Innovative Strategies for Soil Fertility, Nutrient Management, and Productivity Enhancement in Forage Crops and Grasslands
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2025 | Viewed by 64
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Interests: grassland management practices; organic farming; forage nutritive value; fertilisation; forage conservation; meat and milk quality
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Interests: rational management on grasslands; agronomy; fertilisation; meadow and pasture communities; biodiversity
Interests: forage grasses; grasslands; fertilisation; bioactive fertilisers; Zea mays; sorghum; plant protection
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Dear Colleagues,
Demand for food is expected to grow steadily in the coming years, clearly indicating the need to increase crop yields. This goal cannot be achieved without increased fertiliser use. Modern varieties of grasses and other forage species, as a result of genetic modification, have high yield potential but also higher nutrient requirements. The global dilemma is how to increase yields while reducing the environmental pressure of NPK fertilisation.
In the face of increasing demand for high-quality fodder, it is necessary to implement innovative methods to improve soil fertility, nutrient use efficiency and biomass yields while reducing the negative environmental impact of the use of plant protection products and fertilisers.
This Special Issue of Agriculture invites submissions of original scientific articles and review papers on modern strategies to support soil fertility, crop fertilisation, optimise nutrient management, and increase the productivity of field forage and grassland crops. Papers addressing the following topics are particularly welcome:
- Sustainable fertilisation strategies for forage and grassland crops and their impact on forage quality;
- Innovative measures, fertilisers, soil improvers, soil conditioners, and microbial products to improve soil physical and chemical properties;
- Precise soil and plant nutrient management;
- Regenerative and ecological methods to improve soil health (phytosanitary conditions);
- Modern diagnostic methods for soil abundance and plant nutrient status.
By publishing your latest research results in this Special Issue, you will provide valuable insights into sustainable nutrient management, modern fertilisation systems, and soil fertility improvements in field and grassland forage production systems. We warmly invite you to submit your work!
Best regards,
Dr. Barbara Wróbel
Dr. Anna Paszkiewicz-Jasińska
Dr. Waldemar Zielewicz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biochar
- PGPR
- biofertilisers, organic and inorganic fertilisers
- macronutrient fertilisation
- micronutrient fertilization
- nitrogen fertilisation management
- sustainable fertilisation
- quality and quantity of feed
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