Nutritional Management Challenges and Strategies for Large Crops in the Face of Climate Change
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 22
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Interests: crops of agricultural interest; effect of climate change on crop productivity; efficient use of mineral nutrients; alternative management for maintaining productivity under heat stress conditions
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Dear Colleagues,
The intensification of climate change has led to the increasing occurrence of extreme heat waves, severely affecting crop production worldwide. High temperatures not only affect crop yield but also alter nutrient uptake, leading to nutrient imbalances and inefficiencies. Given these challenges under changing climate conditions, alternative fertilization management practices are gaining attention as a crucial strategy to optimize crop nutrition.
Alternative fertilization strategies, including organic amendments, slow-release fertilizers, and the use of microbial inoculants, as potential solutions to enhance nutrient availability, can improve crop resilience under extreme environmental conditions, especially heat stress.
This Special Issue invites original research articles and reviews that address how stressors caused by climate change can affect nutrient dynamics in crop plants. This Special Issue also examines evolving approaches to fertilizer management, focusing on their role in mitigating the impacts of heat stress on agricultural crops.
Dr. Sidnei Deuner
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heat stress
- crop nutrition
- alternative fertilization
- climate change
- sustainable agriculture
- nutrient use efficiency
- fertilization management
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