Minimizing Resource Input to Increase Sustainability in Production Horticulture

Dear Colleagues:

We would like to invite you to contribute to this Sustainability Special Issue on Research in Soil Science and Greenhouse Production Under Controlled Environment Systems. As you are aware, greenhouse production in controlled environments faces unique challenges, particularly in regard to sustainability of substrates and soils. With the overmining of peat, climate change, and supply chain issues, we must learn more about alternatives, management practices, and how substrates affect greenhouse or specialty crops. This includes factors that may affect greenhouse media, substrates, and soils, such as environments, stress, water, crops, technology, and sustainable practices in controlled environments. 

This Special Issue will focus on these ongoing challenges and how they impact production in controlled environments. We invite original research papers and reviews that evaluate the potential of these problems to affect soil science and greenhouse production in controlled environments. The following topics are of particular interest for this Special Issue: substrates and soil additives, water use efficiency, irrigation, technology to improve sustainability of greenhouse or controlled environment systems, soils in controlled environments, biochar, substrate performance, plant physiology and production, and novel controlled environment production systems.

Dr. Catherine R. Simpson
Dr. Shital Poudyal
Guest Editors

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