Sustainable Crop Production: The Interaction on Soil Microorganisms and Soil Health in Arable Land
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 289
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable soil health; soil phosphorous; green manure; paddy soil
Interests: sustainable crop nutrient management; soil acidification improvement; soil fertility evaluation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
For sustainable agricultural production, soil microorganisms are abundant in number and rich in communities, and they are closely related to soil nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium nutrients. Moreover, be aimed at sustainable crop production, the interaction on soil microorganisms and soil health in arable land was key frontiers due to soil microorganisms significantly affect the soil health and sustainable use of arable land. Therefore, soil scientists around the world are increasingly interested in the study of soil microorganisms. However, since arable land is mainly used for agricultural production, the role of soil microorganisms and soil health status in improving arable land productivity has been ignored. At present, the contribution and influence of soil microorganisms on soil health is still unclear, especially in sustainable crop production. Therefore, in order to better highlight the role of soil microorganisms in serving soil health and coordinated improvement of arable land productivity, and to focus on the latest research progress in soil microorganisms, soil health and arable land productivity improvement, the special issue titled “Sustainable Crop Production: The Interaction on Soil Microorganisms and Soil Health in Arable Land” is organized by Sustainability. This special issue will focus on the mechanism of soil microorganisms in soil health cultivation and sustainable crop productivity improvement, as well as the new principles, technologies and models of how to regulate soil health and coordinated improvement of arable land productivity through soil microorganisms, with the goal of coordinated improvement of soil health and sustainable productivity in arable land.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
- The mechanism of soil microorganisms in the coordinated improvement of soil health and sustainable productivity in arable land;
- The screening methods and applications of soil microorganism-related indicators in soil health assessment under sustainable crop production;
- How exogenous inputs (inoculates, fertilizers, pesticides, etc.) affect soil health and the coordinated improvement of sustainable land productivity through soil microorganisms;
- New technologies and new models for the coordinated improvement of soil health and sustainable productivity in arable land through the regulation of soil microorganisms.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Jing Huang
Dr. Kailou Liu
Dr. Tianfu Han
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable crop production
- arable land
- soil microorganism
- soil health
- fertilization management for sustainable agriculture
- planting technology
- microbial community structure
- meta-genomics
- microbial activities
- microbial abundance
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