Novel Mineral Nutrient and Water Management Tools to Improve Yield and Drought Resistance in Crops

Dear Colleauges,

Drought greatly reduces crop productivity and global food security, and is becoming more frequent and severe under climate change. Excessive fertilization is the main source of water pollution, and due to the enormous energy and carbon cost of industrial fertilizer production, is a major cause of global warming. Therefore, it is critical to understand how to optimize the use of nutrients and water for plant production and crop yield.

Mineral nutrients and water are usually distributed heterogeneously in the soil and exert deep effects on the growth, development, productivity and quality of crops. These changes are firstly sensed by roots, affecting the root hydraulics and architecture and leading to root-to-shoot signalling mechanisms that induce different leaf responses, which are central to optimize the nutrient and water uptake. Therefore, this Special Issue addresses a better understanding of how plants cope with changes in mineral nutrient and water supply to improve crop yield and drought resistance, which can help to identify novel agronomic practices based on mineral nutrient and water management and the selection of more resilient crop genotypes for the future.

Dr. Miguel A. Rosales
Dr. Virginia Hernandez-Santana
Guest Editors

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• Drought
• Mineral nutrients
• Water management
• Root architecture
• Water relations
• Photosynthesis
• Nutrient use efficiency
• Crop yield
• Irrigation