Using Residual Materials as Fertilizers
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 6743
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant hormones; plant nutrition; responses of primary and secondary plant metabolism to plant nutrition; orphan crops; analytical methods including HPLC; UHPLC; GC; mass spectrometry; optical spectroscopy; electrophoresis and quantitative PCR; separation and analysis of chiral molecules; enzyme assays; inhibitors
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Interests: effectivity of cash crop production (intensity of fertilization and crop protection); tillage effects on crop yield, quality, and soil properties; plant nutrition, especially long-term effects of P and K fertilization; adaptation of crop production to climate change
Interests: nutrient (use) efficiency (particularly P, S, N) in the plant–soil system; effectiveness of mineral and organic fertilizers as a source for the plant P, S and N demand; plant nutritional quality as affected by mineral nutrition; nutrient turnover in the environment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
To prepare fertilizers, considerable amounts of inorganic compounds are required, many of which are obtained by mining. Economically recoverable reserves of such resources are finite and, particularly for phosphorus, shortages of these resources are expected in the near future. As potassium is a more abundant element, the situation is less concerning; however, its extraction causes environmental problems. In addition, raw materials, obtained by mining, are often contaminated with undesirable elements, such as heavy metals and radioactive elements. For nitrogen, which is the third key component of fertilizers and is required in huge amounts, there is no risk of shortage of raw materials. However, the synthesis of required compounds, mainly ammonia and nitrates, requires a lot of energy.
Due to the increasing world population, even more fertilizers will be required to maintain high horticultural productivity. Thus, research for techniques that enable alternative materials to be employed, particularly residual materials, as fertilizers is of utmost importance.
This Special Issue aims to collect manuscripts that present novel ideas, strategies and techniques for using or applying residual materials (sewage sludge, sewage sludge ash, fermentation residues, biomass ash, etc.) as fertilizers, or using them as a source for the extraction of plant nutrients. In addition, manuscripts that compare the growth and yield of horticultural crops fertilized with such alternative products, and with conventional fertilizers, are suitable for this Special Issue.
Original manuscripts and review articles that address the aforementioned topics, or similar topics, are highly welcome. For reviews, communication of a brief proposal is recommended prior to manuscript preparation, to avoid overlaps with other submissions.
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rozhon
Prof. Dr. Annette Deubel
Dr. Sabine von Tucher
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fertilizers
- phosphorus
- potassium
- nitrogen
- sulfur
- micro nutrients
- sewage sludge ash
- fermentation residues
- biomass ash
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