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Nutrient Management for Resilient Crop Production (Volume II)
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Nutrient Management for Resilient Crop Production (Volume II)

A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant–Soil Interactions".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2024) | Viewed by 1631

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Sampson Agyin-Birikorang

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USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Soil & Water Conservation Center, Adams, OR, 97810, USA
Interests: soil fertility; plant nutrition; climate-smart agriculture; nutrient management; nutrient use efficiency; integrated soil fertility management; soil health

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

For several decades, efforts to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change on crop production have mainly focused on breeding and selection, leading to varietal improvements to enhance tolerance to drought, salinity, submergence, pest, and diseases, as well as in nutrient recovery and nutrient use efficiency. As much as these approach has yielded significant results, there is a critical need to find a technological fit between improved genotypes and effective nutrient management to ensure sustainable crop production under less-than-ideal growing conditions. Ascertaining the nutrient requirement for crop growth under specific soil and environmental conditions and understanding the plant and soil’s capacity to supply the required nutrients is critical for sustainable crop production. The application of the basic strategy of 4R fertilizer stewardship, which involves application of the right fertilizer source at the right rate, right time, and right place to achieve the economic, social, and environmental goals for each situation, is needed to develop resilient cropping system in the current spate of climate change. This Special Issue of Plants will highlight innovative nutrient management strategies that could adequately fortify plants to withstand the negative impacts of climate change. We welcome manuscripts on novel strategies for improving plant performance at limiting nutrient levels and agricultural productivity.

Dr. Sampson Agyin-Birikorang
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • nutrient use efficiency
  • nutrient uptake
  • dry matter yield
  • sustainability
  • food security
  • fertilizer
  • micronutrients
  • organic matter

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p-Coumaric Acid Differential Alters the Ion-Omics Profile of Chia Shoots under Salt Stress
by Mbukeni Nkomo, Mihlali Badiwe, Lee-Ann Niekerk, Arun Gokul, Marshal Keyster and Ashwil Klein
Plants 2024, 13(11), 1564; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13111564 - 5 Jun 2024
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p-Coumaric acid (p-CA) is a phenolic compound that plays a crucial role in mediating multiple signaling pathways. It serves as a defense strategy against plant wounding and is also presumed to play a role in plant development and lignin biosynthesis. [...] Read more.
p-Coumaric acid (p-CA) is a phenolic compound that plays a crucial role in mediating multiple signaling pathways. It serves as a defense strategy against plant wounding and is also presumed to play a role in plant development and lignin biosynthesis. This study aimed to investigate the physiological and ionomic effect of p-CA on chia seedlings under salt stress. To this end, chia seedlings were supplemented with Nitrosol® containing 100 μM of p-CA, 100 of mM NaCI, and their combined (100 mM NaCI + 100 μM p-CA) solutions in 2-day intervals for a period of 14 days along with a control containing Nitrosol® only. The treatment of chia seedlings with 100 mM of NaCI decreased their growth parameters and the content of the majority of the essential macro-elements (K, P, Ca, and Mg), except for that of sodium (Na). The simultaneous application of p-CA and a salt stress treatment (p-CA + NaCI) alleviated the effect of salt stress on chia seedlings’ shoots, and this was indicated by the increase in chia biomass. Furthermore, this combined treatment significantly enhanced the levels of the essential microelements Mg and Ca. In summary, this brief report is built on the foundational work of our previous study, which demonstrated that p-CA promotes growth in chia seedlings via activation of O2−. In this brief report, we further show that p-CA not only promotes growth but also mitigates the effects of salt stress on chia seedlings. This mitigation effect may result from the presence of Mg and Ca, which are vital nutrients involved in regulating metabolic pathways, enzyme activity, and amino acid synthesis. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nutrient Management for Resilient Crop Production (Volume II))
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