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Recent Applications of Remote Sensing and Machine Learning in Smart Agriculture

edited by Zhenwang Li, Liujun Xiao and

Yahui Guo

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7449 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; UAV; high-throughput phenotyping; artificial intelligence and machine learning; big data analysis; crop nutrition diagnosis; crop monitoring; spatial– temporal analysis; smart agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Heavy Metals in Farmland Soils: Mechanisms and Remediation Strategies

edited by Tuo Zhang, Nan Zhang and Wei Liu

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5740 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; soil contamination; farmland; new techniques; agronomy; food safety; environmental safety; remediation; crops

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Design for Smart Farming

edited by Changyou Li

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1405 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart agriculture; drying technology; smart farm machinery; modern agriculture; post harvesting process

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Humic Substances and Compost in Agriculture: Types, Properties and Application

edited by

Magdalena Banach-Szott

and

Joanna Lemanowicz

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1225 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical; biological and physical soil parameters; soil organic carbon; humic substances; compost; agriculture; soil fertility; soil quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Advanced Research on Cattle Breeding: Genetic and Genomic Approaches

edited by

Themistoklis Giannoulis

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 655 | Submission Open

Keywords: dairy; genetics; genomics; animal breeding; sustainability; European Green Deal

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

Technological Value and Storage Durability of Food Depending on Modern Production Systems

edited by

Jarosław Pobereżny

Elżbieta Wszelaczyńska

and

Wiesław Szulc

submission deadline 24 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: period; environment conditions; storage; plant products; quality; safety; production technology; technological value

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

Agricultural Markets and Agrifood Supply Chains

edited by Karel Tomšík,

Pavel Kotyza

and Josef Abrhám

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 16523 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural markets; agricultural production; food supply; food security; sustainability; trade

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

The Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria in Crop Improvement

edited by

Salvadora Navarro-Torre

and

Ignacio David Rodríguez-Llorente

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7954 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; biofertilizers; biopesticides; PGPB; abiotic stress; biotic stress; biocontrol

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Agronomic Strategies for Enhancing the Physical, Chemical, Nutritional and Sensory Properties of Cereal Grains

edited by

Tomasz Knapowski

and

Wojciech Kozera

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5600 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereal; grain yield; agrotechnical factors; chemical composition; features of grain and flour; technological parameters; the biological value of proteins

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

Soil–Machine Systems and Related Farming Machinery

edited by

Ju-Seok Nam

Yongjin Cho

and

Yeon-Soo Kim

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2868 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural engineering; agricultural machinery; biosystem engineering; off-road farming; smart farming; soil– machine systems; precision agriculture; soil and crop

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Preparation and Application of Biochar in Agricultural Systems

edited by Baojun Yi, Lili Huo and Fang Huang

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1834 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; carbonization process; pyrolysis mechanism; carbon-based controlled release; high-value application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Optimization Techniques for Crop Planning: Current Achievements and Future Directions

edited by

Marcus Randall

, James Montgomery and Andrew Lewis

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 919 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop planning; multi-objective optimization; machine learning/AI; agricultural modeling; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Modern Technologies in Farm Animal Production: Improving Meat Safety and Nutritional Value

edited by

Anna Kononiuk

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 564 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal breeding; meat safety; nutritional value of meat; meat quality

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

Research Advances in Perception for Agricultural Robots

edited by Hanwen Kang,

Hugh Zhou

and Yaohui Chen

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 350 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotics; machine learning; deep learning; computer vision; perception; navigation; manipulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Valorization of Agri-Food Waste Bioresources for Sustainable Livestock Feeding

edited by

Sonia Tassone

and

Khalil Abid

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open

Keywords: agri-food waste; agricultural structures; animal production; bioactive compounds; greenhouses; circular economy; environment; livestock feed; sustainability; waste management

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

Insecticide Toxicology and Resistance Mechanisms in Agricultural Pests

edited by

Zhifeng Xu

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: insecticide; toxicology; resistance mechanisms; resistance management; ecotoxicology; pest; non-target organisms

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

Saline–Alkali Land Ecology and Soil Management

edited by

Yanchao Bai

, Chuanhui Gu and Haiying Lu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3976 | Submission Open

