The Official Journal of the European Society for Agronomy

The European Journal of Agronomy, the official journal of the European Society for Agronomy, publishes original research papers reporting experimental and theoretical contributions to field-based agronomy and crop science. The journal will consider research at the field level for agricultural, horticultural and tree crops, that uses comprehensive and explanatory approaches. The EJA covers the following topics:
crop physiology
crop production and management including irrigation, fertilization and soil management
agroclimatology and modelling
plant-soil relationships
crop quality and post-harvest physiology
farming and cropping systems
agroecosystems and the environment
crop-weed interactions and management
organic farming
horticultural crops
papers from the European Society for Agronomy bi-annual meetings
In determining the suitability of submitted articles for publication, particular scrutiny is placed on the degree of novelty and significance of the research and the extent to which it adds to existing knowledge in agronomy. Confirmatory research and results routine cultivar or agronomy trials in which there are no identified biological processes will not normally be considered for publication. Modelling studies have to be informative and innovative and used to illustrate important generic issues facing agronomy. Studies in which a model is only tested against observed data for its goodness-of-fit are not generally welcome. Field experiments need to be either multi-locational or multi-year and normally three at least and be accompanied by appropriate statistical analysis. Glasshouse experiments are only accepted in exceptional circumstances. Review articles are normally written on invitation from the Editor-in-Chief. Authors intending to prepare review papers for the Journal are advised to consult the Editor-in-Chief before writing their reviews. Forthcoming special issues are focusing on uncertainty analysis in models and the status of non-renewable resources in agriculture.

