Crop Yield and Nutrient Use Efficiency

Dear Colleagues,

The efficient use of mineral nutrients provides national food security and high-quality agricultural products, beautifies the living environment, supports nutrient-efficient breeding, and promotes the healthy development of the fertilizer industry. However, the growth rate of crop nutrient use efficiency is much slower than that of global fertilizer use. Thus, the agricultural interface faces unprecedented challenges in terms of improving crop nutrient use efficiency. This Special Issue aims to communicate all advances and perspectives in crop nutrition research nationally and internationally. Key topics include the molecular biology and the physiological process of crop nutrition; the relationship between soil, fertilizers, and crop nutrients; the influence of plant–microbe interactions on nutrient balance; the changing rules and adjustment principles of various fertilizers in soil; the nutrition of the plant rhizosphere; fertilization and the environment; and fertilization and agricultural product quality. Innovative scientific works, new techniques and methods, communications, literature reviews, and discussions are welcome.

Dr. Jingguang Chen
Guest Editor

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