Agronomy

Mineral Nutrient and Quality Control in Tea Plant

edited by Chunmei Gong and

Meiya Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 721 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient absorption and assimilation; secondary metabolism; tea quality; growth and development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Effects of Agronomical Practices on Crop Quality and Sensory Profile—2nd Edition

edited by

Leontina Lipan

and

Agustí Romero

submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 681 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; agricultural practices; breeding programs; new cultivars; industrial aptitude; bioactive compounds; sensory quality; consumers; descriptive; sensory drivers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Recycling Agro-Food and Urban Wastes According the Circular Economy and Sustainability Paradigms—Volume II

edited by

Niccolò Pampuro

,

Eugenio Cavallo

and

Lucia Vigoroso

submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: agro-food waste; waste valorization; circular economy; composting; anaerobic digestion; greenhouse gas emissions; organic fertilizer; renewable energy; alternative fuels; corporate social responsibility (CSR); individuals’ perception

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Biosystem and Biological Engineering)

The Use of NIR Spectroscopy in Smart Agriculture

edited by

Ana Elisa Rato

and

Julio Nogales-Bueno

submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: NIR spectroscopy; soil fertility; tree nutrients; soluble solid content; phenols; anthocyanins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Emerging Research in Plant Photosynthesis Considerations in Agriculture

edited by

Xiaoying Liu

and

Tran Quoc Khanh

submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic regulation of photosynthetic traits; chlorophylls; photosynthesis; photoprotection; photosystem; Calvin cycle; chlorophyll fluorescence; photosynthetic efficiency; carotenoids

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

Effects of Arable Farming Measures on Soil Quality

edited by

Wenxiu Zou

submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil nutrient management; soil nutrients cycling; soil tillage; soil amendment; crop yield; long-term fertilization; crop nutrient uptake

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Effects of Ecological Regulation and Bioflavonoids on Pest Management

edited by

Eric W. Riddick

submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 490 | Submission Open

Keywords: flavonols; biopesticides; mass production; insects; fungi; IPM; biological control; natural enemies; pollinators

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Applied Research and Extension in Agronomic Soil Fertility Series II

edited by Lianghuan Wu,

Xiaochuang Cao

, Wenhai Mi and Qingxu Ma

submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 11847 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility; carbon sequestration; soil nutrient cycling; crop production; agricultural soils

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Genotype × Environment Interactions in Crop Production

edited by

Ioannis Mylonas

,

Elissavet Ninou

and

Fokion Papathanasiou

submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2672 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptability; climate change; field evaluation; agronomy; breeding

Comparison of Sustainable Approaches in Conservation and Protected Agriculture around the World

edited by

Ming Li

,

José Bienvenido-Barcena

and

Antonio Bliska Júnior

submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2492 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; fast agricultural development; biodiversity maintenance; agricultural evolution toward sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Advances in the Industrial Crops

edited by

Zongchang Xu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6790 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial crops; yield; quality; cultivation; methods; molecular breeding; abiotic stress; salinity; drought; heat

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Spatially-Based Services and Applications in Precision Farming: From Data to Field Information

edited by

Enrico Corrado Borgogno Mondino

submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6658 | Submission Open

Keywords: services; satellite imagery; copernicus; crop monitoring; artificial intelligence; sensor networks; multispectral imagery; digital photogrammetry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Data-Driven Agriculture: Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Sustainable Farming Practices

edited by

Sara Álvarez

and

Sergio Vélez

submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5337 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; machine learning; sustainable agriculture; digital agriculture; precision irrigation; crop monitoring; pest and disease detection; water resource management; soil and nutrient assessment; predictive modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Soil Microbe and Nematode Communities in Agricultural Systems

edited by

Fengjuan Pan

,

Yanfeng Hu

and Shuxia Jia

submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1359 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microorganisms; soil nematodes; community structure; soil biodiversity; soil functions; soil health; soil ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)

