Optimizing Water and Nitrogen Management for Sustainable Crop Production and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
A special issue of Nitrogen (ISSN 2504-3129).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 168
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable agriculture; water management; crop yield; nutrient cycling; climate change mitigation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Efficient water and nitrogen management is essential for achieving sustainable crop production while reducing the environmental footprint of agricultural systems. Increasing water scarcity, rising fertilizer costs, and the urgent need to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions—particularly nitrous oxide (N2O)—have intensified the demand for optimized management strategies across diverse agroecosystems. Inadequate irrigation practices and suboptimal nitrogen application not only limit crop productivity and resource-use efficiency but also accelerate GHG emissions, nutrient losses, and soil degradation.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive platform for advancing scientific knowledge on the optimization of water and nitrogen management in cropping systems, with a particular focus on sustainability and climate change mitigation. We welcome original research articles, review papers, and modeling studies that explore innovative management strategies, precision agriculture technologies, and integrated approaches that enhance crop yield while minimizing GHG emissions.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, irrigation scheduling and deficit irrigation strategies, nitrogen use efficiency, interactions between water and nitrogen inputs, mitigation strategies for N2O emissions, decision support systems, remote sensing and sensor-based technologies, and best management practices under current and future climate scenarios. By bringing together multidisciplinary research from experimental, modeling, and systems perspectives, this Special Issue seeks to support sustainable intensification, inform agricultural management decisions, and contribute to climate-smart agricultural development.
Prof. Dr. Atilgan Atilgan
Prof. Dr. İbrahim Erdal
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water management
- nitrogen management
- integrated water–nitrogen management
- sustainable agriculture
- resource use efficiency
- nitrogen use efficiency
- water use efficiency
- soil fertility
- nutrient cycling
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