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This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue Fertilizer Application on Crop Yield that was published in Agronomy

organic N --- ammonia --- NPK amendments --- corn–soybean rotation --- soil acidity --- phosphorous --- maize yield response to K --- biofertilizer --- agroforestry system --- Copper --- organic farming --- soil nitrogen pools --- net returns --- mineral N --- grain quality --- fertilizer management --- nutrient expert for maize --- sustainability --- organic nutrients --- conservation agriculture --- agronomic response --- S fertilization --- global food demand --- Zea mays L. --- N fertilizer --- nitrogen recovery efficiency --- Bacillus pumilus --- Orychophragmus violaceus L. --- soil erosion --- soil health --- saline tract --- soil K supply --- soil N mineralization --- soil biota --- potassium --- production system --- nitrate reductase activity --- site-specific K management --- Value Cost Ratio --- durum wheat --- conventional farming --- nitrate --- soil organic matter --- grain yield --- integrated nutrient management --- K use efficiency --- rice-wheat system --- forage legume --- nitrogen physiological recovery --- NADH --- chemical fertilizers --- evergreen agriculture --- green manure --- N fertilization --- yield --- NADH-dehydrogenase --- wheat --- site-specific nutrient management --- hybrid rice --- NUE --- balanced use of fertilizers --- growth promotion --- calcium --- humid Mediterranean climate --- Complex I --- rice --- maize --- Zinc --- potentially mineralizable N --- Agrotain® urea --- economics --- nitrate assimilation --- management --- nitrogen uptake --- wheat yields --- nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) --- soil N supply --- maize crop manager --- long-term productivity

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organic N --- ammonia --- NPK amendments --- corn–soybean rotation --- soil acidity --- phosphorous --- maize yield response to K --- biofertilizer --- agroforestry system --- Copper --- organic farming --- soil nitrogen pools --- net returns --- mineral N --- grain quality --- fertilizer management --- nutrient expert for maize --- sustainability --- organic nutrients --- conservation agriculture --- agronomic response --- S fertilization --- global food demand --- Zea mays L. --- N fertilizer --- nitrogen recovery efficiency --- Bacillus pumilus --- Orychophragmus violaceus L. --- soil erosion --- soil health --- saline tract --- soil K supply --- soil N mineralization --- soil biota --- potassium --- production system --- nitrate reductase activity --- site-specific K management --- Value Cost Ratio --- durum wheat --- conventional farming --- nitrate --- soil organic matter --- grain yield --- integrated nutrient management --- K use efficiency --- rice-wheat system --- forage legume --- nitrogen physiological recovery --- NADH --- chemical fertilizers --- evergreen agriculture --- green manure --- N fertilization --- yield --- NADH-dehydrogenase --- wheat --- site-specific nutrient management --- hybrid rice --- NUE --- balanced use of fertilizers --- growth promotion --- calcium --- humid Mediterranean climate --- Complex I --- rice --- maize --- Zinc --- potentially mineralizable N --- Agrotain® urea --- economics --- nitrate assimilation --- management --- nitrogen uptake --- wheat yields --- nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) --- soil N supply --- maize crop manager --- long-term productivity

