About the Journal
Research & Reviews : Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology
Research & Reviews: Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology [2278-2206(e)] is a peer-reviewed hybrid open-access journal launched in 2012 focused on the publication of current research work carried out under Agricultural Science and Technology. This journal covers all major fields of applications in Agricultural Science and Technology.
Focus & Scope
The journal particularly welcomes manuscripts addressing the following areas:
- Agronomy and Crop Science: crop production, cropping systems, crop physiology, crop nutrition, weed management, tillage, resource-use efficiency, sustainable crop management, and improvement of cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fibre crops, and other field crops.
- Agricultural Economics and Farm Management: production economics, agricultural and rural development, farm business management, agricultural markets, agricultural policy, resource allocation, productivity, employment, income, and economic dimensions of sustainable agriculture.
- Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering: farm machinery and power, agricultural mechanization, irrigation and drainage, soil and water engineering, erosion control, agricultural structures, controlled environments, automation, robotics, and engineering solutions for agricultural production.
- Precision and Digital Agriculture: agricultural sensors, remote sensing, unmanned aerial systems, geographic information systems (GIS), GPS-enabled technologies, Internet of Things applications, decision-support systems, artificial intelligence, machine learning, agricultural robotics, automation, and data-driven farming technologies.
- Agricultural Entomology and Pest Management: insect ecology, physiology, pathology, taxonomy and toxicology, crop pests, beneficial insects, pollinators, biological control, integrated pest management, and agriculturally relevant insect–plant interactions.
- Horticultural Science: fruit, vegetable, medicinal, aromatic, ornamental and plantation crops; floriculture; viticulture; plant propagation; protected cultivation; crop management; breeding; and pre- and post-harvest horticultural technologies.
- Soil Science and Soil Management: pedology, edaphology, soil physics and chemistry, pedometrics, soil fertility, soil microbiology, plant–soil interactions, nutrient cycling, soil biogeochemistry, soil organic matter, soil biodiversity, carbon sequestration, soil conservation, pollution, and remediation of agricultural soils.
- Agricultural Chemistry: fertilizers and nutrient inputs, soil and plant chemistry, agrochemicals, plant-growth regulators, pesticide chemistry, residue analysis, environmental fate of agricultural chemicals, and responsible chemical management in agricultural systems.
- Agricultural Biotechnology: genetic engineering, genome editing, molecular markers, molecular diagnostics, tissue culture, molecular breeding, mutation breeding, microbial biotechnology, beneficial endophytes, genetically modified organisms, and biotechnology for crop and livestock improvement.
- Agricultural Microbiology: soil and plant-associated microorganisms, agricultural microbiomes, bacteriology, mycology, plant–microbe interactions, microbial contributions to soil fertility and plant development, biological control, agricultural bioremediation, and microbial technologies supporting sustainable production.
- Agricultural Genetics and Breeding: crop and livestock genetics, quantitative genetics, population genetics, genomics, genetic diversity, germplasm characterization, genotype–phenotype relationships, marker-assisted and genomic selection, complex traits, and breeding for productivity, quality, resistance, and resilience.
- Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Science: agrometeorology, crop micrometeorology, phenology, climate variability and change, climate impacts on agricultural production, climate adaptation, agroclimatic risk, crop-weather modelling, yield forecasting, and weather information for farm decision-making.
- Agroecology and Sustainable Agricultural Systems: agroecosystem ecology, agroforestry, conservation agriculture, mixed farming, crop–livestock systems, biodiversity, ecosystem services, sustainable intensification, resource conservation, climate-resilient agriculture, and farming-system resilience.
Keywords
Agronomy, Agricultural Biotechnology, Agricultural Engineering, Soil Science, Agricultural Microbiology, Crop Science, Precision Agriculture, Agricultural Genetics, Agroecology, Agricultural Meteorology