable agriculture management; plant growth; soil degradation; soil fertility; soil health; problematic soil

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Trade Development and Value Chains in Agriculture

edited by

Juan Sebastián Castillo Valero

and

María Carmen García-Cortijo

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1322 | Submission Open

Keywords: trade development; value chains; food industry; food inflation; agrarian policy; consumer; climate change

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

Grain Harvesting, Processing Technology, and Storage Management

edited by

Wenfu Wu

and Jun Yin

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 767 | Submission Open

Keywords: food quality and security; food production and processing technology; grain harvesting; postharvest control; and harvest losses; grain storage and management; grain condition and detection system; stored grain ecosystems and eco-concept of stored grain; multi-field interaction and multi-factor coupling (abiotic and biotic constituents); smart grain; smart farming; and smart grain systems; artificial intelligence (numerical simulation; machine deep learning; expert systems; artificial neural networks; etc.); information technology (digital twin; big data; database management; software development and applications; cloud computing and virtualization; etc.)

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

Identification and Management of Fungal Plant Pathogens

edited by

Elżbieta Czembor

and

Anna Tratwal

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 480 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal plant management; fungal pathogens: identification; monitoring; virulence; fungal diseases: diagnosis; epidemiology; mycotoxins; crop protection: biocontrol; plant breeding; IPM; DSS; IT platform; molecular technologies; biodiversity; climate change

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

Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Agricultural Production

edited by

Soon-Jae Lee

and

Li Wang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 465 | Submission Open

Keywords: mycorrhizal symbiosis in crops; mycorrhizal inoculum application; misuse of inoculum; future perspectives of mycorrhizal application; mycorrhizal symbiosis on crops’ abiotic stress resistance; interaction mechanism between mycorrhiza and crops; mycorrhizal community in crop roots

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Breeding of Horticultural Crops for Trait Improvement and Stress Resilience

edited by

Evangelia Stavridou

,

Panagiotis Madesis

and

Irini Nianiou-Obeidat

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 363 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotic and abiotic stress; stress response mechanisms; molecular markers; marker assisted breeding; genetic diversity; genomics; metagenomics; phenotyping; gene expression; genome editing; metabolic engineering; epigenetic regulation of stress resilience

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

Ruminant Digestion and Nutrient Absorption

edited by

Giuseppe Martino

,

Andrea Ianni

and

Francesca Bennato

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open

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

Advances in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

edited by

Elpiniki Skoufogianni

,

Aikaterini Molla

and

Alexandra D. Solomou

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal and aromatic plants; ecosystem services and functions; bioindicators; utilization; ecology; environmental factors (soil; nutrients; climate; etc.); agriculture; forestry; urban areas; climate change; management; socio-economic assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Postharvest Handling to Improve the Quality and Shelf-Life of Fruit and Vegetables

edited by

Jarosław Pobereżny

,

Elżbieta Wszelaczyńska

and

Anna Nogalska

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open

Keywords: quality; cultivar; fruit; vegetable; cultivation technology; storage; conditions; safety and health; natural losses; environment; harvest date

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

Plant Virus Diseases: Update and Perspectives

edited by

Sayanta Bera

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytochemistry; cap-independent translation; vector transmission; Systemic acquired resistance; RNAi

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

Application of Sensor Technologies in Livestock Farming

edited by Ali Alameer and

Taha Mansouri

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor technologies; livestock farming; machine vision; animal behaviour; disease detection; data processing; decision-making algorithms; automated monitoring; deep learning; signal processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Development and Applications of E-infrastructure for Crop System Modeling and Crop Yield Forecasting

edited by Junming Liu and

Wei Su

submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop system modeling; yield prediction; big data; data augmentation; deep learning; remote sensing; parameters inversion; climate change; global food security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Effects of Abiotic Stresses on Gene Expression and Physiology of Field and Tree Crops

edited by

Antonio Giovino

,

Annalisa Marchese

and

Giovanna Sala

submission deadline 23 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop plants; forestry; genomics; transcriptomics; next generation sequencing; genome editing; plant physiology; biotic and abiotic stress; breeding; crop protection strategy

