Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition - Collection Call for Papers: Silicon in Sustainable Agriculture
Better known for its use in the electronic industry over the past decades, Silicon has become a globally important element in modern agriculture. Silicon has mainly been investigated for its potential to control pests and diseases and increase crop productivity and quality under stressful environment.
Research on this mineral element has been gaining momentum over the recent years and it aims to ensure food safety, to enhance crop production while lowering costs as well as to minimize the negative impact of human activities and climate change on the environmental health. Despite the recent advances though, there is still a lot more to be explored by the scientific community.
This Collection of the Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition aims to bring together researchers across the globe working on Silicon with the direct or indirect goal to achieve a more productive and sustainable agriculture.
Guest Editors:
Miroslav Nikolic
University of Belgrade, Serbia. Associate Editor for the Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, President of the International Society for Silicon and Agriculture (ISSAG) (this opens in a new tab), and co-author of Silicon in Agriculture: From Theory to Practice (this opens in a new tab) (Springer, 2015).
Paula Cartes
Universidad de La Frontera, Chile. Consulting editor for the Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Research Director for Universidade de La Frontera from 2017 to 2018.
Sofia Valeska Pontigo Seguel
Universidad de La Frontera, Chile. Managing Editor for the Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition.
We encourage submissions on a wide range of crops. Topical areas include, but are not limited to:
- Effects of Si on crop growth, yield and food quality
- Effects of Si on plant growth, metabolism and redox signaling
- Si-mediated crop tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses
- Si-mediated crop tolerance to climate changes
- Si uptake and transport in plants
- Soil dynamics and rhizosphere availability of Si
- Interactions between Si and nutrients in soil-plant systems
- Effects of Si on soil microorganisms
- Application of Si-based fertilizers
Reviews are particularly welcome, but please send pre-submission enquiry to the publishing editor (this opens in a new tab).
Manuscripts should be formatted according to the journal’s submission guidelines (this opens in a new tab) and submitted via the online submission system.
All manuscripts will be peer reviewed as usual and following the journal's policies, with final decisions made by the Editor-in-Chief.
IMPORTANT: You will be asked, during the submission process, if your manuscript is part of a collection. Please respond “yes” and select the option “Silicon”.
The articles published in this collection will be visible at this page (this opens in a new tab).
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