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Agricultural Automation and Innovative Agricultural Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Egidijus Šarauskis

Vilma Naujokienė

and

Zita Kriauciuniene

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 27162

Keywords: agricultural machinery; automation and robotization; digital agriculture; precision agriculture; organic agriculture; innovation in animal husbandry; soil management; sowing; fertilization; spraying operations; plant care; harvesting; application of innovative bio-products; primary processing; sensing methods and devices; validation of automated methods; energy; economic and environmental assessment

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

Agricultural Biomass Waste Conversion into Value-Added Products

edited by

Giuseppe Squillaci

and

Alessandra Morana

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 19510

Keywords: agricultural waste; biomass; waste valorization; waste conversion; polyphenols; biotransformations; biofuels; bioactive products

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

Effects of Arable Farming Measures on Soil Quality

edited by

Wenxiu Zou

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5315

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)

Application of Natural Products for Weed Control in Agricultural Systems

edited by Rosana Marta Kolb

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5112

Keywords: bioherbicide; allelopathy; phytotoxicity bioassays

(This special issue belongs to the Section Weed Science and Weed Management)

Genotype × Environment Interactions in Crop Production

edited by

Ioannis Mylonas

Elissavet Ninou

and

Fokion Papathanasiou

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4802

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

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

Organic Amendments to Low-Fertility Soils: Current Status and Future Prospects

edited by

Jie Zhou

and Xiquan Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3968

Keywords: soil carbon sequestration; microbial community; greenhouse gas emission; crop production; straw; manure; green manure; biochar; biofertilizer

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

Foliar Fertilization: Novel Approaches and Field Practices

edited by

Dagmara Migut

and

Wacław Jarecki

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3187

Keywords: foliar fertilization; foliar application; biostimulants; phytoprotectants; abiotic stresses; micronutrients; macronutrients; plant protection; yield; yield quality

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

Progress in Horticultural Crops—from Genotype to Phenotype—2nd Edition

edited by

Guanglong Wang

Lijun Ou

and

Ai-Sheng Xiong

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3132

Keywords: horticultural crop; genetics; biotechnology; genotype; phenotype

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

Influence of Rice-Aquatic Animal Integrated Farming on Rice Productivity and the Adaptive Measures

edited by Hui Gao, Zhi Dou and Qiang Xu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2938

Keywords: rice– aquatic animal integrated farming system; rice yield; rice quality; soil and water quality; interaction between rice and aquatic animal; adaptive culture measures

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

Molecular Regulatory Network of Plant Nutrition Signaling

edited by

Yunfei Wu

and

Alessio Aprile

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2834

Keywords: plant; nutrition; physiology; genetics; yield; quality

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

Sustainable Crop Production for Mitigating Environmental Impact and Increasing Yield

edited by

Ziyin Shang

, Liujun Xiao and

Shunhua Yang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2158

Keywords: rice; maize; wheat; greenhouse gas; methane; nitrous oxide; ammonia; carbon; nitrogen; modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Application of Allelochemicals in Agriculture

edited by

Sofiene Kaab

Natividad Chaves Lobón

and

Agnieszka Synowiec

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2097

Keywords: allelopathic effect; mode of action; formulation of bioherbicide; biological activity; essential oils; secondary metabolites; plant extracts; isolation of active compounds; botanical herbicide

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

Light Environment Regulation of Crop Growth

edited by Anna Kapczyńska and Jadwiga Treder

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2022

Keywords: supplemental lighting; light-emitting diodes; photoperiod; light spectra; DLI; light efficiency; horticultural production; yield quality; physiological light response; year-round cultivation; laser light; LED

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

Agrotechnics in Seed Quality: Current Progress and Challenges

edited by

Clíssia Barboza Mastrangelo

and

Edvaldo Aparecido Amaral Da Silva

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1716

Keywords: multispectral imaging; spectroscopy; fluorescence; radiography; hyperspectral image; tomography; magnetic resonance; machine learning; seed vigor; fungi

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

Mechanism of Flower Growth in Ornamental Plants: From Floral Induction to Development

edited by

Yanhong He

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1219

Keywords: floral organ; flowering time; flower colour; flower shape; flower scent; flower size

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

Fruit Quality Formation and Regulation

edited by

Shaojia Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1207

Keywords: fruits; color; flavor; texture; physiology; cultivation; postharvest

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

Mastering Hormone Regulation to Boost Crop Resilience Against Climate Change

edited by Marina Pérez-Llorca and

Maren Müller

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 350

Keywords: crop resilience; hormonal regulation; environmental stress; climate change adaptation; sustainable agriculture

