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Integrated Strategies for Enhancing Lodging Resistance and Yield Performance in Cereal Crops

A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Innovative Cropping Systems".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2025 | Viewed by 760

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Guangyan Li

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Agricultural College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Interests: crop physiology and chemical regulation
Dr. Peng Yan

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Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: green and efficient chemical regulation strategies for sustainable crop production
Dr. Yaliang Wang

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China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China
Interests: rice high-yield physiology and mechanization research
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Dear Colleagues,

The conflict between preventing cereal lodging and obtaining high yields is a prevailing challenge that besets modern agriculture. Lodging directly induces yield losses, reduces the quality of grains and hinders mechanized harvesting. With the growing use of high-yield varieties, higher planting densities and increased application of fertilizer, the risk of lodging has become greater. Furthermore, due to the intensification of climate change, extreme weather conditions such as strong winds and rainfall occur more frequently, further impacting the efficacy of high-yield cultivation models. This Special Issue of Agronomy, “Integrated Strategies for Enhancing Lodging Resistance and Yield Performance in Cereal Crops”, seeks to address these issues.

We aim to highlight integrated, sustainable approaches that bridge crop physiology, genetics, agronomy practice, and precision technologies to establish efficient, lodging-resistant cultivation technology that can be used to acquire high yields.

We encourage to contribute studies on high yield and lodging traits, including ideal plant architecture, optimized agronomic practices (e.g., fertilization, irrigation, growth regulators), and advanced tools like sensor-based monitoring or AI-driven modelling.

Dr. Guangyan Li
Dr. Peng Yan
Dr. Yaliang Wang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • cereal yield
  • lodging resistance
  • integrated management strategies

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Regulation of Nitrogen Utilization and Lodging Resistance of Rice in Northeast China Through Continuous Straw Return and Nitrogen Fertilizer Application
by Zixian Jiang, Meikang Wu, Zilin Wang, Liqun Yao, Dongchao Wang, Xintong Ma, Guangxin Zhao, Xiaoshuang Wei and Zhihai Wu
Agronomy 2025, 15(9), 2043; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy15092043 - 26 Aug 2025
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Combining straw return with nitrogen fertilizer application is an effective strategy to enhance farmland productivity, improve soil structure, and mitigate climate change. Although straw return practices are widely recommended in agricultural ecosystems targeting sustainable agriculture, few studies have investigated the combined effects of [...] Read more.
Combining straw return with nitrogen fertilizer application is an effective strategy to enhance farmland productivity, improve soil structure, and mitigate climate change. Although straw return practices are widely recommended in agricultural ecosystems targeting sustainable agriculture, few studies have investigated the combined effects of consecutive years of straw return and nitrogen-fertilizer interactions on rice yield, nitrogen use, and lodging resistance, as well as the potential interactions among these variables. To investigate the effects of consecutive years of rice straw return and nitrogen fertilizer inputs on rice growth, a straw return experiment was conducted in 2021–2022 in Northeast China. The test crop was rice (cv. Jinongda No. 667), with four nitrogen fertilizer levels: 0 kg/ha (N0), 125 kg/ha (N1), 150 kg/ha (N2), and 175 kg/ha (N3). Five straw-return treatments were applied: no straw (S0), straw return to the field for one year (S1), continuous straw return to the field for two years (S2), continuous straw return to the field for three years (S3), and continuous straw return to the field for four years (S4). Results indicated that under the same straw return year, the N3 yield, nitrogen accumulation, nitrogen use efficiency, and apparent utilization were the highest. Under the same nitrogen treatment condition, S1 significantly reduced yield, nitrogen accumulation, nitrogen use efficiency, apparent nitrogen utilization, and lodging index compared to S0. However, under N3 conditions, S3 did not significantly differ from S0. Both S3 and N3 enhanced nitrogen uptake, translocation, and accumulation in rice. Their significant interactive effect increased yield while simultaneously enhancing the lodging resistance and stem strength. The study findings highlighted the effects of years of straw return and nitrogen fertilizer application on crop yield and resistance traits. They further demonstrated that the combination of straw return and optimized nitrogen fertilizer inputs could improve resource utilization and result in a high-yielding and efficient crop population. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Integrated Strategies for Enhancing Lodging Resistance and Yield Performance in Cereal Crops)
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