Exploring Mechanisms and Technologies for Enhancing Nitrogen Efficiency in Maize Production
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 169
Special Issue Editors
Interests: maize productivity; nitrogen; plant physiology; soil health
Interests: nitrogen nutrition and use efficiency; maize physiology and productivity; root growth; precision nitrogen management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Background & history of this topic:
Maize is one of the most widely distributed and important cereal crops in the world, the production of which consumes around 50 million metric tons of nitrogen fertilizer every year. Meanwhile, low nitrogen use efficiency and high soil nitrogen surplus increase environmental risks and reduce the income of agricultural operators. Nitrogen efficiency in maize production involves fertilizer management strategy, plant growth and development, nitrogen fate in crop–soil systems, and nitrogen nutrition physiology.
Aim and scope of the Special Issue:
Aim: exploring the physiological mechanisms underlying the nitrogen efficiency of maize production, and creating high yield and high efficient technologies, which will focus on the following:
- Physiological mechanisms underlying nitrogen efficiency of maize production;
- Nitrogen fertilizer management and soil production;
- Nitrogen fate within crop–soil systems;
- Agronomic practices and technologies enhancing nitrogen efficiency.
Cutting-edge research: Nitrogen-efficient maize production depends on large and steep roots, stay-green characteristics, dry matter accumulation, and grain-filling, especially in the late growth stage. Moreover, optimal nitrogen management promotes nitrogen efficiency via regulating nitrogen fate within crop–soil systems.
What kind of papers we are soliciting: research articles, review articles, short communications, case study
Dr. Zheng Liu
Prof. Dr. Guohua Mi
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- maize
- nitrogen uptake
- nitrogen utilization
- nitrogen use efficiency
- nitrogen fate
- crop–soil system
- crop management
- crop model
