Highlights of the special issue "progress on nitrogen research from soil to plant and to the environment"
Nitrogen (N) is an essential nutrient for plants, animals and humans, being a key element in proteins. Rapid increases of global population thus require more N inputs to soil to improve food production. However, N losses induced environmental problems, due to inefficient N use by crops and animals, are threatening our environment via soil acidification, eutrophication and water pollution, air pollution and biodiversity loss/health impacts and by greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. Therefore, humans are facing a huge challenge on how to balance the N requirement (to meet the food demand) and the N restriction (to avoid environmental damage). This includes the need for improving the N use efficiency (NUE), as one pillar to realize green development. This special issue summarizes recent progress on N research at different scales: from soil to plant and to the environment, and includes 15 review and research articles, distinguishing four topics, related to (1) N use and turnover (3 articles), (2) N management (4 articles), (3) N impacts on environment and climate (5 articles), and (4) mitigation approaches to improve NUE and reduce N losses (3 articles).
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| Format: | Article/Letter to editor biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Life Science, |
| Online Access: | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/highlights-of-the-special-issue-progress-on-nitrogen-research-fro |
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