The Role of Mineral Elements in the Crop Growth and Production
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2023) | Viewed by 29601
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mineral nutrition of crop; plant-soil-microbe interaction
Interests: soil contamination and remediation; passive sampling; chemical imaging; soil-plant interaction; contaminant and nutrient bioavailability; food safety; soil health
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Interests: soil microbiology, rhizosphere science, plant nutrition, soil phosphorus and sulfur, soil salinity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mineral elements, including macro- and micronutrients, have multiple biological functions in the whole life cycle of crops. The growth, production, and quality of crops and their fruits are indispensable from mineral elements, especially the balance in their bioavailable quantities in soils. In recent years, sustainable agriculture has become an important issue in realizing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Keeping the balance of mineral elements and increasing the bioavailability of mineral elements such as phosphorus (P) and trace elements in agricultural production will be pivotal for sustainable agriculture. This Special Issue is therefore inviting contributions of articles for publication, focusing on (1) how mineral elements (macro nutrient: S, Ca, Mg, K, P, N; trace elements: Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Se Mo, Ni, Se; beneficial element: Si) affect the growth, production, and quality of crops; (2) bioavailability and dynamics of chemical and microbial processes of mineral elements in the crop rhizosphere; and (3) interaction between mineral elements in soil–crop systems from microcosm to ecosystem scales.
All submissions will be peer-reviewed according to the high standards of the journal. Once accepted, the article will be published online and accessible to the research community regardless of when the Special Issue is available in print.
Dr. Gang Li
Dr. Dong-Xing Guan
Dr. Daniel Menezes-Blackburn
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mineral elements
- rice
- vegetables
- phosphorus
- sulfur
- trace elements
- silicon
- magnesium