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The long-term productivity of forest ecosystems depends on the cycling of nutrients. The effect of carbon dioxide fertilization on forest productivity may ultimately be limited by the rate of nutrient cycling. Contemporary and future disturbances such as climatic warming, N-deposition, deforestation, short rotation sylviculture, fire (both wild and controlled), and the invasion of exotic species all place strains on the integrity of ecosystem nutrient cycling. Global differences in climate, soils, and species make it difficult to extrapolate even a single important study worldwide. Despite advances in the understanding of nutrient cycling and carbon production in forests, many questions remain. The chapters in this volume reflect many contemporary research priorities. The thirteen studies in this volume are arranged in the following subject groups: • N and P resorption from foliage worldwide, along chronosequences and along elevation gradients; • Litter production and decomposition; • N and P stoichiometry as affected by N deposition, geographic gradients, species changes, and ecosystem restoration; • Effects of N and P addition on understory biomass, litter, and soil; • Effects of burning on soil nutrients; • Effects of N addition on soil fauna.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Forestry & related industries --- leaf stoichiometry --- Cyclocarya paliurus --- geographic variations --- natural populations --- climate variables --- nitrogen --- phosphorus --- N:P ratio --- soil stoichiometry --- soil nutrient --- nutrient limitations --- natural grassland --- natural forest --- soil fauna --- N addition --- soil profile --- community structure --- food resources --- poplar plantations --- experimental nitrogen addition --- understory plant growth --- plant nutrient --- nonstructural carbohydrates --- Alpine treeline --- Nitrogen --- Non-structural carbohydrates --- Phosphorus --- Potassium --- Remobilization --- Storage --- Upper limits --- nutrient resorption --- nitrogen and phosphorous --- planted forests --- climate zones --- plant functional types --- precipitation --- green leaf nutrient --- nitrogen deposition --- N and P colimitation --- leaf N:P stoichiometry --- soil N:P stoichiometry --- seasonal variations --- nutrition resorption --- ecological stoichiometry --- plant-soil feedback --- stand age --- Robinia pseudoacacia L. --- forests --- nutrients --- disturbance --- management --- diversity --- biomass --- soil properties --- experimental fires --- UV-spectroscopy analysis --- thermal infrared thermometer --- nitrogen and phosphorus addition --- understory plants --- stoichiometric ratio --- litter decomposition --- litter standing crop carbon --- conversion coefficient --- climatic factors --- Tibetan Plateau --- shrublands --- Cunninghamia lanceolata --- mixture effect --- nutrient cycling --- rhizosphere effect --- species competition

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The majority of carbon stored in the soils of the world is stored in forests. The refractory nature of some portions of forest soil organic matter also provides the slow, gradual release of organic nitrogen and phosphorus to sustain long term forest productivity. Contemporary and future disturbances, such as climatic warming, deforestation, short rotation sylviculture, the invasion of exotic species, and fire, all place strains on the integrity of this homeostatic system of C, N, and P cycling. On the other hand, the CO2 fertilization effect may partially offset losses of soil organic matter, but many have questioned the ability of N and P stocks to sustain the CO2 fertilization effect.

polyphenols --- aluminum accumulator --- near natural forest management --- chloroform fumigation extraction --- soil structure --- soil enzymes --- manure pelleting --- microbial biomass --- Oxisol --- biolability --- soil nutrients --- second production cycle --- PLFA --- pyrolysis --- Eucalyptus sp. --- Cunninghamia lanceolata plantation --- carbon --- the Three Gorges Reservoir --- revegetation --- carbon distribution index --- climate change --- seasons --- annual increment average --- topography --- humic substances --- litter N --- soil fertility --- climate zone --- nutrient cycling --- Daxing’an Mountains --- carbon mineralization --- nitrification --- 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P NMR) --- organic matter --- throughfall --- forest soil --- dissolved organic carbon (DOC) --- P species --- stoichiometric homeostasis --- dissolved organic matter (DOM) --- soil organic matter fraction --- variable-charge soils --- ammonium --- nitrate --- soil degradation --- soil P fractions --- seasonal trends --- ammonia-oxidizing bacteria --- nitrogen dynamics --- net primary productivity --- soil microbial communities --- beech forests --- soil pH --- wood volume --- temperature --- northern temperate --- multilevel models --- Pinus massoniana plantation --- ammonia-oxidizing archaea --- P stock --- stand density --- P resorption efficiency --- forest types --- soil greenhouse gas flux --- enzyme activities --- soil N --- alpine forest --- moisture gradient --- climate --- climatic factors --- soil available phosphorus --- microbial activity --- soil available nitrogen --- leaf N:P ratio --- stemflow --- Chamaecyparis forest --- charcoal --- gross nitrogen transformations --- principal component analyses --- information review --- manuring --- stand age --- tree-DOM

