Agriculture

Research on the Strategy of Improving the Small Grain Production System

edited by

and

submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1965 | Submission Open

Keywords: rotation; productivity; stresses; innovative breeding; resistance; diversification; conservation; silage; grazing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Advances in the Technology of Organic Fertilizers from Agricultural Waste

edited by Víctor Riau,

Miriam Cerrillo

and Ana Robles Aguilar

submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: biobased fertilizer; nutrient recovery; agricultural waste; livestock manure; bioeconomy; circularity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Agricultural Policies toward Sustainable Farm Development

edited by

Pan Dan

and Fanbin Kong

submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | 13 articles | Viewed by 13428 | 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)

Advances in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

edited by

Elpiniki Skoufogianni

,

Aikaterini Molla

and

Alexandra D. Solomou

submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2657 | 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)

Plant Virus Diseases: Update and Perspectives

edited by

Sayanta Bera

submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1800 | Submission Open

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

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

New Energy-Powered Agricultural Machinery and Equipment

edited by

Cheng Shen

,

Zhong Tang

and

Maohua Xiao

submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1572 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural innovation design of agricultural machinery and equipment for new energy power; development and utilization of new energy power applicable to agricultural machinery and equipment; intelligent control system development of agricultural machinery and equipment with new energy power; application; scenario and promotion of new energy power for agricultural equipment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

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

edited by

Ante Ivanković

and

András Gáspárdy

submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 932 | Submission Open

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

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

Mineral Biofortification in Agricultural Products

edited by

Xuebin Yin

and Xiaocun Zhang

submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional agriculture; biofortification; minerals; hidden hunger; special soils; zinc enrichment; selenium enrichment; microbial-assisted biofortification; genetic biofortification; crop breeding

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

Hydrogeophysical Monitoring of Water and Solutes in Agricultural Soils

edited by

Srinivasa Rao Peddinti

submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeophysical methods; agricultural soils; water movement; plant– soil interactions; geophysical equipment; data fusion; infiltration dynamics; crop productivity; sustainable agriculture; root water uptake; soil moisture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Smart Farming: Addressing the Impact of Climate Change

edited by

Hyeon Tae Kim

submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart farming; artificial intelligence; animal welfare; climate change; agricultural mechanization; food security; sustainable energy use; big data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Applications of Remote Sensing in Agricultural Soil and Crop Mapping

edited by

Haoteng Zhao

and

Chen Zhang

submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; soil moisture; soil properties; crop mapping; crop health monitoring; yield prediction; crop phenology; machine learning; data fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Research on the Farmland Irrigation and Drainage Measures

edited by Xiangping Guo

submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation; drainage; agricultural water environment; saline– alkali land improvement; fertigation; agricultural soil and water utilization

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

New Advances and Applications of Biofortification in Crop Production

edited by Donglin Huang, Hui Mao and Zhaohui Wang

submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: hidden hunger; biofortified crops; Biofortification; Zn-enriched crops; Se-enriched crops; Fe-enriched crops

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Sustainable and Smart Agriculture and Rural Areas: Economic, Environmental and Technological Aspects

edited by

Piotr Prus

and Aksana Yarashynskaya

submission deadline 26 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3808 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; agriculture and rural areas; socio-economic problems of agriculture and rural areas; environmental policy and impact; sustainable and smart technologies; precision agriculture; agricultural production; crop production; livestock production; food production and food security

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

Feature Papers in Agricultural Product Quality and Safety

edited by

Isabel Lara

and Claudia E. Moggia

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4410 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural produce; including flowers and herbs; crop quality; food chemistry; food quality; food safety and security; food processing and engineering

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

Natural Products: Phytochemical Extraction, Analysis and Application

edited by

Małgorzata Olszowy-Tomczyk

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural compounds; phytochemistry; traditional extraction techniques; assisted extraction techniques; antioxidant compounds; chromatographic analysis

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

Mediterranean Agriculture under Climate Change

edited by

Giovanni Mauromicale

,

Sara Lombardo

and

Gaetano Pandino

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open

Keywords: Mediterranean environment; biodiversity; crop management; yield; crop quality

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

Novel Approaches and Strategies in Improving Crop Adaptability against Environmental Stress

edited by

Lidija Begović

,

Ivna Štolfa Čamagajevac

and

Selma Mlinarić

submission deadline 5 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6965 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic engineering; stress tolerance; genome editing; CRISPR/Cas9; agro- nanotechnology; biostimulants; molecular priming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Agricultural Products Processing and Quality Detection

edited by

Ziliang Liu

, Jun Wang and Lizhen Deng

submission deadline 5 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4860 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural products; processing technologies; quality detection; food safety

