Smart Agronomy

Under the umbrella of smart agronomy, we gathered crop improvement, biostimulants and precision agronomy, all united to improve crops’ productivity. Each of the three sections is represented by a competent Subject Editor, who is in charge of the section.

Crop Improvement

We welcome manuscripts covering plant breeding (e.g. marker-assisted selection) and quantitative genetics, genetically modified (including genome editing) plants with the aim of improving plant yield, quality and resistance to disease or stress, and all artificial intelligence for crop biotechnology (AI+BT) related studies are welcome.

Subject Editor

Qingyu Wu
Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
China
wuqingyu@caas.cn
Area of expertise: maize genetics, inflorescence development, yield improvement, plant nutrients

Cao Xu
Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology
CAS-JIC Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science (CEPAMS)
China
caoxu@genetics.ac.cn
Area of expertise: crop genetics, plant development and stress resilience, genome editing and crop design, de novo domestication

 

Handling editors

Ning ZHANG
State Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement
College of Agronomy
Shandong Agricultural University, China
nzhang@sdau.edu.cn
Area of expertise: crop plant and root architecture, gravitropism, stem cell and epigenetics,  RNA-Seq, ATAC-Seq, ChIP, CUT&RUN, FACS, and FANS

Biostimulants & Biofertilizers

We welcome manuscripts that improve our understanding of the biology and the use of biostimulants and biofertilizers in agriculture.

Manuscripts dealing with the mechanisms or the effects of biostimulants and biofertilizers on nutrient availability, uptake or use efficiency, tolerance to abiotic stress, and consequent growth, development, quality, or yield are welcome. Both basic and applied research is welcome as is research that demonstrates the effects and mechanisms of action of biostimulants and biofertilizers on crop productivity or ecosystem processes.

Subject Editor

Patrick H Brown
Department of plant Sciences
The University of California, Davis
USA
phbrown@ucdavis.edu
Area of expertise: biostimulants, plant nutrition, input optimization in agriculture, precision agriculture, yield optimization.

Handling Editors

Precision Agronomy

Subject Editor

Uwe Rascher
Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Germany
u.rascher@fz-juelich.de
Area of expertise: plant physiology, field phenotyping, biogeochemistry, ecology, global climate change, remote sensing, hyperspectral and fluorescence methods, image analysis