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Natural polymers are already used for a variety of biomedical applications, including drug delivery, wound healing, tissue engineering, biosensors, etc. However, they have also found other applications, for example, in the food industry, the pharmaceutical industry, as firefighting materials, water purification, etc. Different polysaccharide and protein-based systems have been developed. They each have their properties that render them useful for certain applications such as the water solubility of alginate, the thermo-sensitivity of chitosan, the abundance of cellulose and starch, or the cell adhesion and proliferation of gelatin and collagen. This Special Issue will explore the design, synthesis, processing, characterization, and applications of new functional natural-based polymers.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Biochemistry --- light conversion film --- cellulose acetate --- europium --- sensitization --- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy --- surface plasmon resonance --- thin film --- quantum dot --- 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol --- chitosan --- graphene oxide --- 3D printing --- carboxymethyl cellulose --- hydrogel --- lyophilization --- dissolution --- release model --- customization --- NO-donor --- topical release --- polymeric matrices --- microbial infections --- wound healing --- blood circulation --- semisynthetic polymers --- natural rubber --- rice husk ash --- alginate --- mechanical properties --- dielectric properties --- nanohydrogel --- food applications --- biopolymers --- polysaccharide --- neural network --- chicken feet --- sensorial quality --- food quality --- gelatine --- hyaluronic acid --- polyethylene oxide --- electrospinning --- nanofibers --- wound dressings --- pectin --- pectinase --- wheat bran --- banana peel --- Bacillus amyloliquefaciens --- prebiotics --- mucilage --- pectin polysaccharide --- Opuntia ficus-indica --- aloe vera --- acemannan --- Cactaceae --- Asphodelaceae --- porcine gastric mucin --- methacryloyl mucin --- double-cross-linked networks --- circular dichroism --- mechanical characterization --- date palm trunk mesh --- cellulose --- lignocellulosic waste --- alpha cellulose --- nanocellulose --- agro-byproduct --- Bacillus licheniformis --- bioconversion --- pomelo albedo --- sucrolytic --- lubricant --- tribology --- albumin deposition --- contact lens --- surface roughness --- bio-based polyurethanes --- prepolymers --- cellulose-derived polyol --- cellulose-citrate --- polyurethane composites --- poly(lactic acid) --- nanocomposites --- tannin --- lignin --- thermal degradation kinetics --- decomposition mechanism --- pyrolysis --- nanocomposite --- nanofertilizer --- slow release --- ammonia oxidase gene --- quantitative polymerase chain reaction --- microflora N cycle --- nutrient use efficiency --- soil N content --- aerogels --- cold plasma coating --- hydrophobization --- pore structure --- chitinous fishery wastes --- chitinase --- crab shells --- Paenibacillus --- N-acetyl-D-glucosamine --- phenol --- adhesive hydrogels --- nanomaterials --- surface modification --- latex --- lignocellulosic fibers --- conventional fillers --- CNC --- esterification reaction --- graft copolymerization --- hydrophobic modification --- flocculant --- crosslinking --- peptides --- glutaraldehyde --- specified risk materials --- laccase --- melanin --- decolorization --- natural mediators --- glycerol --- polymer electrolyte --- ionic conductivity --- biochemistry --- pH and rumen temperature --- protozoa --- zero valent iron --- nanoparticles --- ethylene glycol --- methylene blue --- polyhydroxyalkanoates --- poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate --- melt processing --- extrusion --- injection molding --- elongation at break --- crystallization --- DoE --- oil palm biomass waste --- anionic hydrogel --- swelling --- salt crosslinking agent --- CoNi nanocomposite --- cellulose paper --- antibacterial potential --- degradation --- annealing --- acetylation --- potato starch --- emulsion capacity --- FTIR --- Malva parviflora --- natural polymers --- physicochemical properties --- rheology --- birch wood --- pre-treatment --- process parameter --- lignocellulose --- 2-furaldehyde --- Komagataeibacter --- stretchable bacterial cellulose --- enhanced strain --- vitamin C --- collagen --- anisotropy --- electron irradiation --- tensile test --- activated carbon --- MnO2 --- Co NPs --- antibacterial activity --- hydrogels --- antimicrobial activities --- functionalized materials --- cellulose derivatives --- flexor tendon repair --- anti-inflammatory --- anti-adhesion --- antimicrobial --- polymer-based constructs --- biosorbent --- copper --- adsorption --- model studies --- aqueous medium --- biodegradable polymers --- chemical modification --- food packaging --- free radical polymerization --- superabsorbent --- water-retaining agent --- thermal properties --- Mimosa pudica mucilage --- extraction optimization --- Box-Behnken design --- response surface methodology --- pH-responsive on–off switching --- zero-order release --- antimicrobial activity --- bacterial cellulose --- cytotoxicity --- nisin --- stability