Application of Modern Technology in Agricultural Water and Fertilizer Management
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Physiology and Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 53
Special Issue Editors
Interests: water-saving irrigation; remote sensing technology; GIS; crop high efficiency water use; water resources and environment
Interests: water-saving irrigation; crop water physiology; crop high-efficiency water use; soil physical and chemicals; crop system
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: irrigation method; water productivity; drip irrigation; crop-water relations
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: crop high efficiency water use; crop-water model; water-saving irrigation; crop water physiology; soil physical and chemical; crop system
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water and nutrients are the two most important factors affecting agricultural production and play a decisive role in crop growth. A rational application of water and fertilizer is not only of great significance to promote greater yields but also the key to improving our resource utilization efficiency.
Technological advancements have revolutionized agriculture in the modern world. Modern technology (e.g., drones for agriculture, remote sensing, smart greenhouses, computer imaging, and efficient climate monitoring) not only aids in sustaining productivity under limited resources, it can also help in observing climatic variations, monitoring soil nutrients and water dynamics, and supporting data management in farming systems. Various types of sensors and computer tools can be utilized in data recording and the management of cropping systems, which help with making efficient decisions.
Therefore, it is important to launch this Special Issue, “Application of modern technology in agricultural water and fertilizer management”, in the open access journal Plants. The Special Issue will present the research progress in the theory, technology, and methods of agricultural water and fertilizer management based on modern technology.
The scope of this Special Issue includes (but is not limited to) the following topics: rapid and accurate perception of soil moisture and nutrients; water and fertilizer management on farmland; big data and machine learning; and other technical methods for improving agricultural water and fertilizer efficiency. This Special Issue welcomes both systematic reviews and short comment papers.
The deadline is December 31, 2024.
Prof. Dr. Shouchen Ma
Dr. Shoutian Ma
Prof. Dr. Yang Gao
Prof. Dr. Tongchao Wang
Guest Editors
Dr. Sen Li
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- intelligent irrigation
- agricultural big data
- remote sensing technology
- GIS
- crop systems
- crop production
- Internet of Things
- water and fertilizer management
