Non-Essential Elements and Their Role in Sustainable Agriculture

• Published in: Agronomy (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 4; p. 888
• Main Authors: Nunes da Silva, Marta, Machado, Joana, Osorio, Jazmin, Duarte, Rafael, Santos, Carla S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.04.2022
• Subjects: Agricultural ecosystems; Agricultural management; Agricultural production; Agriculture; Agronomy; Aluminum; Bioavailability; Biodiversity; Carbon dioxide; climate change; Climatic conditions; Cobalt; Corn; Crop production; Crops; Dietary minerals; Drought; ecosystem services; Farming systems; Farms; Feeds; Flowers & plants; Fluorides; Food; Heavy metals; Herbivores; Microbiota; Nutrient balance; Nutrition; Pathogens; Pesticides; Plant growth; Plant metabolism; plant nutrition; plant protection; Productivity; Rain; Selenium; Signal transduction; Silicon; Sodium; Sustainability; Sustainable agriculture; Toxicity; Water stress

Agricultural systems are constantly under environmental pressure, and the continuous rise of the global population requires an increasingly intensification of agronomical productivity. To meet the current global food demand, particularly in depleted ecosystems under adverse climate conditions, the d...