Efficient Water and Nutrient Utilization of Crops Under Changed Environment
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 726
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biological water-saving; water use efficiency; water and nutrient management; fruit quality; climate change
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, various environmental challenges have emerged following the intensification of anthropogenic activities, such as global warming, a shortage of fresh water resources and the degradation of arable soils. These issues significantly affect the productivity of crops, quality and the safety of food. Researchers have therefore endeavored to understand the responses of crop water and nutrient acquisition to the changed environment at varied scales. However, efficiently enhancing the water and nutrient use of crops in the soil–crop–atmosphere continuum, when influenced by abiotic variables, remains challenging; in particular, the interactions between genotypes, the environment and management need to be further explored.
This Special Issue aims to gather innovative studies on the efficient utilization of water and/or nutrients by crops under changing environments (drought, heat and CO2 elevation) and the application of various agricultural management techniques (deficit irrigation, fertigation, soil amendment, etc.). We welcome the submission of original research, meta-analyses and reviews/mini-reviews related to this topic; this will provide valuable acknowledge related to the management and response of crop plants to environmental factors in order to achieve sustainable soil health and crop production in future climate change scenarios.
Dr. Zhenhua Wei
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- crop physiology
- water use
- nutrient uptake
- soil health
- environmental change
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