Advances in Water-Saving Irrigation and Sustainable Fertigation of Horticulture Crops
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 335
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable fertigation; water-saving irrigation; regulating quality
Interests: slow release fertilizer; drip fertigation; water and fertilizer productivity; nitrogen cycle
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: drip fertigation; migration of water and nutrient in soil; water and fertilizer productivity; plant–water–nutrient relations; isotope tracing; crop growth model
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We encourage you to submit papers for an important Special Issue on “Advances in Water-Saving Irrigation and Sustainable Fertigation of Horticulture Crops”. Water and fertilizer are the most fundamental conditions for the growth of horticulture crops, and are also the main factors restricting sustainable development. Therefore, combining water-saving irrigation with fertilization according to crop fertilizer demand is an inevitable choice for the sustainable and high-quality development of modern horticulture crops.
However, currently, water management of horticulture crops mainly relies on experience, resulting in low-water-use efficiency, increased humidity in facilities, and increased crop diseases and pests. At the same time, excessive application of chemical fertilizers leads to low fertilizer utilization efficiency, soil nutrient imbalance, soil microbial damage, and threatens crop health and fruit quality.
This Special Issue invites studies that focus on the theoretical basis for the coupling of water and fertilizer, as well as techniques and modes of precise fertilization, formula fertilization, and variable rate fertilization for high-yield and high-quality horticulture crops.
Prof. Dr. Xiaogang Liu
Dr. Jinjin Guo
Dr. Haidong Wang
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Horticulturae is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- fertigation
- water and fertilizer productivity
- regulating quality
- water and fertilizer coupling mode
- high-value horticultural crops
