Agroecosystems: From Soil Environment to Plant Nutrition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecology Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 2050
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nutrient regulation; efficient resources utilization
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Interests: soil improvement and restoration; fertilizers; plant nutrition; ecology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are inviting submissions to the upcoming Special Issue of Applies Sciences entitled “Agroecosystems: From Soil Environment to Plant Nutrition.”
Soil health is the cornerstone of agricultural green development. Soil erosion and degradation cause obstacles to the absorption and utilization of plant nutrients, leading in turn to the degradation of agricultural ecosystems and negatively impacting on food security and environmental sustainable development. Plants mainly absorb minerals and other nutrients from the soil, while different agricultural inputs, technologies and policies can affect the interaction of nutrients and ionic homeostasis. Therefore, it is essential to understand plant nutrition in complex soil environments more comprehensively. This Special Issue will cover a variety of topics related to the following areas, including but not limited to:
- Biogeochemistry and dynamics of elements in soil and plants in agroecosystem
- Agronomic practice and mechanism of soil pollution and remediation
- Nutrient deficiency and excess-from diagnosis to application
- Monitoring and imaging analysis technology of soil elements and plant nutrition
- Effects of elements on soil and plant physiological ecology under normal and stress conditions
- Physiological mechanism of the absorption and distribution of elements in plants
- Molecular regulation mechanism of ionic homeostasis in plants
- Metabolism and circulation of elements in agroecosystem
In this Special Issue, both theoretical and experimental studies are welcome, as well as comprehensive review and opinion papers.
Prof. Dr. Cuncang Jiang
Prof. Dr. Kaiyong Wang
Dr. Guidong Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant nutrition
- agroecosystem
- agronomic practice
- nutrient cycle
- molecular and physiological mechanism
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