Open Agriculture

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Open Agriculture encourages the submission of substantial full-length bodies of work. There are no specific length restrictions for the overall manuscript or individual sections; however, we urge the authors to present and discuss their findings in a concise and accessible manner. Manuscripts should have line numbers and the reference style required for this journal.

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Manuscripts should be submitted in MS Word - standard DOCUMENT (.DOC) format, or in LATEX. We do not accept papers in Plain TEX format. For detailed information, please see Instruction for Authors. Please note that all co-authors will receive a notification e-mail after submission and be required to register and confirm their co-authorship. The progress of the editorial process will depend on fulfilment of this condition.

EDITORIAL POLICY
Unpublished material: Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described is not copyrighted, published or submitted elsewhere, except in abstract form. The corresponding author should ensure that all authors approve the manuscript before its submission.

Ethical conduct of research: The authors must describe and confirm safeguards to meet ethical standards when applicable. See Editorial Policy for details.

Conflict of interest: When authors submit a manuscript, they are responsible for recognizing and disclosing financial and/or other conflicts of interest that might bias their work and/or could inappropriately influence his/her judgment. If no specified acknowledgement is given, the Editors assume that no conflict of interest exists. Authors are encouraged to fill in the ICMJE Conflicts of Interest Form (available here) and send it in the electronic format to the Managing Editor.

Copyright: All authors retain copyright, unless – due to their local circumstances – their work is not copyrighted. The copyrights are governed by the Creative-Commons Attribution Only license (CC-BY) which is compliant with Plan-S. We may also publish a paper under CC-BY-NC-ND license on author's request. The corresponding author grants the journal the license to use of the article, by signing the License To Publish. Scanned copy of license should be sent to the journal, as soon as possible.

Authorship: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be named in an Acknowledgement section. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list of the manuscript, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication. For more details the role of authors please see: ttps://www.degruyter.com/publishing/for-authors/for-journal-authors/role-of-authors

Peer Review process: Our standard policy requires each paper to be reviewed by at least two Referees and the peer-review process is single-blind. The Editors reserve the right to decline the submitted manuscript without review, if the studies reported are not sufficiently novel or important to merit publication in the journal. Manuscripts deemed unsuitable (insufficient originality or of limited interest to the target audience) are returned to the author(s) without review. The Editor seeks advice from experts in the appropriate field. Research articles and communications are refereed by a minimum of two reviewers, review papers by at least three. Authors are requested to suggest persons competent to review their manuscript. However, please note that this will be treated only as a suggestion, and the final selection of reviewers is exclusively the Editor's decision. The final decision of acceptance in made by Managing Editor or, in case of conflict, by the Editor-in-Chief.

Scientific Misconduct: This journal publishes only original manuscripts that are not also published or going to be published elsewhere. Multiple submissions/publications, or redundant publications (re-packaging in different words of data already published by the same authors) will be rejected. If they are detected only after publication, the journal reserves the right to publish a Retraction Note. In each particular case Editors will follow COPE’s Core Practices and implement the advices.

Editor-in-Chief
Festus Victor Bekun, Gelisim Üniversitesi, Turkey

Honorary Editor-in-Chief
Vijay Singh, Texas A and M University, USA

Managing Editor
Małgorzata Milewska, De Gruyter
(malgorzata.milewska@degruyterbrill.com)

Editorial Advisory Board
Fred Asiegbu, University of Helsinki, Finland
Mladen Brnèiæ, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Santa Olga Cacciola, University of Catania, Italy
Hernâni Gerós, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Manuel Jamilena, University of Almería, Spain
Anders H. Karlsson, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Roy Kennedy, Warwickshire Colleges, UK
Ferando Lidon, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
Richard E. Plant, University of California, Davis, USA
Rimantas Venskutonis, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania

Editors

Agro-ecology

Mehmood Ali Noor, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Priit Tammeorg, University of Helsinki, Finland

Roberta Calone, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Italy

Sergio de los Santos Villalobos, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Mexico

Srdjan Šeremešić, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Agro-forestry

Pedro Gonçalves Vaz, CEABN - Centre of Applied Ecology "Prof. Baeta Neves", Portugal

Soil science

Andres Rodriguez- Seijo, Universidade de Vigo, Spain

Fabián Fernández-Luqueño, Cinvestav Saltillo, Mexico

Priit Tammeorg, University of Helsinki, Finland

Rahul Datta, Mendel University In Brno, Czech Republic

Roberta Calone, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Italy

Sergio de los Santos Villalobos, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Mexico