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

The Impact of Land Use Change on Soil Quality Evolution

edited by

Yunfeng Hu

Wei Wei

and

Wei Wan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 271

Keywords: land use/cover change; soil quality; soil degradation; conservation tillage; soil carbon nitrogen cycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Functional Genomics and Molecular Breeding of Root and Tuber Crops

edited by

Huan Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 219

Keywords: root and tuber crops; functional genomics; gene function and molecular mechanism

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

The Use of Substances Is Increasing Plant Resistance to Abiotic Stressors

edited by

František Hnilička

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 186

Keywords: abiotic stress; plant metabolism; plants production; anti-stress agents

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

Intelligent Information System for Agriculture Based on Vision Technology

edited by

Arjun Neupane

Tej Bahadur Shahi

and Richard Koech‬

submission deadline 1 Feb 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9903 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent system; sensors; smart farming; data science; vision technology

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

New Insights into Pest and Disease Control in Rice

edited by

Rongzhi Chen

and

Zhaohui Chu

submission deadline 1 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2681 | Submission Open

Keywords: IPM; disease resistance; pest management; weed control; bio-control; biostimulators; nanotechnology; intelligent monitoring; remote sensing

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

Simulation Environments and Image Synthesis for Precision Agriculture: Advancing Data Quality, Accessibility, and Agricultural Innovation

edited by

Mario Cunha

and Mulham Fawakherji

submission deadline 1 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 253 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic data; generative models; VAEs; simulation environments; crop management; soil management; water management; remote sensing; machine learning; data augmentation; data quality; data accessibility

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

Cutting Edge Research of Nanoparticles Application in Agriculture

edited by

Prakash M Gopalakrishnan Nair

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17900 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural nanobiotechnology; nanobiotechnology; nano-sensors; nano-carriers; nano-pesticides; nano-fertilizers; biotic and abiotic stress; crop improvement

Extraction and Analysis of Bioactive Compounds in Crops—2nd Edition

edited by

Gerardo Fernández Barbero

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16060 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; secondary metabolites; crop analysis; identification; ultrasound-assisted extraction; microwave-assisted extraction; pressurized liquid extraction; supercritical fluid extraction; quality control; by-products valorization

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

Sustainable Management in Water-Agricultural Nexus

edited by

Mohamed Houssemeddine Sellami

and

Rossella Albrizio

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1234 | Submission Open

Keywords: water recycling and reuse; sustainable agriculture practices; water resources; water security; water– agriculture nexus; sustainable management

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

Applied Research and Extension in Agronomic Soil Fertility Series II

edited by Lianghuan Wu,

Xiaochuang Cao

, Wenhai Mi and Qingxu Ma

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 21780 | 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)

Robotics and Automation in Farming

edited by

Marco Fontanelli

and

Lorenzo Gagliardi

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5460 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural robotics; automation; smart farming; precision agriculture

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

Plant Ecophysiology Under Anthropogenic and Natural Stresses

edited by

Brigitta Tóth

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1994 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; allelopathy; antioxidant system; biostimulants; biotic stress; climate change; ecophysiology; free radicals; heavy metals; metabolites; oxidative stress; photosynthesis; plant stress responses; micromorphological changes in plants

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

Agronomic Biofortification Practices on Crops

edited by

Maria Manuela Abreu da Silva

and

Cláudia Campos Pessoa

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open

Keywords: agronomy; abiotic stress response; biofortification; edible crops; mineral elements; nutritional improvement; plant science; plant metabolism; quality assessment; stress tolerance

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

The Contribution of Phytobiomes for Resilient and Productive Agroecosystems

edited by Pierre Hohmann

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant-associated microbiomes; plant– microbe interactions; microbial ecology; metagenomics; plant– environment feedback; metagenomic prediction; microbial inoculation; SynComs; stress resistance; resilient agroecosystems; sustainable agriculture

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

Sustainable Viticulture in the Face of Climate Change: Innovative Strategies for Quality Enhancement and Ecosystem Preservation

edited by

Eleonora Cataldo

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 232 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable viticulture; climate change adaptation; soil health; water management; biodiversity conservation; precision agriculture; ecosystem services; wine quality; environmental stewardship; agricultural sustainability

