Agricultural Soils
A section of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472).
Section Information
The Section “Agricultural Soils” aims to present high-quality scientific contributions that provide new insights into soil management that achieves a balance among agricultural productivities, environment qualities, and ecosystem services. We will consider land uses in watersheds to maximize crop production, to minimize environmental load, and to intensify ecosystem services in natural ecosystems. We request the submission of articles evaluating the effects of soil management practices on fertilization, tillage, soil amendment, irrigation, and cropping patterns on the plant growth, soil fertility, and soil carbon sequestration, as well as on soil degradation such as erosion, compaction, salinization, alkalinization, acidification, leaching, and greenhouse gas emissions, including the analysis of their relationships with soil environmental factors. Authors are also welcome to submit studies concerning wide-range and long-term evaluation using remote sensing data and simulation models.
Keywords
soil management; soil degradation; fertilization; tillage; soil amendment; irrigation; cropping patterns; soil fertility; soil carbon sequestration; erosion; compaction; salinization; alkalinization; acidification; leaching; greenhouse gas emissions
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Soil Management for Sustainable Agriculture (Deadline: 20 June 2023)
- Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms of Cultivar-Dependent Heavy Metal Accumulations in Crops (Deadline: 25 June 2023)
- Effects of Fertilizer Application on Soil Physico-Chemical and Biological Properties (Deadline: 20 July 2023)
- Improved Sustainable Agriculture Using Biochar as a Soil Amendment (Deadline: 20 July 2023)
- Soil Degradation and Remediation (Deadline: 20 July 2023)
- Chemical Pesticides and Soil Health: The Urgent Need for a New Concept in Agriculture (Deadline: 25 August 2023)
- Relationship between Plant Roots and Nitrogen (Deadline: 30 August 2023)
- Advanced Research of Biochar Application to Agricultural Soils (Deadline: 20 September 2023)
- Effects of Agricultural Management Practices on Soil Fertility and Microbiome Structure (Deadline: 25 September 2023)
- Effects of Wastewater and Pesticides on Soil Fertility and Microbiological Activity (Deadline: 25 September 2023)
- Emerging Contaminants in Soil Systems: Occurrence, Fate, Behavior and Impact (Deadline: 10 October 2023)
- Ecological Environment and Microbial Community of Agricultural Soils (Deadline: 15 October 2023)
- Advanced Research of Rhizosphere Microbial Activity—Series II (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Advances in Nutrient Management in Soil-Plant System (Deadline: 10 December 2023)
- Beneficial Microbes for Sustainable Crop Production (Deadline: 15 April 2024)