Soil Microbial Community and Ecological Function in Agriculture
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Soils".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 967
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil microbial communities are fundamental to ecosystem functioning and sustainability. Soil microbes play crucial roles in nutrient cycling, organic matter decomposition, soil structure formation, and the regulation of plant health and productivity. Over the years, research has highlighted the intricate interactions between soil microbes, plants, and the environment, emphasizing their importance in maintaining ecological balance and responding to environmental changes.
This Special Issue aims to advance the understanding of soil microbial communities and their ecological functions. The Issue will focus on how soil microbes contribute to ecosystem services, their responses to climate change and human activities, and their potential in sustainable agricultural and environmental remediation.
Recent technological advancements, such as high-throughput sequencing, metagenomics, and metabolomics, have enhanced our ability to study soil microbial communities. There is a growing interest in understanding the impact of global environmental changes on microbial community dynamics and functions in various ecosystems.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Diversity and composition of soil microbial communities in various ecosystems.
- Functional analyses of soil microbes and their contributions to nutrient cycling.
- Microbe–microbe and microbe–plant interactions in the soil environment.
- Effects of environmental changes, such as climate change, pollution, and land-use practices, on soil microbial ecology.
- Applications of soil microbes in agriculture and degraded land restoration.
We encourage submissions that offer novel insights, utilize interdisciplinary approaches, and have practical implications for ecosystem management and sustainability.
Prof. Dr. Shaokun Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microbial diversity
- microbial function
- microbe–soil–plant interaction
- global change
- microbial remediation
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