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

Feature Papers in Genotype Evaluation and Breeding

edited by

Rodomiro Ortiz

submission deadline 5 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4367 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultivar testing; enviromics; germplasm enhancement; genetic gains; genomics; genotype– environment interaction; phenomics; pre-breeding; participatory variety selection; population improvement

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

Research Progress on Agricultural Equipments for Precision Planting and Harvesting

edited by

Hua Li

and Lizhang Xu

submission deadline 5 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 773 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision; planting; harvesting; agricultural equipment; operational quality; parameter optimization; machine systems; crops; soil

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Agri-Food Marketing Strategies and Consumer Behavior

edited by

Stanislav Rojík

,

Martina Zámková

and

Karel Malec

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3229 | 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)

Rational Use of Feed to Promote Animal Healthy Feeding

edited by

Tatiana Dumitra Panaite

and

Mihaela Hãbeanu

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1112 | Submission Open

Keywords: rational feeding; sustainability; farm animal; precision feeding; novel ingredients; resources; waste; by-products; animal health

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

Agro-Industrial By-Products as Alternative Feeds for Animals

edited by

Anderson De Moura Zanine

,

Glayciane Costa Gois

and Hiran Marcelo Siqueira Da Silva

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 685 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal-origin products; by-products; environmental footprint; silage; sustainability in animal production

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

Precision Planting Technology and Equipment in Advanced Crop Cultivation

edited by

Xiaojun Gao

, Qinghui Lai and

Tao Cui

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 458 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced planting equipment; key technologies and methods; precision seed-metering device; seed guide device; profiling mechanism; soil compaction device; stubble removal and anti-blocking device; intelligent planting equipment; efficient and low loss transplanter; variable rate seeding; seed cleaning and grading

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Integrated Management of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes

edited by

Nikoletta G. Ntalli

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 247 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural nematicides; botanicals; ecotoxicity; biostimulants; mode of action

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

Impact of Light on Horticultural Crops—2nd Edition

edited by

Athanasios Koukounaras

and

Filippos Bantis

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: light quantity and quality; light-emitting diodes (LEDs); plant factory with artificial lighting (PFAL); physiology; photomorphogenesis; photosynthesis; plant growth and quality; postharvest storage; climate change; shade net house

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Pesticide Resistance in Agricultural Practices

edited by

Jingchao Chen

and Hailan Cui

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed; herbicide resistance; molecular basis; resistance evolution; omics; fitness; weed management

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

Research on Technologies for Achieving High-Yield Wheat

edited by

Haiyong Xia

,

Xinglong Dai

and Xiaoli Hui

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4800 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil tillage; sowing quality; planting density; precision cultivation; irrigation; fertilization; micronutrient; integration of water and fertilizer; plant growth regulator; drones

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Grain Harvesting, Processing Technology, and Storage Management

edited by

Wenfu Wu

and Jun Yin

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3406 | 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)

Application of Modern Agricultural Equipment in Crop Cultivation

edited by

Jacek Przybył

and

Dawid Wojcieszak

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3238 | Submission Open

Keywords: modern agricultural equipment; technology to improve soil hygiene; ultra-shallow tillage; conservation technology; sustainable agriculture; precision agriculture and digital technologies; techniques for reducing energy inputs; labour-intensive and cost-reducing technologies; reduction in CO2 emissions; agricultural technology increasing carbon storage in the soil

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Detection, Identification and Control of Plant Pathogens

edited by

Stefania Mang

,

Ippolito Camele

,

Rosa Paola Radice

and Danut Chira

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1016 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant pathogens; agricultural crops; phytopathogen control; forests; early detection; diagnostics; ecosystem stability; emerging plant pathogens; food security; genetic resistance to phytopathogens; invasive pathogens; molecular identification and characterization; high-throughput sequencing (HTS); metagenomics; microbial biological control agents (MBCAs); biopesticides

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

From Lab to Field: Micropropagation and Conservation of Plant Genomic Resources

edited by

Mafatlal M. Kher

and John E. Preece

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: acclimatization; biodiversity conservation; cryopreservation; embryo rescue; forest species preservation; gene banks; horticulturally important plants; in vitro propagation techniques; micropropagation; plant genomic resources; plant tissue culture; somatic embryogenesis; wild crops

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

New Challenges and Trends in Agri-Environmental Management: Accomplishment of Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Péter Tamás Nagy

