Agricultural Soil Acidification Improvement Strategies
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Soils".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 648
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Agricultural soils face multiple severe challenges, such as acidification, toxic metal pollution, and declining fertility, posing significant risks to crop productivity, food safety, and human and ecosystem health. Improving agricultural soil quality is significant for promoting sustainable agricultural development, ensuring food security, and maintaining ecological security.
This Special Issue aims to provide scientific basis and practical guidance for improving agricultural soil quality by gathering the latest research results and practical experience on improvement of agricultural soil acidification and secondary barriers, green remediation strategies for toxic metals.
Currently, cutting-edge research in improving agricultural soil quality mainly focuses on studying soil microbial communities and functions, new materials and technologies for soil improvement, precision agriculture and soil management, and research on agricultural soil ecosystem services.
Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- New agricultural soil acidification and degradation mechanisms are based on human activities or environmental factors.
- Innovation and application research of soil acidification and secondary barrier remediation technology, including new soil amendments or remediation agents, microbial fertilizers, organic fertilizers, and other application effects evaluation.
- New green remediation strategies and application practices for toxic heavy metals in agricultural soils.
- Research on new models and technologies for the resource utilization of agricultural waste, including innovative practices in composting and biomass energy development.
Prof. Dr. Chaolan Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- soil acidification
- soil toxic metals
- soil quality change
- nutrient cycling
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