Wheat is one of the most important staple crops worldwide. To promise adequate food and reduce hunger, increasing the potential of grain yield is the melody of wheat cultivation. However, frequent adversity, imbalance nutrition supply, and the under-development of agro-technology inhibit the growth and development of vegetative organs and the formation of productive organs. Grain yield is gradually increasing with the development of varieties, the improvement of farmland conditions, and the progress of agronomic measures. The analysis of the associated constraints involved in the formation of yield and the underlying physiological and genetic mechanisms could provide the knowledge for the further improvement of yield potential. The core techniques of alleviating stress damage and increasing grain yield in different ecological regions are reported, which would be good examples for other areas. New products such as new growth regulators, fertilizer additives, and fertilizer coating substances, new technologies such as the integration of water and fertilizer, intelligent irrigation, and side deep fertilization, as well as innovations in new methods such as remote sensing monitoring, intelligent management, and unmanned planting have also become powerful weapons to cope with frequent adversity, facilitating yield potential and planting efficiency in future.

To advance the research and our understanding of the physiology and technology of stress-resistance and high-yield in wheat, the following topics for a new special issue were designed. We cordially invite submissions of full-length articles, short communication, and reviews/mini-reviews and perspectives that are related to these topics. Please note that the topics we provided may not cover all research in this field. If your topic is related but not listed here, please contact us.

●  Occurrence rules of abiotic stress and its effect on grain yield

●  Damage mechanisms of abiotic stress

●  Stress tolerance principles in crops

●  Abiotic stress responses and mitigation technologies

●  Physiological characteristics of the evolution of new cultivars

●  Principles and keys of new products, new technologies, and new methods promoting grain yield

●  Mechanisms and technologies of the synergy of stress-resistance and high-yield

Guest Editors

Prof. Dr. Wenshan Guo, Yangzhou University, China 

Prof. Dr. Dong Jiang, Nanjing Agricultural University, China

Prof. Dr. Jinfeng Ding, Yangzhou University, China

Submission Deadline

The deadline for manuscript submissions is 31 December 2023. However, we can accommodate extensions on a case-by-case basis. All papers will be published as open access articles upon acceptance.

Submission Instructions

Please submit the full manuscript to Technology in Agronomy via our Online Submission System. All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors for submission of manuscripts is available on the For Authors page.

Additionally, please choose the topic of this Special Issue when submitting, and mention it in your cover letter. For further inquiries, please contact Guest Editors:

Wenshan Guo (guows@yzu.edu.cn)

Dong Jiang (jiangd@njau.edu.cn)

Jinfeng Ding (jfdin@yzu.edu.cn)