This study addresses the low yield and fertilizer utilization efficiency of potatoes in the arid region of Xinjiang, Northwest China. The effect of a novel, fulvic acid-based specialized fertilizer for drip application on potato growth, development,...
This editorial introduces our Special Issue entitled “Improving Fertilizer Use Efficiency—Methods and Strategies for the Future”. The fertilizer use efficiency (FUE) is a measure of the potential of an applied fertilizer to increase...
Conventional fertilizer management can destroy the structure of soil. Replacing chemical fertilizers with organic fertilizers can improve soil quality and nitrogen use efficiency. We aimed to study the effects of organic fertilizer substitutions for...
The main discoveries and advances in the development of industrial processes for the most commercially used phosphate fertilizers in the world (single superphosphate, triple superphosphate, monoammonium phosphate, and diammonium phosphate) occurred f...
The scarcity of resources has constrained the supply of conventional feedstuffs for livestock production. Consequently, mulberry (Morus spp.), known for its high protein content and bioactive compounds, has been developed as a promising alternative f...
To investigate the effects of biogas slurry substitution for fertilizer on rice yield, fertilizer utilization efficiency, and soil fertility, a field experiment was conducted on rice–wheat rotation soil in the Chaohu Lake Basin for two consecut...
Farmers in China and many other developing countries suffer from low technical efficiency of chemical fertilizer use, which leads to excessive nutrient runoff and other environmental problems. A major cause of the low efficiency is lack of science-ba...
Soil pH strongly influences phosphorus (P) availability and, consequently, plant response to P fertilization. This study aimed to assess how soil pH affects P availability, uptake, and fertilizer use efficiency in maize (Zea mays L.) grown under cont...
Excessive fertilizer input and inefficient utilization in agricultural production have caused significant negative environmental impacts. Based on provincial panel data in China from 2005 to 2021, this study adopts the full-cost insurance pilot launc...
Overuse and low efficiency of chemical fertilizers have caused severe non-point source pollution in China. The investigation of regional difference and the key influencing factors of fertilization intensities (FI) and efficiency can provide reference...
Chemical phosphorus (P) fertilizers generally exhibit low utilization efficiency. The combined application of chemical fertilizers and organic manure is considered an effective strategy to improve soil P availability and crop yields. However, the lon...
The effect of the mixture (1:1) of chemical and organic nitrogen (N) fertilizer on crop yield quality and N fertilizer use efficiency remains elusive. A nitrogen field experiment was conducted in the growing seasons of 2020 and 2021 to investigate th...
As living standards rise, enhancing quality has become a central objective for many researchers. Soilless cultivation, known for its efficient use of resources, is increasingly used in vegetable production. It is critical to develop effective water a...
Cake fertilizers are phosphorus-rich organic fertilizers that are commonly used in horticulture. Soil plays a crucial role in determining the effectiveness of phosphorus fertilizer. Comparative data on the relative phosphorus efficiency (rPE) of cake...
At present, the problem of non-point source pollution and carbon emissions caused by excessive application of fertilizer is increasingly serious and has caused damage to the ecological environment. The “zero growth of fertilizer use by 2020 act...
Chemical fertilizer plays an irreplaceable role in raising vegetable output and improving the livelihood of people in China. Chinese cabbage (Brassica chinensis L.) is one of the most common vegetables with a wide planting area. However, there are pr...
Reducing fertilizer use and increasing its efficiency will improve the quality of farmland and resource conservation. These are necessary steps to achieving green development in agriculture. Nevertheless, fertilizer-reduction and efficiency-increasin...
The incorporation of rice straw (RS) and Chinese milk vetch (CMV) with reduced chemical fertilizers (CFs) is a viable solution to reduce the dependency on CF. However, limited research has been conducted to investigate the impact of CMV and RS with r...
Using organic fertilizer to replace chemical fertilizer is an effective way to promote sustainable agricultural development. Based on survey data of 514 farmers from five provinces and cities in the Bohai Rim region of China, collected in 2019, organ...
It is unclear whether enhanced efficiency fertilizer (EEF) or deep fertilization strategies (DF) can simultaneously improve crop productivity and reduce gaseous nitrogen losses. The DF strategy’s investment cost is lower than that of EEF’...
15 June 2022
Improving the efficiency of fertilizer usage is important to achieve sustainable agricultural production. As a major agricultural producer, China formally proposed a national fertilizer reduction and efficiency initiative in 2015. Using the double st...
Cake fertilizer and dairy manure were used as experimental materials to carry out a 9-year (2012–2020) field experiment in the main rice production areas in the Yangtze River basin. Different fertilization modes were used (no fertilization, CK;...
This study presents the results of a four-year field experiment assessing the effectiveness of phosphorus application in maize cultivation according to the depth of two-component fertilizer (NP) placement in the soil layer, type of nitrogen fertilize...
Rice farmers in Vietnam face many difficulties achieving technical efficiency (TE), which can be measured by the distance to the production frontier, in rice production due to non-optimal combinations of inputs and the influence of household socioeco...
Optimal nutrient management is crucial for ensuring food security and agricultural sustainability. While technological innovation in nutrient management has been emphasized, the widespread adoption of such technologies remains a significant challenge...
