Keeping Nutrients in the Soil: The Challenges, Benefits and Trade-Offs

Dear Colleagues,

Soil is the foundation of agriculture, and the nutrient utilization efficiency of lower soil is becoming one of the most significant obstacles to sustainable agricultural production. For example, the overuse of chemical fertilizers has reduced their efficiency, caused an imbalance in soil nutrients, increased soil acidification and secondary salinization, and deteriorated soil structure. Therefore, there is a need to strengthen scientific fertilization, improve the utilization efficiency of fertilizers, implement scientifically founded crop rotation systems, and establish a circular economy-based agricultural system.

This Special Issue welcomes original and review articles in the following areas:

1. Soil nutrient cycling and soil health;
2. The efficient utilization of soil nutrients and fertilizers;
3. Crop soil and water resources’ utilization and conservation;
4. Benefit evaluations for balanced fertilization and organic substitutions for chemical fertilizers;
5. Nutrient utilization efficiency in crop rotation systems;
6. Products and technologies for increasing nutrient efficiency;
7. Soil microbial diversity and its function;
8. The crop yield and efficiency mechanisms in the synergistic application of water and fertilizer;
9. Sustainable utilization technology for soil to facilitate agriculture;
10. Evaluations of soil quality in organic agriculture.

Prof. Dr. Shuangyi Li
Dr. Yalong Liu
Guest Editors

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• soil
• nutrients
• benefits
• health
• fertilization
• agriculture