Potential Benefits and Risks of Organic Amendments to Soil Health

edited by Gennaro Gennaro Brunetti and

Francesco De Mastro

submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1154 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility; waste management; nutrient management; soil chemistry; fertilizers; organic matter; environmental science; contaminants of emerging concern; soil pollutions; tillage and organic management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Precision Weeding: Progress and Future Directions

edited by

Md Asaduzzaman

, Ricardo Alcántara-de la Cruz and

Mohammad Shamim Hasan Mandal

submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 493 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed management; mechanical weed control; precision weed control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Crop Plants: Losses and Benefits Caused by Soil Fungi

edited by

Malgorzata Jedryczka

and

Magdalena Frąc

submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop plants; soil fungi; plant– soil fungi interactions; soil-borne pathogens of crop plants; soil-borne fungi beneficial to crop plants; mycorrhiza; plant growth; plant health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Agronomy and Utilization of Industrial Hemp

edited by Jay Strat Noller

submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: hemp crops; cultivation; genetic; supply chain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Mo Li

and

Fan Zhang

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

Keywords: irrigation; cropping pattern; water-land-food nexus; conservation and remediation; agricultural drought analysis; climate change; environment and ecology effect; simulation and optimization modeling; management and assessment; policies analysis; decision support system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Irrigation)

Advances in Environmental Stress Biology: From Omics Approaches

edited by

Longxing Hu

and

Liang Chen

submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2513 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioinformatics; genomics; gene family; herbal plants; ionics; metabolomics; stress biology; transcriptomics; proteomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

The Stress of Crop Adversity: The Mechanisms and Pathways of Stress Resistance

edited by

Tie Cai

and Weibing Yang

submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop adversity; abiotic stress; stress resistance; lodging resistance; crop yield; crop growth; response mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

Soil Properties, Microorganisms and Plants in Soils after Amelioration

edited by

Xuebo Zheng

and

Hongbiao Cui

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 18241 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil amelioration; microorganisms; interaction between soil and plant; soil elements cycle; soil carbon sequestration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Utilizing Genetic Resources for Agronomic Traits Improvement: Series II

edited by

Fernando Martinez-Moreno

,

Magdalena Ruiz

,

María B. Picó

and

María-José Díez

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 16039 | Submission Open

Keywords: landraces; wild relatives; breeding for resistance to diseases and pests; breeding for quality; breeding for climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Agricultural Waste Derived Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications

edited by

Baskaran Stephen Inbaraj

,

Kandi Sridhar

and

Minaxi Sharma

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14632 | Submission Open

Keywords: agrowaste; nanomaterials; nanocomposites; environmental monitoring/remediation; sensors; catalysts; food application; biomedical application; diagnostics and therapeutics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Biosystem and Biological Engineering)

Biochar, Fertilizers and Microbes Interactions for Soil Health and Crop Productivity

edited by

Spyridon Petropoulos

,

Vasileios Antoniadis

and

Maria Del Mar Alguacil

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13302 | Submission Open

Keywords: arbuscular mycorrhizae; agronomic benefits; biochar; nutrient deficiency; soil quality; soil constraint; soil salinity; soil organic carbon; soil health; soil fertility; soil organisms; soil acidity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Effective Soil and Water Conservation Practices in Agriculture

edited by

Koffi Djaman

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12390 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural sustainability; crop evapotranspiration; precision agriculture; crop productivity; crop rotation; soil moisture sensors; conservation tillage; soil erosion; buffer strips; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

The Applicability of Plant Tissue Culture in Propagation and Conservation—Series II

edited by

Mukund R. Shukla

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10326 | Submission Open

Keywords: in vitro technologies; plant growth regulators; plant growth conditions; explants preconditioning; light quality; micropropagation; bioreactor; ex-situ conservation; horticultural crops; genetic stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Biosystem and Biological Engineering)

New Trends in Agricultural UAV Application

edited by

Yali Zhang

and

Ganesh Bora

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10274 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); remote sensing; sustainable agriculture; variable-rate application technology; artificial intelligence (AI); deep learning (DL); agricultural information acquisition; 3D reconstruction; plant phenotyping; Internet of Things (IoT)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Recent Insights in Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrient Management

edited by

Małgorzata Szczepanek

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9831 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agricultural practices; integrated crop protection; sustainable fertilization; agricultural digitalization; reduced tillage; crop rotation; plant nutrition; soil fertility; plant– soil relationships; agroecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)

Approaches to Promote Wider Emergence of Sustainable Agricultural Production

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9507 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; climate change; mitigation of climate change; adaptation to climate change; organic farming; regenerative agriculture; crop production; energetic crops; sustainable agricultural technologies; agricultural digitalization; soil carbon sequestration; biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Sustainable Management and Tillage Practice in Agriculture

edited by

Xing Wang

,

Jian-Ying Qi

and

Zheng-Rong Kan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8567 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural sustainability assessment; nutrient management; cropping system; soil carbon sequestration; greenhouse gas emissions; crop productivity; resource use efficiency; soil quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Evaluate the Functional Value of Agroecosystem under Different Management Scenarios

edited by

Yuan Li

, Yangzhou Xiang,

Jihui Tian

and

Fuhong Miao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8305 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural sustainability; ecosystem productivity; greenhouse gas emissions; resource use efficiency; soil quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)

