Factors Affecting Soil Fertility and Improvement Measures
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Soils".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 January 2026 | Viewed by 587
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The theme of this Special Issue is the factors that affect soil fertility and their improvement measures. Investigating how these factors influence soil fertility and crop production is crucial for enhancing food security.
Understanding the changes in soil fertility in agricultural production can improve our knowledge of agriculture and crops. With the continuous growth of the global population, it is even more necessary to enhance soil fertility to produce more crops to meet human food demands. For thousands of years, soil fertility has been influenced by nature and human choices, leading to different fertility characteristics in various regions. However, the factors driving these changes have not been fully explored.
This Special Issue focuses on the factors affecting soil fertility and their improvement measures, exploring how these factors impact crop production. It can provide researchers with new insights and be applied to soil amendment. These developments help to address current challenges in agriculture, such as soil acidification, heavy metal pollution, and soil infertility. The call for manuscripts includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Soil acidification: Causes of soil acidification, mechanisms of acidification improvement, and the effectiveness of different soil amelioration.
- Heavy metal pollution: Comparisons of the effects of different remediation technologies and their mechanisms.
- Soil infertility: Analysis of fertility changes and influencing factors on a global scale; exploration of the interactions between soil minerals, microorganisms, moisture, and other factors at the micro level to identify factors affecting fertility and seek corresponding measures to enhance fertility.
Prof. Dr. Hongqing Hu
Guest Editor
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 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
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. Agriculture 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 2600 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.
Keywords
- soil fertility
- acidification
- heavy metal contamination
- infertility
- soil amelioration
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- Reprint: MDPI Books provides the opportunity to republish successful Special Issues in book format, both online and in print.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.