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable nutrient management; agricultural pollution; circular economy; agricultural waste management; water-efficient innovations; recycling agricultural wastes and by-products

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

Enzymatic Activity and Functional Diversity of Soil Microbial Communities in Agricultural Soils

edited by

Anna Piotrowska-Długosz

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil enzymes; microbial functional diversity; agricultural soils; soil health; soil fertility; indicators of soil quality; management practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Innovations in Soil Fertility Improvement for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Xiaoliang Qin

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient management; conservation tillage; crop rotation and intercropping; straw return; soil fertility; soil nutrient turnover; sustainable agriculture; agroecosystem; crop productivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Strategies to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Agricultural Production Systems

edited by Qin Peng, Xingren Liu and Wanxia Peng

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3560 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural system; ecosystem; greenhouse gas; CO2; N2O; CH4; carbon cycling; nitrogen cycling; soil microbe; soil and plant

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

Soil Conservation in Olive Orchard

edited by Miguel Angel Repullo-Ruibérriz de Torres, Rosa María Carbonell-Bojollo and

Emilio J. Gonzalez-Sanchez

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: erosion; soil fertility; soil organic matter; conservation agriculture; runoff; soil tillage; groundcovers (cover crops); organic amendment; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Comprehensive Application and Prospects of New Technologies for Plant Protection

edited by

Shuo Yan

,

Xiaofeng Su

and

Xiangrui Li

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanocarriers; nanopesticide; plant diseases; gene editing; RNA interference; omics analysis; imaging; bioinformatics; green pest control; artificial intelligence

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

Abiotic Stress Responses in Horticultural Crops

edited by Xiaoyong Xu, Lijuan Jiang and Lun Wang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: cold stress; low-temperature stress; high-temperature stress; drought stress; salt stress; heavy-metal stress; stress signaling; transcriptomics; metabolomics; proteomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

The Role of Molecular Breeding in Improving Agronomic Traits of Rice

edited by Yuexing Wang and Penggen Duan

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice; molecular breeding; marker-assisted selection; genome editing; panicle type; grain size; yield; plant height; tiller; growth period

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

Genetics, Breeding and Transcriptomic Analysis of Chrysanthemum

edited by Lijie Zhou and

Aiping Song

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: flower color; development; flowering time; scents; disease resistance; environment interactions

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

Computational, AI and IT Solutions Helping Agriculture

edited by

Dimitre Dimitrov

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3789 | Submission Open

Keywords: Smart agriculture; Web applications; Web platforms; Mobile apps; IoT devices; Cloud computing; AI and Machine learning; Big data; Data driven modeling; Process-based modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Silage Preparation, Processing and Efficient Utilization

edited by

Siran Wang

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1222 | Submission Open

Keywords: silage; ensiling; lactic acid bacteria; bacterial community; fermentation; forage

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

Improvements of Reproduction and Growth Performance in Pig Farming

edited by

Pavel Nevrkla

and Eva Weisbauerova

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1199 | Submission Open

Keywords: pig; growth of pigs; reproduction of sows; meat quality; sustainability; housing; feeding; innovation; pig hybridization; local production

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

Organic and Inorganic Contamination in Food: From Farm to Fork

edited by Vincenzo Nava,

Giuseppa Di Bella

and

Ambrogina Albergamo

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1129 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic contaminants; potentially toxic elements; process contaminants; sustainable practices; soil contamination; environmental chemistry; sustainable agriculture; food safety; food supply chain

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

Rice Ecophysiology and Production: Yield, Quality and Sustainability

edited by

Shan Huang

and Guanjun Huang

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 331 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice yield; grain quality; water and nutrient use efficiency; sustainable crop and soil management; sustainable cropping systems; climate-smart rice production; nutrient cycling in rice ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Heavy Metal Pollution and Remediation in Agricultural Soils

edited by Shiqiang Wei, Jing Song and Bo Song

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; soil remediation; crop safe production; source identification; pollution processes; transport; and transformation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Advances in Plant Pathogens for Biological Control of Weeds

edited by Daisuke Kurose

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed biocontrol; classical biological control; inundative biological control; plant pathogens; fungi; bacteria and viruses; agent selection; host specificity; post release monitoring; plant biotypes-pathogen strains matching

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

Waste Biomass Processing and Its Role in Maintaining Plant and Soil Health

edited by

Monika Jakubus

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: composting; pyrolysis; anaerobic digestion; waste management; plants; soils; organic amendments; sustainable utilization of waste biomass

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

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