Soil Nitrogen Cycle: Environmental Threats and Pathways to Sustainable Agriculture
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Soils".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2025 | Viewed by 146
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nitrogen fertilization; nitrification; biological nitrification inhibition; denitrification; N2O emissions; sustainable agriculture
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The availability of nitrogen in agricultural soils is a key limiting factor for crop productivity. This Special Issue is further intensified by the growing demand to secure a sustainable food supply for an ever-increasing global population. Consequently, intensive agriculture has become heavily reliant on nitrogen-based fertilizers to maximize yields. Over recent decades, the use of these fertilizers has risen dramatically. However, not all of the applied nitrogen is absorbed by crops, and a significant portion is lost to the environment as reactive nitrogen. This loss has profound environmental consequences, affecting both human health and ecosystem integrity.
This Special Issue aims to highlight strategies that guide agriculture toward sustainability while maintaining adequate production levels and reducing the release of reactive nitrogen into the environment. This Special Issue, entitled ‘Soil Nitrogen Cycle: Environmental Threats and Pathways to Sustainable Agriculture’, welcomes a broad range of methodologies, from field studies to controlled experiments, and invites submissions in all article formats, including original research, reviews, and opinion pieces.
Dr. Adrián Bozal Leorri
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nitrogen fertilization
- nitrogen use efficiency
- ammonia volatilization
- greenhouse gas emissions
- nitrification
- denitrification
- urease inhibitors
- nitrification inhibitors
- sustainable practices
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