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

Advances in Modern Agricultural Machinery

edited by

Mustafa Ucgul

and

Chung-Liang Chang

submission deadline 25 Dec 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 3675 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural machinery; tillage; spraying; seeding; tractors; automation and control in agriculture; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Agricultural Machinery and Technology for Fruit Tree Management

edited by

Zhen Li

, Tao Wen and Shilei Lyu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1725 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural machinery; information technology; standardized orchard; intelligent orchard; transportation machinery; thinning machinery; weeding machinery; plant protection machinery; harvesting machinery; orchard irrigation; insect information; growth information

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Sustainability of Wine Production and Food Systems in the Mediterranean Region

edited by

Paula Silva

,

Celestino Santos-Buelga

and

Raul Ferrer-Gallego

submission deadline 30 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4405 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable viticulture; sustainable agricultural practice; environmental protection; sustainable agroengineering; polyphenols; wine; mediterranean diet; flavonoids; public health policy; healthy lifestyle; mediterranean countries; health communication; nutrition; welfare; culture inheritage; agritourism; green tourism; organic farming; clean energy; clean productions

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

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Supply: Scientific, Economic and Policy Aspects

edited by

Luboš Smutka

and

Karolina Pawlak

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 15 articles | Viewed by 21833 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; agricultural production; agricultural policy; food industry; rural areas; agri-food markets; environmental policy; international trade and policy; food security; socio-economic problems of rural areas

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

Effects of Policy and Climate on Farm Structure, Income, Productivity and Food Security

edited by

Mangirdas Morkunas

and

Artiom Volkov

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4078 | Submission Open

Keywords: farming; food security; sustainability; resilience; food systems; agricultural policy; income; productivity; farm structure; financial support

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

Sustainable Agricultural Water Management in Mediterranean Environments

edited by

Ivan Francisco Garcia Tejero

and

Victor Hugo Durán-Zuazo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3197 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water management; deficit irrigation; climate change; Mediterranean basin; plant water stress; sustainable irrigation systems; water scarcity; water-use efficiency; precision agriculture; remote sensing

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

Advanced Studies in Improving the Nutritional Status of Forage Crops for Better Livestock Productivity

edited by

Barbara Wróbel

and

Waldemar Zielewicz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1627 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal performance; anti-nutritional factors; botanical composition of sward; cultivar breeding; animal products quality; digestibility; livestock diets; green forage; fertilization; silage

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

Selected Papers from International Conference on Olive Cultivation Future and Industry (ICOCFI) 2023

edited by

Meshal Alzaid

,

Ibrahim Alsohaimi

,

Hassan Mohamed Ahmed Hassan

and

Mohamed El-Aassar

submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 1159 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture; biotechnology; green chemistry; food processing and culture; molecular biology; environmental sciences; innovative technology; olive oil quality; chemical and physical recycling

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

Soil Health: Integrating Plant Roots–Plant Nutrition–Soil Microbiota Interactions

edited by Hongmiao Wu and Wenge Wu

submission deadline 10 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 445 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health; nutrient cycling; soil microbiome; cropping systems; plant nutrition physiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Exploring Cereal Biodiversity for Climate Change Mitigation in Agricultural Production

edited by

Jerzy Henryk Czembor

submission deadline 10 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 426 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereal; biodiversity; climate change; plant genetic resources; crop protection; ecology; sustainable agriculture; gene bank; genetics; plant breeding

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

Digital Innovations in Agriculture—Series II

edited by

Gniewko Niedbała

,

Sebastian Kujawa

,

Magdalena Piekutowska

and

Tomasz Wojciechowski

submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1744 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital farming; precision agriculture; machine learning; artificial neural networks; Internet of Things (IoT); Big Data; Digital Twins; image processing and analysis; proximal and remote sensing; data analysis and decision support; agricultural information systems (FMIS; ERP); traceability; other digital innovations in agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Agri-Food Marketing Strategies and Consumer Behavior

edited by Stanislav Rojík,

Martina Zámková

and

Karel Malec

submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 487 | Submission Open

Keywords: agri-food marketing; agri-markets; agri- and food trade; agri-food products; consumer behaviour of agri-food products; agri-food consumption; agriculture and food systems; agriculture and food policy and security; sustainable agriculture and food production

