Integration of Agronomic Practices for Sustainable Crop Production
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Innovative Cropping Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 21586
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agronomy; yield potential; water-saving irrigation; resource-use efficiency; nutrient resource management; sustainable production
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Interests: maize; high yield; high efficiency; environmental effects; physiological and ecological mechanism
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Interests: high yield; high efficiency; root; stress; sustainable production
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable agricultural production and food security are universal issues of public concern all over the world. The integration and optimization of crop management practices to increase crop productivity is a future development goal of agriculture, and these practices will result in the production of substantially more food on limited land to sustain and meet the needs of the expanding world population. Crop growth, yield formation, farmland ecology and resource utilization are significantly affected by agronomic practices. Hence, the integration and optimization agronomic practices can promote crop yields and sustainable crop production.
This Special Issue, entitled “Integration of Agronomic Practices for Sustainable Crop Production”, aims to collect studies on yield formation and the physiological ecology responses of crops to crop management practices. This including issues of the management of planting density, water, fertilizer, sowing date, mulching, soil conservation, conservation tillage, etc. Therefore, we welcome quality, highly interdisciplinary studies from disparate research fields. Original research articles and reviews are welcome.
Dr. Guoqiang Zhang
Dr. Peng Hou
Dr. Rongfa Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agronomy
- crop
- yield
- quality
- planting density
- water-saving irrigation
- fertilization management
- integration of water and fertilizer
- resource utilization efficiency
- conservation tillage
- soil management
- environmental stresses
- greenhouse gas emissions
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