Keywords: saline– alkali land; soil ecology; soil amendment; soil aggregates; soil amendment; crop advancement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Agronomic Biofortification of Crops: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

edited by Elcio Ferreira Dos Santos,

Flávio Henrique Silveira Rabêlo

and

José Lavres

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2169 | Submission Open

Keywords: selenium; zinc; iron; calcium; magnesium; micronutrient; malnutrition; food and nutritional security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Novel Breeding Techniques to Improve Disease Resistance in Horticultural Crops

edited by Marina Laura and

Sara Sestili

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1285 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant disease; biotic stress; disease-resistant cultivars; plant breeding; genome editing; CRISPR-Cas; NBT; RNAi; MAS; R genes and S genes; next-generation sequencing (NGS)

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

Soil Amendments Addition Affecting Soil Physical and Chemical Properties

edited by

Resham B. Thapa

and Vesh Raj Thapa

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 328 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic matter; soil carbon; soil bulk density; soil porosity; soil pH; soil EC; cation exchange capacity; soil nutrients; soil health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Best Management Practices for Agricultural Watershed Pollution

edited by Eu Gene Chung and

Ji-Hoon Lee

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural watershed management; water quality monitoring; nutrient management; antibiotics and pesticide management; livestock management; non-point pollution source (NPS) control; NPS management policies

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

Application of Vision Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Smart Farming—2nd Edition

edited by

Xiuguo Zou

Xiaochen Zhu

, Wentian Zhang, Yan Qian and Yuhua Li

submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10968 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural sensors; behavior recognition of livestock and poultry; agricultural automation equipment; agricultural intelligent robot; intelligent robotic arm; non-destructive detection of meat quality; agricultural big data analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Soil-Improving Cropping Systems for Sustainable Crop Production

edited by Yadong Yang and Jiangwen Nie

submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2564 | Submission Open

Keywords: cropping system; rotation; soil fertility; nutrient cycling; greenhouse gas emission; carbon sequestration; N management; crop productivity; agricultural green development

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

Weed Biology, Ecological Problems and New Strategies for Weed Management and Control

edited by

Thomas Gitsopoulos

and

Nikos Krigas

submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1217 | Submission Open

Keywords: population dynamics; weed-crop interactions; weed seedbank; cover crops; adaptive evolution; integrated weed management

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

Fruit Germplasm Resource Conservation and Breeding

edited by Zhike Zhang and Xianghui Yang

submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit germplasm; conservation; breeding; fruit quality; genetic transformation

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

Globalisation, Regionalisation, Market Integration and Price Analysis of Agricultural Products

edited by Encarnación Moral-Pajares and Leticia Gallego-Valero

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4773 | Submission Open

Keywords: international trade; trade agreements; trade restrictions; world trade organization; Russia-Ukraine war; drought; climate change; agricultural prices; inflation; food safety; sustainability; geographical indications; environmental protection

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

Role of Soil Microbial Communities in Maintaining Agricultural Soil Quality

edited by Gábor Csitári and

Zoltan Toth

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3171 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microbial communities; microbial biomass; enzyme activity; diversity; management methods; soil quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Applications of Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Digital Soil Mapping

edited by

Jing Geng

Yongsheng Hong

and

Yiyun Chen

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3155 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine/deep learning; remote sensing; digital soil mapping; soil property prediction; big data analytics; soil resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Digital Agriculture)

Agroforestry Systems: Strategies for Mitigating Climate Change

edited by Bhim Bahadur Ghaley

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2167 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroforestry; agronomic yields; ecosystem services; environmental benefits; land equivalent ratio

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

The Maize-Soybean Intercropping System: Cultivation, Ecology, Physiology and Breeding

edited by

Feng Yang

, Yüze Li and Yanyan Zhang

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 383 | Submission Open

Keywords: soybean; maize; intercropping; yield; resource utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Effects of Different Managements on Soil Quality and Crop Production

edited by

Nadia Vignozzi

Sergio Pellegrini

and Maria Costanza Andrenelli

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health; soil quality indicators; fertilizers; organic amendments; cover crops; tillage; irrigation; climate; crop models; decision support system (DSS); precision agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Novel Biotechnological Developments in Agriculture

edited by

Nicolae Corcionivoschi

and

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6778 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnology in agriculture; biotechnology in crop and animal production; biotechnology in food and feed production; biotechnology in agriculture

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

Innovative Design and Application of Modern Agricultural Machinery Systems in Cropping Systems

edited by

Mustafa Ucgul

and

Chung-Liang Chang

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4840 | Submission Open

Keywords: farm equipment; mechanized farming; precision agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

Sustainability of Technological Innovations in Agricultural Green Transitions

edited by

Giuseppe Timpanaro

and

Vera Teresa Foti

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3153 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture 4.0; enabling technologies; holistic sustainability of the agri-food system; renewable resource management; carbon farming; precision agriculture; recovery and resilience; living lab for the co-creation of innovations in enabling technologies; economics and politics of agroecology

