Soil Nutrient Dynamics in Agriculture: Cycling, Chemistry and Climate Resilience
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2027 | Viewed by 884
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Interests: composting; soil fertility; nutrient management; soil chemistry; biofertilizers; environment; nutrient cycling; soil; fertilizers; environmental science
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is dedicated to advancing the understanding of soil nutrient dynamics in the context of environmental stress and sustainable agricultural development. Soil nutrient dynamics constitute a key component of agroecosystem functioning, determining both agricultural productivity and environmental quality. Under increasing climate change pressures, there is a growing need for a deeper and more quantitative understanding of the links between nutrient cycling and the resilience of soil–plant systems to environmental stress.
This Special Issue focuses on two main complementary research pillars:
(i) Coupling nutrient cycling with measurable climate resilience indicators, such as yield stability, nutrient use efficiency, and reductions in nutrient losses;
(ii) The application of innovative materials and technologies in nutrient management, including waste-derived materials, engineered sorbents (e.g., biochar, zeolites), and advanced modeling approaches (process-based and machine learning).
To ensure high scientific quality and thematic coherence, priority will be given to studies based on:
- Field experiments and long-term (multi-year) pot experiments;
- Integrative approaches and process-based modeling;
- System-level assessments considering soil–plant–environment interactions.
The following are out of scope:
- Short-term studies;
- Purely laboratory-based experiments without validation under conditions reflecting real system functioning.
Topics of interest include:
- Nutrient cycling linked to measurable resilience indicators in agricultural systems;
- Nutrient losses (e.g., leaching) and mitigation strategies;
- Application of waste-derived and engineered materials (e.g., biochar, zeolites) in nutrient management;
- Coupling of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles under environmental stress;
- Soil–plant interactions influencing nutrient use efficiency;
- Process-based and data-driven modeling approaches in nutrient dynamics research.
This Special Issue aims to provide a coherent and high-quality collection of studies supporting the development of efficient and resilient nutrient management systems in agriculture.
Dr. Monika Mierzwa-Hersztek
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- soil nutrient dynamics
- nutrient cycling
- soil chemistry
- biogeochemical processes
- climate resilience
- sustainable agriculture
- nutrient use efficiency
- soil health
- organic amendments
- soil–plant–microbe interactions
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