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

Advanced Research on Agroecological Weed Management

edited by

Alexandros Tataridas

,

Helena Freitas

and

Ilias Travlos

submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecology; invasive alien plants; sustainability; agroecological weed management; climate change; agroecological transition; herbicides; crop diversification; agri-food value chain; ecosystem services

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

Optimization of Livestock Housing Management

edited by

Andrea Costantino

and Guoxing Chen

submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal welfare; energy-efficient livestock housing; environmental control; farm machinery; farm management; greenhouse gas emissions; livestock housing ventilation; livestock production; odor dispersion and control; precision livestock farming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Recent Advances in Plant Viruses and Disease Management: From Lab to Field

edited by

Wenwu Lin

submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant viruses; viral disease management; anti-viral strategies; plant– virus interactions; plant– virus– insect vector interactions; virus infection cycle; host resistance

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

Agricultural Collaborative Robots for Smart Farming

edited by Bin Xie, Zhijun Meng and

Jun Zhou

submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural robots; collaborative Operations; human-robot collaboration; UGV and UAV; multiple UAV; multiple UGV; robotic arm

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Non-chemical Plant Protection – Plants as a Source of Protective Factors

edited by

Janina Gospodarek

submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant extracts; essential oils; intercropping; mixed crops; pests and diseases; non-target organisms; biodiversity of beneficial fauna

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

Molecular Markers in Fruit Breeding and Genome Analysis

edited by

Hongcheng Fang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular markers; fruit breeding; genome analysis; molecular biology; omics; bioinformatics

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

Pathogen Biology and Disease Management in Fruit Crops

edited by Li Li

submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit disease; disease incidence; pathogen diagnosis; colonization; infection process; pathogenic mechanism; virulence gene; plant– pathogen interaction; microbiome; disease resistance; defense mechanism; disease control; biological control

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

The Application of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Agriculture

edited by

George Bazar

and

Tamás Tóth

submission deadline 20 Jan 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1303 | Submission Open

Keywords: near-infrared spectroscopy; chemometrics; crop production; horticulture; animal husbandry; soil; feed; food; fruit; crop; animal product; milk; dairy; meat; egg; honey; quality assessment; process analytical technique

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Genomic Approaches to Understand Crop Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stress

edited by

Carmen Santos

and

Susana T. Leitão

submission deadline 22 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 923 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant disease and pest resistance plant abiotic stress tolerance; quantitative trait loci-QTL/gene mapping; genome wide association studies-GWAS; molecular marker development; marker-assisted selection; genomic breeding

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

Crop Responses to Abiotic Stress and Genetic Research

edited by

Rita Armoniené

submission deadline 25 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 910 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; adaptation; breeding; climate resilience; DNA methylation; epigenetic variation; histone modification; small RNA

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Feature Review in Agricultural Soils—Intensification of Soil Health

edited by

Ryusuke Hatano

and

Rosa Francaviglia

submission deadline 25 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 749 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon cycle; climate smart agriculture; ecosystem services; greenhouse gas emissions; land use change; nitrogen cycle; regenerative agriculture; soil erosion; soil carbon sequestration; soil health; water pollution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Agricultural Policies toward Sustainable Farm Development

edited by

Pan Dan

and Fanbin Kong

submission deadline 25 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 526 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural policy; sustainability; farm development; sustainable farm practices; governance and economics; environmentally friendly agricultural technology adoption; farmers’ behavior; welfare effects

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

Sustainability and Energy Economics in Agriculture

edited by Štefan Bojnec

submission deadline 25 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 516 | Submission Open

Keywords: economics of sustainable energy in rural areas; sustainable agriculture; agricultural land and competition for land; forest land and competition for forest land; regional and rural development; natural and bioresources; greenhouse gas emissions; renewable energy; energy efficiency improvements; environmental degradation and landscape; food security and energy; transition towards carbon-free energy resources; global warming and sustainability; agricultural policy and agricultural development; rural green development

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

Physiological and Ecological Characteristics and Sustainable Production of High-Yield Maize—Volume II

edited by

Peng Hou

submission deadline 25 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 460 | Submission Open

Keywords: maize; high yield; sustainable production; cultivar; water and fertilizer utilization efficiency; environmental effects; canopy characteristics; physiological and ecological characteristics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

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