Shahid Hussain, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan

Plant science

Alireza Haghighi Hasanalideh, CWARice, Iran

Baoguo Du, Mianyang Normal University, China

Bartosz Adamczyk, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Finland

Thomas Graham, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

Gunars Lacis, Latvia State Institute of Fruit-Growing, Latvia

Francesco Lops, University of Foggia, Italy

Khalid Ul Rehman Hakeem, King Abdulaziz University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Konstantinos Spanos, Forest Research Institute, Greece

Mehdi Rahimi, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Iran

Mehmood Ali Noor, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Sergio de los Santos Villalobos, Instituto Tecnológicode Sonora, Mexico

Vinod Jakkula, Bayer U.S – Crop Science, USA

Horticulture

Boris Duralija, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Ebrahim Hadavi, Islamic Azad University, Iran

Lorentz Jäntschi, Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Mário Cunha, University of Porto, Portugal

Forestry

Alina M. Balu, Universidad de Cordoba, Spain

Baoguo Du, Mianyang Normal University, China

Wood technology

Alina M. Balu, Universidad de Cordoba, Spain

Lum Wei Chen, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, Malaysia

Animal Science

Antonio Natalello, University of Catania, Italy

Michael Boateng, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana

Panagiotis Simitzis, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

Sena Ardicli, Uludag University, Turkey

Tomislav Mikuš, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Waleed Al-Marzooqi, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman

Entomology

Jacek Twardowski, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland

Aquaculture

Lee Seong Wei, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan Jeli Campus, Malaysia

Sebahattin Ergun, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey

Hydrology, Irrigation

Elena Aydin, Slovak University of Agriculture, Slovakia

Sergio Salazar-Galán, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain

Omid Aminoroayaie Yamini, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran

Food science

Ahmed I. Gomaa, Laval University, Canada

Alina M. Balu, Universidad de Cordoba, Spain

Doina Georgeta Andronoiu, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania

Michael Boateng, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana

Lavinia Calinoiu, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Pranabendu Mitra, University of Wisconsin Stout, USA

Przemysław Kowalczewski, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland

Rui Cruz, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Tomislav Mikuš, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Agricultural economics

Antonino Galati, University of Palermo, Italy

Ariel Soto-Caro, Universidad de Concepción - Campus Chillán, Chile

Arkadiusz Piwowar, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland

Áron Török, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary

Donato Morea, University of Cagliari, Italy

Maxwell Mudhara, University of KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa

Ornella Mikuš, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Piergiuseppe Morone, Unitelma-Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy

Roberta Sisto, University of Foggia, Italy

Agricultural engineering

Georgios Skouteris, Metropolitan College, Athens, Greece

Mário Cunha, University of Porto, Portugal

Pankaj B Pathare, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman

Climate-based Agriculture

Jose A. Egea, Center for Edaphology and Applied Biology of Segura (CEBAS-CSIC), Spain

Mário Cunha, University of Porto, Portugal

Amelioration

Elena Aydin, Slovak University of Agriculture, Slovakia

Tropical Agriculture

Lorenzo Barbanti, University of Bologna, Italy

Sergio de los Santos Villalobos, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Mexico

Vittorio Farina, University of Palermo, Italy

Microbiology

Abhishek Walia, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, India

Sergio de los Santos Villalobos, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Mexico

Sustainable development

Felix Arion, AgroTransilvania Cluster: Dezmir, Romania

Giuseppe Di Vita, University of Catania, Italy

Sartaj Bhat, Gifu University, Japan

Agronomy

Agnieszka Synowiec, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland

Ankit Saini, Eternal University, India

Karkanis Anestis, University of Thessaly, Greece

Mário Cunha, University of Porto, Portugal

Mehdi Rahimi, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Iran

Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh

Moritz Von Cossel, University of Hohenheim: Stuttgart, Germany

Vinod Jakkula, Bayer U.S – Crop Science, USA

Plant biology

Anket Sharma, Texas Tech University, USA

Biomass, Biofuel

Dahunsi Olatunde, Landmark University, Nigeria

Rural development

Daniela Spina, University of Catania, Italy

Fotios Chatzitheodoridis, University of Western Macedonia, Greece

Sri Krishna Sudheer Patoju, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India

Vitor Martinho, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu - Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal

Agricultural information and communication

Christian Franco-Crespo, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ecuador

Festus Victor Bekun, Gelisim Üniversitesi, Turkey

Giuseppina Migliore, University of Palermo, Italy

Publisher
De Gruyter Brill Sp. z o.o.
Nowogrodzka St. 4/3
00-513 Warsaw, Poland
T: +48 22 245 33 55

Editorial Contact
Kumaran Rengaswamy
Assistant Managing Editor, Compuscript
AssistantManagingEditor@degruyter.com

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