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

Soil Microbe and Nematode Communities in Agricultural Systems

edited by

Fengjuan Pan

Yanfeng Hu

and Shuxia Jia

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6416 | 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)

Tillage Systems and Fertilizer Application on Soil Health

edited by Cezar F. Araujo Junior and Eduardo Da Costa Severiano

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6308 | Submission Open

Keywords: (sub) tropical soils; brazilian cerrado; no-tillage system; soil health

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

Weed Ecology, Evolution and Management

edited by Mihály Zalai, Zita Dorner and János György Nagy

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2433 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed vegetation; tillage; mechanical weed control; herbicide weed control; weed control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Weed Science and Weed Management)

Molecular Mechanism of Quality Formation in Rice

edited by Yulong Ren and Hui Dong

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2249 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice quality; milling quality; appearance quality; eating and cooking quality; nutritional quality; safety quality; map-based cloning; multi-omics genes; regulatory network; molecular mechanism

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

In-Depth Investigation and Integrated Management of Fruit Crop Diseases

edited by

Yuan-Min Shen

and

Marco Scortichini

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2184 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant diseases; fruit crop diseases; plant pathogens; postharvest management; biological control

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

Exploiting Beneficial Plant–Microorganism Interactions for Resilient Farming

edited by

Gilberto de Oliveira Mendes

and

Nikolay Vassilev

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1839 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microbiology; plant breeding; inoculant; biological control; biofertilizer; nutrient cycling; biotic stress; abiotic stress

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

Adaptation Strategies Under Climate Change in Mediterranean Agriculture

edited by António Canatário-Duarte and

José Manuel Monteiro Gonçalves

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: mediterranean agriculture; climate change; crop adaption strategies; water scarcity; increase soil conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Advances in Tillage Methods to Improve the Yield and Quality of Crops

edited by Jiatun Xu and

Xiaobo Gu

submission deadline 23 Feb 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4072 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant growth; crop productivity; soil fertility; agroecosystems; plant– soil relationships; sustainable agricultural practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Agricultural Waste Derived Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications

edited by

Baskaran Stephen Inbaraj

Kandi Sridhar

and

Minaxi Sharma

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 22866 | 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)

Unmanned Farms in Smart Agriculture

edited by Zhiyan Zhou and Lian Hu

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 17921 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart agriculture; unmanned farms; intelligent farm machinery; automatic navigation; precision operation; unmanned farm; information technology; agricultural Internet of Things; smart management

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

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

edited by

Mo Li

and

Fan Zhang

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4161 | 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)

The Interaction between the Type of Fertilizer and Soil Carbon Cycling

edited by

Xuebo Zheng

and Longlong Xia

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3441 | Submission Open

Keywords: fertilizer types; soil carbon; carbon sequestration and carbon stimulation; agricultural production

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

Agricultural Innovation in Sustainable and Organic Vegetable Crops Production

edited by Jose Magno Queiroz Luz and

Gabriel M. Maciel

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1601 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetables; breeding; organic; sustainable farming; genetic improvement; cultivation; vegetable nutrition

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

Data-Driven Agriculture: Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Sustainable Farming Practices—2nd Edition

edited by

Sara Álvarez

and

Sergio Vélez

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 259 | 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; redictive modeling

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

Endophytes Improve Plant Immunity under Biotic and Abiotic Stress

edited by

Zhongdong Yu

Guiyan Yang

and Xiaoli Chang

submission deadline 26 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 442 | Submission Open

Keywords: endophytes; community characteristics; functions; secondary metabolism; plant epigenetics

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

Research Status, Progress, and Applications of Agricultural Robot and Agriculture 4.0 Technologies in Field Operation—Volume II

edited by

and

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15445 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotics for field and specialty crops; agricultural automation; machine vision; deep learning; machine learning; advanced in-field sensing and decision support systems; swarm robotics; nanorobotics; smart sensors; precision agriculture; digital agriculture; agriculture 4.0; instrumentation; big data; cybernetics; SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping); ICT applications; IoT in agriculture

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

Optimal Water Management and Sustainability in Irrigated Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Pantazis E. Georgiou

and

Dimitrios K. Karpouzos

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14593 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water management and SDGs; water and energy saving; water scarcity and climate change; crop water requirements and irrigation scheduling; irrigation methods and systems— irrigation efficiency; crop water productivity; optimal irrigation networks— modern optimization methods; smart irrigation and IoT

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

Advances in the Industrial Crops

edited by

Zongchang Xu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13591 | 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)

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