Tomato (Jinglu 6335) was selected for assessing the impact of varying fertilizer (F:N-P2O5-K2O) and aeration rates on crop quality, as well as water and fertilizer utilization efficiency during the cyclic aeration subsurface drip irrigation process....
Nitrogen (N) is an essential plant nutrient, therefore, N-deficient soils affect plant growth and development. The excessive and unwise application of N fertilizers result in nutrient losses and lower nutrient use efficiency that leads to the low cro...
Low technical efficiency and excessive usage of chemical fertilizer in grain production is a problem commonly faced by China and many other developing countries, which leads to serious environment pollution and high environmental governance cost. Chi...
Microbial-driven N turnover is important in regulating N fertilizer use efficiency through the secretion of metabolites like glycolipids. Currently, our understanding of the potential of glycolipids to partially reduce N fertilizer use and the effect...
The physical properties of nano-fertilizers (NFs) are important in determining their performance, efficacy, and environmental interactions. Nano-fertilizers, due to their small size and high surface area-to-volume ratio, enhance plant metabolic react...
The application of potassium fertilizer application and straw return are effective agronomic measures for increasing crop productivity; however, information on how straw return—when substituting potassium fertilizer—affects crop yield, ef...
Increasing grain production is crucial for national food security, and fertilizer management is one of the most effective ways to achieve this. In traditional agricultural production, excessive nitrogen (N) application often leads to reduced N use ef...
Chemical nitrogen (N) fertilizer application has substantially boosted crop yield over the past few decades. However, an excessive N supply often comes at the expense of soil health and the long-term sustainability of agricultural ecosystems. To avoi...
Topsoil degradation poses a significant threat to agricultural production worldwide. However, whether degraded topsoil is a net nitrogen source or sink depends on crop uptake and nutrient loss, and how it affects the sustainability of agricultural pr...
Agricultural mechanization’s carbon consequences remain contested. Using provincial panel data from 30 Chinese provinces (2000–2023), we combine benchmark regression, mediation, threshold, and spatial models to examine how mechanization a...
In China, agriculture is currently highly dependent on chemical nitrogen. This leads to low nitrogen use efficiency and high nitrogen losses. Considering the issues caused by excessive chemical fertilizer, integrated nutrient management using organic...
Improving energy efficiency and reducing the carbon footprint of crop production are critical for sustainable agriculture, particularly in semi-arid regions where resource use efficiency is essential. This study evaluated the effects of different fer...
The research aimed to assess the contribution of fertilizer, density, and row spacing in integrated cultivation measures and identify their regulation mechanism on canopy architecture and factors in biomass accumulation in spring maize. Zhengdan 958...
Despite the growing demand for organic products, research on organic farming (OF) such as genotype screening, fertilizer application and nutrition uptake remains limited. This study focused on comparisons of the apparent recovery efficiency of nitrog...
Potassium (K) is crucial for global maize (Zea mays L.) production, yet the issue of “high K fertilizer input but low utilization efficiency” in K-rich soils of Xinjiang remains underexplored. A three-year field experiment (2020, 2021, 20...
This study aimed to address the crop growth and development issues caused by environmental factors in the area of the Liupan Mountains in Ningxia. In this area, there is a large temperature difference between day and night due to drought and low rain...
Based on the field survey data for 1216 apple growers in three provinces from China’s Loess Plateau Region, this paper adopted Multivariate Probit (MVP) model and intermediary effect model to analyze the influence mechanisms of digital technolo...
Integrated soil fertility management is essential for improving soil productivity, rice yield, and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). This study investigated the combined effects of the chemical fertilizer rate, humic acid (HA), and flue gas desulfurizat...
Technology-oriented approaches to reduce chemical fertilization in agroecosystems without influencing the vegetable yield is a proficient method for sustainable agriculture and environmental safety. However, short-term studies are not capable to indi...
Fertilizers with enhanced efficiency or high-efficiency fertilizers increase the nutrient availability, minimize losses, and reduce costs, thereby increasing crop yields and food production while mitigating environmental impacts. This research evalua...
27 November 2020
Improving fertilizer use efficiency (FUE) is an effective means to reduce fertilizer use and environmental contamination. Few studies have considered the spatial effects of FUE and its determinants. This paper calculated the FUE of agricultural produ...
A field area coverage-planning algorithm has been developed for the optimization and simulation of capacitated field operations such as the organic fertilizer application process. The proposed model provides an optimal coverage plan, which includes t...
Despite growing interest in controlled-release N fertilizers (CRNFs) because of their potential for enhancing nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and economic returns, their comprehensive impact on machine-transplanted rice remains to be understudied. To a...
Cassava is a crucial food and economic crop in tropical regions globally. In response to challenges in fertilizer use efficiency for cassava cultivation, which is traditionally compromised by extensive leaching and broad root zone distribution, a nov...
Little is known about the effect of the long-term application of organic and inorganic fertilizers on P-use efficiency, P budget, and the residual effect of P fertilizer. To clarify the effect of different fertilization on soil P balance in a rice (O...
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