Modeling Soil-Water-Salt Interactions for Agricultural Sustainability
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Farming Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Regulation and Utilization of Agricultural Water and Soil Resources
Interests: deficit irrigation; irrigation scheduling; crop water model; monitoring in agriculture; remote sensing in agriculture
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to explore the simulation of soil–water–salt interactions under the context of agricultural sustainability. With the increasing severity of global climate change, land degradation, and water resource scarcity, the effective management of soil–water–salt balance has become a key factor in enhancing agricultural productivity and environmental protection. The interactions of water and salt in the soil not only affect crop water supply and nutrient absorption but are also directly related to irrigation management, soil improvement, and the stability of agricultural ecosystems.
The goal of this Special Issue is to focus on simulation techniques for soil–water–salt interactions and to explore how modeling can simulate the dynamic changes in water and salt under different soil types, climatic conditions, and agricultural practices, thus providing scientific support for agricultural management. We welcome papers that address soil water–salt simulation, especially those that integrate specific agricultural scenarios (such as arid regions, saline–alkali lands, precision agriculture, etc.) for case studies and applications.
We invite scholars engaged in relevant fields to submit original papers, covering topics such as the construction, optimization, and validation of soil–water–salt simulation models, as well as their applications in agricultural irrigation management, crop growth regulation, land restoration, and other areas.
Dr. Min Tang
Dr. Chao Zhang
Guest Editors
Dr. Min Tang
Dr. Chao Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil water–salt interactions
- agricultural sustainability
- numerical simulation
- water resource management
- soil moisture balance
- climate change
- precision agriculture
- soil amelioration
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