Plant Physiological Responses to Integrated Mineral and Organic Fertilization Strategies
A Special Issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395) belonging to the section "Soil and Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2027 | Viewed by 1035
Editors
Interests: crop; soil fertility; soil–plant interaction; greenhouse gas emission; soil organic matter
Interests: nonpoint source pollution; greenhouse gas emission; biochar/hydrochar
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to revisit nutrient management in modern agriculture from a systems-level perspective. While previous studies have focused on integrating mineral and organic fertilizers to enhance crop productivity and assess environmental impacts, this issue emphasizes mechanistic linkages between soil nutrient availability and plant physiological responses within the soil–plant–atmosphere system. Atmospheric changes, including temperature, precipitation and CO₂ concentration, regulate soil biogeochemical processes and soil–plant interactions, while soil serves as a key reservoir supplying essential nutrients and sustaining ecosystem functioning. Fertilizers function not only as nutrient inputs but also as key management drivers influencing nutrient fluxes, microbial communities and plant growth. Although fertilization improves crop productivity, nutrient-use efficiency and soil fertility, imbalanced applications may induce environmental stressors that reshape plant physiological responses across scales. Under climate change, these interactions generate complex responses that affect plant growth, resource use and agroecosystem resilience.
We welcome studies on:
- Soil nutrient availability and plant responses
- Plant physiological responses to fertilization strategies
- Sustainable nutrient management and environmental impacts
- Advanced technologies and systems approaches in the soil–plant–atmosphere system
Submissions with interdisciplinary approaches that connect multi-omics with experimental measurements of plant physiology, soil processes, greenhouse gas fluxes and climate responses are encouraged. Novel review and perspective articles are also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Hyun-Hwoi Ku
Dr. Changyoon Jeong
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mineral fertilization
- organic fertilization
- plant physiology
- nutrient use efficiency
- soil–plant–atmosphere interactions
- soil fertility
- greenhouse gas emissions
- climate change
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