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

Soil Conservation in Olive Orchard

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

Emilio J. Gonzalez-Sanchez

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2917 | 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)

Effects of Tillage Management on Agricultural Soil Characteristics

edited by Yong Wang and Yunqi Zhang

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1734 | Submission Open

Keywords: long-term tillage operation; soil redistribution via tillage; change in soil quality; human agricultural land management; tillage-induced erosion and/or deposition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Risk Assessment and Remediation of Agricultural Soil Pollution

edited by Dong-Xing Guan,

Yong-He Han

and Amauri Antônio Menegário

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1213 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural soil pollution; risk assessment; soil remediation; contaminants; food safety; sustainable agriculture; bioremediation; phytoremediation; soil health; environmental monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Evaluation and Design of Cropping Systems: Profitability, Sustainability and Resilience

edited by Swetabh Patel and Adewole Adetunji

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 884 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel agronomic practices; resilience; economic sustainability; regenerative agriculture; soil health and nutrient management; ecosystem services; diversified agriculture

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

Physicochemical and Sensory Profiling of Agri-Food

edited by

Elenilson de Godoy Alves Filho

and

Lorena Mara Alexandre e Silva

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 473 | Submission Open

Keywords: moisture; ash; fatty acids; sugars; fibers; minerals; vitamins; spectroscopy; fingerprinting; quality control

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

Opportunities and Challenges of Low-Carbon Agriculture

edited by Feng Zhang and Ziqiang Yuan

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon emission; plastic film mulching; DNDC model; rainfed agricultural system; dryland agricultural system; greenhouse gas emissions

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

Unintentional Effects of Pesticide Usage in Non-Target Species

edited by Nina Wedell and Felipe Martelli

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: pesticides; insecticides; non-target species; pollinators; insect population decline; mechanisms of damage; sublethal doses; environmental contamination; unintentional effects

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

Environmental Management and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Livestock and Poultry Production Systems

edited by

Kaiying Wang

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: livestock and poultry production; greenhouse gas; air pollutant; mitigation technology; livestock environment; manure management; emission; climate control; odor

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

Ecosystem Management of Grasslands

edited by Zhenggang Guo

submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem management; grassland; plant; soil; microorganism

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

Advanced Technology for the Development of Agricultural Sprays

edited by

Giuseppe Ezio Manetto

Emanuele Cerruto

and

Juan Ramírez-Cuesta

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2987 | Submission Open

Keywords: pesticides; sustainability; precision agriculture; nozzle spray analysis; spray modeling; spray drift; operator exposure; risk assessment; sprayer calibration; UAV

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)

From Agricultural Soils to Human Health: Exposure Sources, Intake Pathways, and Accumulation of Heavy Metals

edited by Hui Huang and Di Guo

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2346 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal; exposure source; biogeochemical control; upland soil; paddy soil; biological mechanism; dietary intake; non-dietary intake

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Soils)

Postharvest Physiology and Technology of Horticultural Crops—2nd Edition

edited by

Daniela Farinelli

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2018 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit storage; environment; fruit damage and quality parameters; genotypes; high-density orchard; mechanical harvest; preharvest practices; postharvest practices

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

Agricultural Economics of Climate-Smart Practices

edited by

Edward Osei

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1230 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-smart; carbon sequestration; carbon markets; conservation practices; climate change; economics; profits; soil organic matter

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

The Role of Silicon in Improving Crop Growth under Abiotic Stress

edited by Jonas Pereira de Souza Junior and

Cid Naudi Silva Campos

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open

Keywords: silicon supplementation; abiotic stress mitigation; crop resilience; drought resistance; salinity tolerance; enhanced fruit quality; plant defense mechanisms; water use efficiency; agricultural sustainability; gene– silicon interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Production)

Utilizing Novel and Alternative Sources of Feed for Animal Production

edited by

Minju Kim

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal nutrition; feed processing; nanotechnology; alternative ingredients; byproducts; bioavailability; feed crops

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

Chemosensory-Based Pest Management of Insects and Other Protostomes in Crop Protection

edited by Alberto Maria Cattaneo and

William B. Walker

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant pests; crop beneficial organisms; invertebrate chemosensory receptors; gustatory receptors; transient receptor potential channels; primitive chemosensory receptors; ionotropic receptors; IR25a; Orco; primitive ORs; odorant receptors; chemosensory proteins; odorant binding proteins; sensory neuron membrane proteins; metabotropic interactions; ionotropic mechanisms; chemosensory transduction

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

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