Soil Pollution and Remediation in Sustainable Agriculture
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 526
Special Issue Editor
Interests: soil organic matter; animal manure; cover crops; heavy metal; aoil pollution
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil pollution refers to the presence of a chemical product or substance outside its natural environment and/or in a concentration higher than normal, which has adverse effects on any non-target organism. Currently, there are numerous sources of soil pollution in agricultural activities, such as the use of pesticides (fungicides, insecticides, and herbicides, among others), industrial fertilizers, animal waste, and industrial residues, among others. The main pollutant elements added to the soil with these products are heavy metals, such as arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chrome (Cr), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn), among others. Even essential heavy metals for plants, such as Cu and Zn, when present in excessive amounts in the soil, inhibit plant development, affect soil biota, and cause the contamination of water sources. Thus, the use of remediation techniques (chemical, physical, and biological, among others) in polluted soils is an important strategy to maintain soil productivity.
In this Special Issue, we aim to exchange knowledge on various aspects related to agricultural soil pollution as well as the use of remediation techniques to minimize the adverse effects caused by the application of pollutant elements, including, but not limited to, heavy metals.
Dr. Cledimar Rogério Lourenzi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heavy metal
- animal wastes
- organic compost
- cover plants
- no-tillage system
- soil organic carbon
- copper
- zinc
