Crops MDPI

🎉 Crops MDPI has received its first Impact Factor: 1.9! JCR: Q2 (Agronomy) CiteScore: Q2 (Agronomy & Crop Science) 👏 Huge thanks to EiC Prof. Dr. Yinglong Chen and former EiC Dr. Ken Moore for their leadership. 🔗mdpi.com/journal/crops #ImpactFactor #CropsJournal #MDPI

📢 Introducing a Keynote Speaker and Committee Member of #ICAS2026! 📢 We are thrilled to welcome Prof. Dr. Carlo Leifert as a keynote speaker and committee member of #ICAS2026! For more information about ICAS 2026: sciforum.net/event/ICAS2026 #Agriculture#Agroecology

📢 New #SpecialIssue in #Crops! 🌱 Crop Seed Pathology: Alternative Control for Pest Reduction Guest Editors: Luciana Cordeiro do Nascimento & RISELANE DE LUCENA A. BRUNO 🗓 Deadline: 25 Nov 2026 🔗 Submit here: mdpi.com/journal/crops/… #PlantScience #CropResearch #SeedHealt

📢 Deadline Extended – Special Issue in Crops! “Molecular Marker Technology for Crop Breeding Improvement” Edited by Dr. Ioana Virginia Berindean & Dr. Katalin SZABO 🌱📊 🗓 New deadline: 31 Oct 2026 🔗 mdpi.com/journal/crops/… #PlantMolecularBreeding #CropImprovement

🌱📘 Editor’s Choice Paper (2025) in Crops! Plasma‑Activated Water as a Sustainable Nitrogen Source: Supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Controlled Environment Agriculture by @ Pamela Andrade et al. 🔗 Read full article: mdpi.com/2673-7655/5/3/…

🌱📘 Editor’s Choice Paper (2025) in Crops! Apple Cultivar Responses to Fungal Diseases and Insect Pests Under Variable Orchard Conditions: A Multisite Study by Paula A. Morariu et al. 🔗 Read full article: mdpi.com/2673-7655/5/3/… #PlantPathology #Pomology #AppleResearch

🌱📘 Editor’s Choice Paper (2025) in Crops! Previous Cropping Sequence Affects Plant‑Parasitic Nematodes and Yield of Peanut and Cotton More than Continuous Use of Fluopyram by @ Ethan Foote et al. 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-7655/5/2/… #Agronomy #PlantHealth #Nematology #CropManagement

🌱📘 Editor’s Choice Paper (2025) in Crops! Advanced High‑Throughput Phenotyping Techniques for Managing Abiotic Stress in Agricultural Crops — A Comprehensive Review by @ S. Angidi et al. 🔗 Read full article: mdpi.com/2673-7655/5/2/8 #Agriculture #PlantScience #Phenotyping

The first two papers are now published in: 📚 Diversified Cropping Systems: Current Research and Future Perspectives 🗓 Deadline: 10 Aug 2026 🔗mdpi.com/journal/crops/… #CropsJournal #CropScience #SustainableAgriculture #Agroecology #FoodSecurity #MDPI

🌱📘 Our Editor’s Choice Paper (2025) in Crops is out! Wood Distillate as a Solution for Growing Crops Under Water Deficiency By R. Fedeli, Z. Zhatkanbayeva & S. Loppi 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-7655/5/2/… #CropScience #WaterStress #DroughtSolutions #WoodDistillate #PlantScience

🌱📘Our Editor’s Choice Paper (2025) Advanced High-Throughput Phenotyping Techniques for Managing Abiotic Stress in Agricultural Crops — A Comprehensive Review By S. Angidi et al. 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-7655/5/2/8 #Phenotyping #CropScience #AbioticStress #PlantScience #PrecisionAg

🌟 Our Title Story is out! 🍑🌱 Peach Postharvest Fungal Diseases: Sustainable Management & Emerging Strategies By S. El Maazouzi et al. 🔗 Read here: mdpi.com/2673-7655/5/6/… #Horticulture #Postharvest #PlantPathology #SustainableAg #FoodSecurity #FruitScience #FungalDiseases

🌟 Our Title Story is out! 🌱🤖 AI & Robotics in Agriculture: A Systematic & Quantitative Review of Research Trends (2015–2025) By A. Hamrani, A. Allouhi, F.Z. Bouarab & K. Jayachandran 🔗 Read here: mdpi.com/2673-7655/5/5/… #AgTech #AI #Robotics #PrecisionAgriculture

📢 New Special Issue in Crops Remote Sensing Applications for Crop Phenotyping and Modelling Guest Editors: Dr. Jose A. Caparros-Santiago Dr. Lorenzo C. Quesada Ruiz Dr. Shichao Jin 🗓 Deadline: 31 October 2026 Submit here: mdpi.com/journal/crops/… #CropScience #RemoteSensing

📖🌱 All articles in Crops (MDPI) Vol. 5(5), are now freely available to access 🌟 Cover: How does blue light shape floral development beyond flowering? Insights for ornamental & CEA crops 🌸🔬 Read more 👉 mdpi.com/2673-7655/5/5 #PlantScience #Horticulture #BlueLight #CEA

📢 Special Issue Deadline has been extended to 10 Aug 2026. Title: Soil Fertility Management in Crop Production Guest Editors: R. F. Ratke, J. M. Barbosa, L. P. Pacheco & L. S. Silva Submit here: mdpi.com/journal/crops/… #SoilFertility #CropProduction #SustainableAgriculture

📣 Join Us at #ICAS2026 — The 2026 Conference on Agricultural Sciences, from 21 to 23 October 2026 at Bologna, Italy! 📣 For more information about ICAS 2026: sciforum.net/event/ICAS2026 #Agriculture #Agroecology #RegenerativeFarming #ClimateSmart #AgTech #PrecisionFarming

🌱📘 Editor’s Choice Paper (2024) in Crops Induction of UV-B Stress Tolerance by Momilactones and Gibberellic Acid in Rice By @Ramin Rayee et al. 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-7655/5/1/6 #EditorsChoice #PlantScience #RiceResearch #UVBStress #CropScience #PlantPhysiology #SustainableAg

🌱📘 Editor’s Choice Paper (2024) in Crops Estimating Switchgrass Biomass Yield and Lignocellulose Composition from UAV-Based Indices By @Daniel Wasonga et al. 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-7655/5/1/3 #EditorsChoice #CropScience #Agriculture #RemoteSensing #Biomass #UAV #Bioenergy

🌱📘 Editor’s Choice Paper (2024) in Crops Light Energy Use Efficiency in Photosystem II of Tomato Is Related to Leaf Age and Light Intensity By @Julietta Moustaka et al. 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-7655/4/4/… #EditorsChoice #PlantScience #Photosynthesis #CropScience #Tomato

🌱📘 Editor’s Choice Paper (2024) in Crops Characterization of Key Phytoconstituents in Nigella Oil from Diverse Sources and Their Transfer Efficiency During Oil Processing By @Parbat Raj Thani et al. 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-7655/4/4/… #EditorsChoice #CropScience #Phytochemicals