Original research papers (regular papers)
Review articles

Editor-in-Chief
P. Peltonen-Sainio
Natural Resources Institute Finland, HELSINKI, Finland Adaptation to climate change, sustainable intensification of agricultural systems, diversification of crop production, designing crop rotations, resilience to climatic variability, land use change and optimization, yield trends, yield gaps, genetic changes, crop physiology, yield and quality formationCereals, grain legumes, rapeseed, other grain/seed crops, sugar beet, potato, grasslands
Associate Editors-in-Chief
B. Basso
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States Crop simulation models (applications, validation, improvements), precision agriculture, remote sensing, GIS in agronomy, climate change, climate variability impact on crop yield and environmental outcomes (N leaching, GHG emissions), nitrogen and water management, soil health, soil organic matter dynamics, ecophysiology, resource use efficiency, cropping systems ecology, conservation agricultureMaize, wheat and other cereals, legumes
A. Delgado
University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain Fertilization management (all nutrients), soil management (tillage, amendments), plant-soil relationships, conservation agriculture, water management, soil fertility, soil functions as affected by crop management, soil degradation control (erosion, salinity, acidity), pest and diseases, weeds, quality issuesCereals, tree orchards (in particular olive), horticultural crops
T. Döring
University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany Organic agriculture; Cropping system; Crop rotation; Legume; Diversification; Insect-plant-interactions
Editorial Board
M. Acutis
University of Milan–Bicocca, Milano, Italy
S. Archontoulis
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States Crop modeling; Crop physiology; APSIM; Soil carbon and nitrogen cycling; Soil water; Maize; Soybean; Management practices; Root growth; Groundwater table
S. Asseng
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States Cropping systems analysis; Crop productivity and sustainability; Atmosphere-crop-soil systems; Managing climate variability; Climate change impact and adaptation
G. Bergkvist
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden Cropping systems; Agronomy; Weed control; Nutrient use efficiency; Cover crops; Intercropping
L. Borrás
National University of Rosario, Rosario, Argentina Crop management; Yield; Yield components; Grain quality; Maize; Soybean; Sorghum; Dry milling; Seed development; Seed weight
G. Bragato
Research Centre for the Soil-Plant System Branch of Gorizia, Gorizia, Italy
H. Brown
Plant and Food Research Lincoln, Christchurch, New Zealand
D. Cammarano
The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, United Kingdom Agronomy; Crop Simulation Models; Precision Agriculture; Remote Sensing; Climate Change; Climate Variability; Nitrogen Management
I. Ciampitti
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States Crop eco-physiology and agronomy, Crop modelling, Corn, soybean, sorghum and oilseeds, Rainfed and Irrigated farming systems, Remote sensing
N. Colbach
Institut Nationale de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Dijon Cedex, France
C.A.C. Crusciol
Sao Paulo State University Julio de Mesquita Filho - Botucatu Campus, BOTUCATU, Brazil
J.P.M. De Melo e Abreu
University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
P. Debaeke
Institut Nationale de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Castanet Tolosan, France
F. Ewert
University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany Climate change (impacts); Agroecosystems (ecophysiology); Resource use and management (land, water); Systems analysis and modelling; Agricultural sustainability assessment
M. Fotyma
Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Pulawy, Poland
M. Fuller
University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom
A. Gardarin
Physical Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of Contaminated Agrosystem Soils, Thiverval Grignon, France Weed science : analysing their life-cycle, their biology, their ecology, accounting for their diversity using concepts from ecology, modelling their dynamics, analysing and modelling their interactions with soil, climate and cropping systems;spatial dynamics of plants (weeds and feral oilseed rape) in agroecosystems (agronomical and landscape ecology approaches, metapopulation models), intercropping (mainly plant establishment and early growth in cereal-legume intercrops, effects on weed control); forage quality in grasslands with a strong ecological approach (functional ecology, plant traits, community ecology, effects of management regimes); biological regulations in plurispecific cropping systems. The originality of my background lies in the fact that I use concepts and methods from ecology to address agronomical questions.
C. Hoffmann
B.W. Hütsch
Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
C.R. Jensen
University of Copenhagen Section for Crop Sciences, Taastrup, Denmark
Y. Kato
The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan Crop physiology and agronomy; Rice; Rainfed and irrigated rice production systems in the tropical, sub-tropical and temperate regions of Asia
J. Kirkegaard
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia
G. Lemaire
INRA Centre d'Orléans, Lusignan, France
R.J. Lopez-Bellido
University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
B. Maerlaender
Gottingen University Institute of Sugar Beet Research, Göttingen, Germany
M. Mastrorilli
CREA Research Centre of Agriculture and Environment Bari, Bari, Italy
H. Meinke
University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Availability, Stability and Environment. 1) Agricultural systems, 2) Systems modelling, 3) Agricultural value chains, 4) Climate risk Assessment and management, 5) Societal impact of science, 6) Sustainable agricultural practices, 7) Food security and stability, 8) Food systems 9) Land and food, 10) Productive landscapes
D. Moot
Lincoln University Department of Agricultural Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand
C. Nendel
Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Muncheberg, Germany soil and crop modeling; climate change adaptation; soil organic matter mineralisation; C and N cycling in agro-ecosystems; yield assessment and regionalization
S.I. Nilsson
Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Chemical Ecology, Uppsala, Sweden
J.E. Olesen
International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, Viborg, Denmark
M. Pagliai
Research Centre for Soil Science and Agrobiology, Firenze, Italy
M. Quemada
Polytechnic University of Madrid Superior Technical School of Agricultural Engineering Food Science and Biosystems, Madrid, Spain Nitrogen fertilization; water and nitrogen management in agricultural systems; cover crops
A. Rashid
Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan Soil fertility; Plant nutrition; Micronutrients; Boron; Zinc; Phosphorus; Soil nutrient balances; Soil fertility mapping; Agronomic biofortification; Soil Testing; Plant Analysis
P. Reidsma
Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands Climate change; Adaptation; Resilience; Integrated assessment; Yield gap analysis; Farming systems; Bio-economic farm modelling; Sustainable development
D.P. Rondanini
University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
W.A.H. Rossing
Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands farming systems, crop-pest interactions, farm-landscape interactions, systems analysis and simulation, innovation.
M.C. Rufino
Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster, United Kingdom
G. Russell
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
R. Savin
University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain Cereals (non-rice); Crop physiology; Grain quality; Abiotic stresses; Nitrogen use efficiency; Field crops (mainly wheat, barley, maize and sunflower)
J. Schellberg
University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
H.W. Scherer
Institute of Plant Nutrition, Bonn, Germany
U. Schmidhalter
Technical University of Munich Chair of Plant Nutrition, Freising, Germany
J. Shrestha
Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal
G.A. Slafer
University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain Wheat; Barley; Cereals; Crop-Physiology; Yield; Yield components; Water use efficiency; Nitrogen use efficiency; trait useful for breeding.
H. Stützel
Leibniz University Hanover, Hannover, Germany
M. Tagliavini
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
F. Tao
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
E. Triboi
INRA Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Centre, Clermont Ferrand, France
N. Vignozzi
Research Centre for Soil Science and Agrobiology, Firenze, Italy Plant-Soil relationships;Tillage and soil management
D. Wallach
Agroecology Innovation Territories, Castanet Tolosan Cedex, France
C. Watson
Scotland's Rural College Crop and Soil Systems Research Group, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
J. Wery
Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
B. Wollenweber
Aarhus Universitet Institut for Agrookologi - Flakkebjerg, Slagelse, Denmark
P.J. Zarco-Tejada
University of Melbourne Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia hyperspectral remote sensing, stress detection, manned and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV RPAS), thermal, water stress, nutrient stress, radiative transfer
X. Zhang
Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Shijiazhuang, China Agro-meteorology; Crop-water relationship; Crop root growth and soil water use; Deficit irrigation scheduling; Cultivars characters related to drought resistance; Improving crop water use efficiency