Strategies for Enhancing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops

edited by

Fangbin Cao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7421 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop; abiotic stress; strategies; plant growth regulator; molecular methods; QTL

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

Sustainable Water-Fertilizer Management for Soil Salinization Amendment and Crop Production in Salt-Affected Agroecosystems

edited by

Rongjiang Yao

and

Xiaobing Chen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6277 | Submission Open

Keywords: salinization; water; nitrogen; irrigation and drainage; water use efficiency; model; leaching efficiency; soil carbon sequestration; salt-affected soils

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)

Managing the Yield and Nutritive Value of Forage and Biomass Crops

edited by

Marisol Berti

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4183 | Submission Open

Keywords: forage nutritive value; forages management; soil-plant interaction; environmental impact; soil health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Grassland and Pasture Science)

Application of Plasma and Pulsed Power Technology in Agriculture and Food Processing

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3121 | Submission Open

Keywords: pulsed power; plasma; pulse electric field; food processing; enzyme activity control; food preservation; plant hormone control; seed germination; plant growth promotion; bacteria inactivation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)

Innovations for Sustainable Crop Production in the Mediterranean Region

edited by

Leo Sabatino

,

Giuseppe Di Miceli

and

Beppe Consentino

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2911 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Sustainable Development of Rice Cultivation and Soil Nutrient Management

edited by

Huizhe Chen

and

Yikai Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2220 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice cultivation; sustainability; management mode; soil fertility; abiotic stress; crop productivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Sustainable Forage Production in Crop–Livestock Systems

edited by

Renata La Guardia Nave

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2068 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forage; integrated crop– livestock systems; cover crops

(This special issue belongs to the Section Grassland and Pasture Science)

The Impact of Mulching on Crop Production and Farmland Environment

edited by Jixiao Cui, Wen-Qing He and Yingxing Zhao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 969 | Submission Open

Keywords: plastic film mulching; straw mulching; soil surface mulching; organic mulching; microplastic; crop production; farmland environment; soil ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Natural Products in Crop Protection

edited by

Wei Yan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 959 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; bioactive metabolites; structural elucidation; biological evaluation; synthesis; semisynthetic compounds; pesticide; crop protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Abiotic Stress Responses and Microbe-Mediated Mitigation in Plants - Volume II

edited by

Ying Ma

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 805 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– microbe– soil interaction; abiotic stresses; plant-growth-promoting microorganisms; plant mineral nutrition; plant production systems

Climate-Smart Agriculture for a Changing World

edited by Dener Márcio da Silva Oliveira

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 519 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; soil organic matter; agricultural systems; mitigation; adaptation; carbon sequestration; soil quality; greenhouse gases; soil management; climate resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Effects of Integrated Environment Management on Crop Photosynthesis

edited by Jin Hu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 495 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental regulation; models; photosynthesis; phenotypic model; disease detection model; growth model

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

Climate and Meteorological Factors on Horticulture Cultivars: From Phenology to Morphological Physiology

edited by

Sina Cosmulescu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 362 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate factors; morphological physiology; biochemical characteristics phenology; horticultural crops

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Bridging the Gap: Microorganisms and Their Role in Crop Disease

edited by Martina Cardoni and Carmen Gómez-Lama Cabanás

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytopathogen; plant associated microbiome; plant disease; crop protection; biocontrol; rhizosphere; phyllosphere; endophytes; plant growth promoting microorganisms (PGPMs); holobiont

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Biological Invasions in Agricultural Environments

edited by Weimin Dai

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural environments; invasive alien organisms; hazards; potential hazards

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Soybean Yield and Quality Improvement

edited by Futi Xie

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop(soybean) yield and quality improvement; physiological mechanism; molecular mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Planting Strategies and Germplasm Screening for Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice

edited by

Baohua Feng

,

Guanfu Fu

and Xiaobo Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice; salinity; gene mapping; gene function analysis; physiological performance; rice cultivation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Innovations in Urban Horticulture

edited by

Jesus Ochoa

, Almudena Giménez,

Victor M. Gallegos-Cedillo

and

Cinthia Nájera

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban horticulture; vertical farming; LED lighting; LCA; nutraceutics; growing media; compost tea; abiotic stresses; nature-based solutions; building-integrated agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

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