Nitrogen is an essential part of agricultural systems and production, without which crop production would be adversely affected. It has multiple uses, mainly nitrogen’s natural role in the nitrogen cycle to facilitate plant nutrition and growth.
From the 1900s, farming became far more intensive and as a result synthetic nitrogen fertilizers became normalized as a method in agricultural systems. While this was particularly important to allow for food security, often the synthetic nitrogen is not entirely used by the plant or crop, resulting in nitrogen run off impacting air and water quality. The culmination of this, as well as changes to the ozone layer and increasing greenhouse gases, contributes greatly to climate change.
Whilst continued use of nitrogen produces adverse environmental effects such as acidification of soils and algal blooms, as well as damaging public health risks due to nitrogen pollution, the question remains of how to use nitrogen in an efficient and sustainable manner. This Research Topic aims to explore the use of nitrogen in agricultural systems, particularly focusing on case studies and articles that focus on increasing nitrogen efficiency and creating sustainable yields.
We welcome submissions on the following topics (but are not limited to):
• Nitrogen use policy and decision making
• Nitrogen use efficient technologies for resilient food systems
• Nitrogen use and climate change
• Nitrogen use and environmental quality
• Biological measures for improved nitrogen use efficiency
• Nitrogen use efficiency and stress tolerance
Nitrogen is an essential part of agricultural systems and production, without which crop production would be adversely affected. It has multiple uses, mainly nitrogen’s natural role in the nitrogen cycle to facilitate plant nutrition and growth.
From the 1900s, farming became far more intensive and as a result synthetic nitrogen fertilizers became normalized as a method in agricultural systems. While this was particularly important to allow for food security, often the synthetic nitrogen is not entirely used by the plant or crop, resulting in nitrogen run off impacting air and water quality. The culmination of this, as well as changes to the ozone layer and increasing greenhouse gases, contributes greatly to climate change.
Whilst continued use of nitrogen produces adverse environmental effects such as acidification of soils and algal blooms, as well as damaging public health risks due to nitrogen pollution, the question remains of how to use nitrogen in an efficient and sustainable manner. This Research Topic aims to explore the use of nitrogen in agricultural systems, particularly focusing on case studies and articles that focus on increasing nitrogen efficiency and creating sustainable yields.
We welcome submissions on the following topics (but are not limited to):
• Nitrogen use policy and decision making
• Nitrogen use efficient technologies for resilient food systems
• Nitrogen use and climate change
• Nitrogen use and environmental quality
• Biological measures for improved nitrogen use efficiency
• Nitrogen use efficiency and stress tolerance
