Ammonium Biology: From Molecular Response to Fertilization

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31 October 2025

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Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to contribute to the Topic "Ammonium Biology: From Molecular Response to Fertilization". Ammonium (NH4+) is a key nitrogen source in soils, yet it can be toxic at moderate concentrations, particularly when used as the primary nitrogen source. To address this challenge, our topic aims to explore how plants respond to ammonium and how genetic breeding or agronomic improvements can enhance crop tolerance to NH4+ fertilizers, thereby improving application efficiency. This topic will cover: (i) Plant Tolerance to Ammonium: Investigating recent advances in enhancing plant tolerance to NH4+ nutrients to improve nitrogen availability and plant health. (ii) Environmental Interactions: Examining the interactions between NH4+ nutrition and environmental factors, such as CO₂ and O₃ levels, droughts, high-temepratures, light, and heavy metal toxicity. (iii) Fertilizer Application and Agronomy: Analyzing the impact of different NH4+-N fertilizer forms and agronomic practices on utilization efficiency and plant tolerance. We seek comprehensive studies, reviews, brief reports, and communications that present the latest findings in plant responses to NH4+, from molecular mechanisms to practical fertilizer applications.. We look forward to your valuable contributions to this exciting and impactful field.

Dr. Dong-Wei Di
Dr. Soichi Kojima
Prof. Dr. Byoung Ryong Jeong
Prof. Dr. Monika Skowrońska
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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Agriculture agriculture	3.3	4.9	2011	20.2 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Agronomy agronomy	3.3	6.2	2011	15.5 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Environments environments	3.5	5.7	2014	25.7 Days	CHF 1800	Submit
International Journal of Molecular Sciences ijms	4.9	8.1	2000	18.1 Days	CHF 2900	Submit
Nitrogen nitrogen	1.6	2.6	2020	19.3 Days	CHF 1000	Submit
Plants plants	4.0	6.5	2012	18.2 Days	CHF 2700	Submit

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