Water and Nitrogen Management in Soil-Crop System

Dear Colleagues,

Water and nitrogen (N) fertilizer play important roles in improving crop yield and quality in agricultural production. With the increase in agricultural water consumption and N fertilization, water shortages and environmental pollution caused by N losses have become common problems worldwide. Therefore, it is very important to explore methods of promoting crop productivity, while ensuring that measures are in place for minimizing potential negative environmental impacts. This Special Issue invites original research, technology reports, methods, opinion articles, perspectives, invited reviews, and mini reviews on water and N management in the soil–crop system. Topics include—but are not limited to—the following: (1) the effects of different water and N management practices on crop yield, N fate, and water and N use efficiencies; (2) optimized irrigation practices, cropping systems, and agronomic strategies for improving water use efficiency and crop productivity; (2) innovative and novel N fertilizer application technologies, such as 4R technologies (right nutrient source, right rate, right time, and right place) and fertigation techniques for field or facility crops; (3) modelling water and N processes in soil–crop systems and related decision-making processes; (4) water and N management for addressing climate change impacts.

Prof. Dr. Kelin Hu
Dr. Puyu Feng
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Plants is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.