Progress and Perspectives on Crop Nutrient Use Efficiency
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 308
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nitrogen; phosphorus; root architecture; auxin; cadmium
Interests: mineral nutrients; genetics; gene cloning; molecular breeding
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Efficient use of mineral nutrients provides national food security and high-quality agricultural products, beautifies the living environment, supports nutrient-efficient breeding, and promotes the healthy development of the fertilizer industry. However, the growth rate of crop nutrient use efficiency is much slower than that of global fertilizer use. Thus, the agricultural interface faces unprecedented challenges in terms of improving crop nutrient use efficiency.
This Special Issue aims to communicate all advances and perspectives in crop nutrition research at home and abroad. Key topics include the molecular biology of crop nutrition; the physiological process of crop nutrition; the relationship between soil, fertilizer and crop nutrients; the influence of plant–microbe interaction on nutrient balance; the changing rules and adjustment principles of various fertilizers in soil; nutrition of the plant rhizosphere; fertilization and environment; fertilization and agricultural product quality. Innovative scientific works, new techniques and methods, communications, literature reviews and discussions are welcome.
Dr. Mengmeng Hou
Dr. Jingguang Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- crop
- mineral nutrient
- genetics
- molecular biology
- breeding
- fertilization
