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

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

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

Tzu-Pi Huang
Academy of Circular Economy,
National Chung Hsing University
Nantou, Taiwan
tphuang@nchu.edu.tw
Area of expertise: biofilm, biocontrol, biopesticide, bofertilizer, biostimulant, Bacillus, Streptomyces, pesticides, plant pathology, quorum sensing

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