Published since 1957, this bimonthly journal contains new research on all aspects of plant science relevant to continental climate agriculture, including plant production and management (grain, forage, industrial, and alternative crops), horticulture (fruit, vegetable, ornamental, greenhouse, and alternative crops), and pest management (entomology, plant pathology, and weed science). Cross-disciplinary research in the application of technology, plant breeding, genetics, physiology, biotechnology, microbiology, soil management, economics, meteorology, post-harvest biology, and plant production systems is also published. Research that makes a significant contribution to the advancement of knowledge of crop, horticulture, and weed sciences (e.g., drought or stress resistance), but not directly applicable to the environmental regions of Canadian agriculture, may also be considered. The Journal also publishes reviews, letters to the editor, the abstracts of technical papers presented at the meetings of the sponsoring societies, and occasionally conference proceedings.

自1957年出版以來(lái)，這本雙月刊包含了與大陸氣候農(nóng)業(yè)有關(guān)的植物科學(xué)的所有方面的新研究，包括植物生產(chǎn)和管理(谷物、飼料、工業(yè)和替代作物)、園藝(水果、蔬菜、觀賞植物、溫室和替代作物)和害蟲(chóng)管理(昆蟲(chóng)學(xué)、植物病理學(xué)和雜草科學(xué))。在技術(shù)應(yīng)用、植物育種、遺傳學(xué)、生理學(xué)、生物技術(shù)、微生物學(xué)、土壤管理、經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)、氣象學(xué)、收獲后生物學(xué)和植物生產(chǎn)系統(tǒng)方面的跨學(xué)科研究也發(fā)表了。也可以考慮對(duì)促進(jìn)作物、園藝和雜草科學(xué)(例如抗旱或抗逆性)的知識(shí)作出重大貢獻(xiàn)，但不直接適用于加拿大農(nóng)業(yè)環(huán)境區(qū)域的研究。該雜志還出版評(píng)論、給編輯的信、主辦協(xié)會(huì)會(huì)議上發(fā)表的技術(shù)論文摘要，偶爾也出版會(huì)議記錄。