Soil Acidity Management: Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 12218
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil chemical and physical degradation; soil acidity management; optimization of the physical environment of soil; improvement of soil structure; soil ecology; sustainable management
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Interests: studies of soil organic matter transformation; analytical and bioanalytical chemistry; sustainable management and quality of acids soils; application of soil liming and fertilization systems; soil ecological services
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil is an integral part of nature. This means that soil matter is not only a recipient but also a donor of own products and original materials to other natural resources, particularly air and water. Soil pH is a critical parameter that influences plant–soil–water interfaces. Acidic soils limit crop yields in many developing countries where food production is critical. Globally, about one-third of the world’s soils are acidic, and more than 67% of the acidic soils are not suitable for crop production. Soil acidification is a serious aspect of soil degradation worldwide and has been reported across a variety of ecosystems and pedoclimatic regions. Soil acidification can be accelerated by intensive farming or prevented by sustainable management practices. Soil acidification management includes both the neutralization of soil acidity and the regulation of the acidification of limed soil. Soil acidification management should also pay attention to the implications of pH regulation in relation to C and N transformations and cycling, particularly GHG emissions from soils. The ever-increasing demand for more agricultural land and degradation of existing land suggest the need to address the problem through the development of sustainable technologies and the creation of favorable enabling environments. Furthermore, interdisciplinary cooperation is a crucial necessity, and an integrated approach for the combined mitigation of GHGs is essential.
For this Special Issue, authors are invited to publish articles in the field of agriculture, highlighting the prospects and changes related to soil acidification and its impacts on environmental quality due to various applied land use techniques. Articles discussing the properties of differently used acidic soils, nutrient leaching, and potential GHG emissions; comparison of different land uses; and the impacts of different agrotechniques, especially long-term ones such as liming with traditional and new types of liming materials, on plants, soil, and environment are welcome in this Special Issue. All manuscripts developing detailed mitigation measures for CO2–C fluxes and N2O and CH4 gases from agricultural soils will be considered for publication. A wide range of different analytical methods and techniques serves as a foundation for the investigation of the processes in soils and for the assessment of soil environmental status. Therefore, contributions focused on the application of new analytical instrumental methods and their comparison in agricultural and environmental research are also welcome.
Dr. Danutė Karčauskienė
Dr. Ieva Mockeviciene
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agroecosystem
- soil acidity management
- sustainable development of agronomy
- soil acidity
- plant–soil interactions
- soil environmental status
- climate change
- environmental quality
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