Crop Physiology and Crop Production
A section of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747).
Section Information
The Crop Physiology and Crop Production section of the journal Plants is devoted to publishing papers on all levels of crop physiology and production, which include, but are not limited to, the plant physiological processes (nutrition, photosynthesis, etc.) and external factors (plant–environment interactions, abiotic and biotic stress factors, etc.) that control crop production and grain, fruit, and general product quality. Papers using new methods for investigating phenotypic traits, such as plant growth, development, and composition, as well as responses to the environment, widely known as phenotyping, are welcome. This section also welcomes papers on using models to study crop physiology, production, and yield quality. Finally, agronomic or physiological studies with the aim of helping growers to select or breed genotypes, varieties, clones, etc., are within the scope of this section.
The Crop Physiology and Crop Production section publishes both reviews and original research papers, as well as application notes, computational tools, and resources and methods.
In particular, but not exclusively, this section welcomes high-level manuscripts on the following topics:
- Abiotic stress factors;
- Agronomy;
- Bases for breeding;
- Biotic stress factors;
- Climate change;
- Crop physiology;
- Crop production/yield;
- Crop production quality;
- Leaf/Plant/Crop models;
- Omics (transcriptomics, epigenomics, degradomics, proteomics, and metabolomics);
- Phenotyping/High-throughput phenotyping;
- Plant physiology and plant stress physiology;
- Plant, soil, and environment interactions;
- Primary and secondary metabolism.
Editorial Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Crop Plants and Heavy Metals (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Crop Responses to Environmental Stresses: Unraveling the Molecular and Physiological Mechanisms (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Effect of Growing Media on Plant Performance (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Crop Management for Phytochemical Enhancement (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advances in Forage Stress Biology: Mechanisms and Adaptation Strategies (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Crop Varieties and Regional Adaptation (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advances in Maize Physiology (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Plant Lighting and Photovoltaic Agriculture: Current Status and Challenges (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Application of Modern Technology in Agricultural Water and Fertilizer Management (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Precision Agriculture Technology, Benefits & Application (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Climate Change and Weather Extremes’ Impacts on Crops (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Crops Biofortification: An Innovative and Sustainable Agronomic Strategy for Alleviating Malnutrition and Hidden Hunger (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Potato Physiology, Genetics and Breeding (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Growth Regulation of Cereal Crops: Gene Control and Environmental Factors (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Worldwide Evaluations of Quinoa and Amaranth—Biodiversity and Food Security under Climate Change Pressures Volume II (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Effects of Management Practices on Field Crop Growth, Yield, and Quality (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Fertilizer Application for Enhanced Crop Nutrient and Water Use Efficiency Under Irrigation Strategy (Deadline: 30 January 2025)
- Eco-Friendly Plant Growth Regulators for a Sustainable Future (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Rootstock Influence on Crop Regulation (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Conservation Tillage Technology: Improving Soil Health and Productivity (Deadline: 15 February 2025)
- Tea Germplasm Improvement and Resistance Breeding (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Rice Physiology and Production (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Agronomic Approaches to Alleviating the Destructive Impacts of Abiotic Stress on Field Crops (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Innovations in Sustainable Crop Production: Adapting to Climate Change (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Abiotic Stresses in Cereals—2nd Edition (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Potato Production: From Quality Formation to Stress Tolerance (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Crop Breeding for Food and Nutrition Security (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Genetic Variation and Adaptation in Crops: Unraveling Molecular Mechanisms of Stress Tolerance (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- New Insights in the Research of Blueberry (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Advances in Oil Tea (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Oil Content Formation in Oil Crops (Deadline: 25 March 2025)
- Improving Yields by Regulating Crop Respiration and Photosynthesis (Deadline: 30 March 2025)
- All About Viticulture and Vineyard Management: Development, Innovation and Sustainability (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Sustainable Mechanisms for Crop Development, Productivity and Quality Promotion (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Vegetable Viability: From Research to Resilience (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Water and Nitrogen Management in the Soil–Crop System (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Barley: A Versatile Crop for Sustainable Food Production (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Biochemical-Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Olive Under Different Abiotic and Biotic Stress Conditions (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Effects of Conservation Tillage on Crop Cultivation and Production (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Emerging Trends in Alternative and Sustainable Crop Production (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Soil Carbon Management for Crop Production (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Nanotechnology and Fruits: In Memory of Dr. Gopinadhan Paliyath (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Ecophysiology and Quality of Crops (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Cereals Genetics and Breeding (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Management, Development, and Breeding of Coffea sp. Crop (Deadline: 28 June 2025)
- Vegetable and Fruit Production, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Optimizing Resource Utilization in Intercropping and Sole Cropping Systems (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Advances in Pollen Management and Assisted Pollination Techniques in Crop Plants (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Cell Physiology and Stress Adaptation of Crops (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Strategies to Improve Water-Use Efficiency in Plant Production (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Biosafety and Ecological Assessment of Genetically Engineered and Edited Crops—2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Changes in the Crop Production System Under Global Warming and Cultivation Approaches (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:
