Soil Pollution and Plant Response
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant–Soil Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2025
Special Issue Editor
Interests: soil pollution; xenobiotics accumulation in soil; determining changes in ecosystem functioning; removal of xenobiotics (herbicides, antibiotics, surfactants, metals) residues; accumulation and migration of pollutants in soil; effect of the presence of herbicides in the soil on plant germination and development; impact of xenobiotics on the change of microbial biodiversity in soil
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The following Special Issue of Plants (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/plants) is now receiving submissions, including full research articles and comprehensive review papers, for peer-review and possible publication.
Soil pollution and plant responses are issues of global concern. This is because environmental pollution affects soil health and the adaptive and defense mechanisms that plants require to survive and grow under altered conditions. For this reason, this Special Issue welcomes the submission of research that addresses soil monitoring for different types of contaminants and their interactions. It is known that a variety of chemical compounds, such as metals, surfactants, herbicides, pharmaceutical compounds, fuels and plastics, enter the environment. It is their properties, i.e., their ability to accumulate or easily leach and move, that determine the condition of the soil, directly affecting plant germination and development. Therefore, this Special Issue, entitled ‘Soil Contamination and Plant Responses’, will feature articles on the condition of soil, contaminant levels, the sorption and migration of contaminants in soil, and their impact on plant germination and development.
This Special Issue welcomes submissions from the world's leading experts in soil analysis and plant response.
Please forward this information to any colleagues who may be interested in publishing in this Special Issue. If you have any questions about this Special Issue, please contact me.
Dr. Anna Parus
Guest Editor
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Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- pollutions
- accumulation
- migration
- leaching
- soil environments
- response plants
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