Soil Pollution on Water Quality and Plant Health
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant–Soil Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 401
Special Issue Editors
Interests: integrated soil fertility and plant nutrition, nuclear techniques to trace source and transport of contaminants (agro-contminants, antimicrobial resistance, microplastics etc in the environment, environmental physiology, advances of nuclear-based instrumental and analytical techniques
Interests: sustainable and climate-smart agriculture including controlled environment production; soil health; water quality; best management practices for reducing the impacts of agriculture on the environment and environmental sustainability
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
‘Soil pollution’ represents the contamination of soil with harmful content or higher-than-normal concentrations of substances that have poisonous and/or adverse effects on water quality, plants and creatures. Soil pollution is an alarming issue and there is increasing awareness of its importance, leading to research on the methods of tracing, assessing and remediation. The uptake of contaminants via the transfer of the soil and water pollutants to plants poses risks to food security and health, water resources, rural livelihoods and human health. In addition, sediments from soil erosion and non-point source runoff can adversely affect water quality, aquatic life and various plant systems.
This Special Issue focuses on the different analytical techniques (nuclear and conventional) used for identifying sources and transport of pollutants for a better understanding and management strategies. Our goal is to highlight th original research methods to understand the mechanisms of sources and fate of contaminants and their effects on water quality, plant health and productivity.
Dr. Joseph Adu-Gyamfi
Dr. Peter Ampim
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil pollution
- water pollution
- agro-contaminants
- crop health and productivity
- water quality
- non-point source pollution
