New Advances and Biotechnological Applications to Reduce Agricultural Pollution
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (6 March 2024) | Viewed by 6634
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental pollution; environmental microbiology; pesticide; biological process for wastewater treatment; environmental biotechnology; actinobacteria
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Green Revolution of the 1960s was boosted to increase plant productivity, involved the creation of public investment, hybrid crop development and the application of synthetic fertilizer and pesticide in the agriculture. At present, it is widely accepted that chemical synthetic products play an important role in plant protection. However, it is well documented that their widespread and indiscriminate use can cause negative impacts on the environment (e.g., on soil microbiome, water resource) and human health. Modern agricultural practices have increased the process of agricultural pollution. Therefore, general awareness exists regarding the detrimental effects of other pollutant sources such as heavy metals coming from the use of fertilizer, manure and other organic wastes, and antibiotics used extensively in agriculture, livestock and in animal husbandry. In addition, agricultural land could be one of the major receiving ends of the metal-based nanoparticles applied in agriculture such as nano-fertilizer and nano-pesticides. Agriculture uses huge amounts of water and chemicals. Hence, agricultural wastewater generated from a variety of farm activities can pollute surface and ground water if not properly managed. For these reasons and many more, the current agronomic technologies include the concept of integrated pest management and agricultural sustainability. Under this paradigm, farmers are more willing to incorporate new strategies and recommendations of soil and crop management due to the growing scientific interest to develop biotechnological tools and recommendations that ensure higher crop productivity within sustainable environments.
In this context, this Special Issue of Sustainability welcomes researchers from all over the world to contribute with original articles, as well as reviews addressing the latest knowledge about: 1) contaminants fate, transport and environmental risk, 2) environmental remediation process and technologies, 3) sustainable agricultural management, and 4) microbial community dynamics in soil systems.
Dr. Gabriela Briceño
Dr. Claudia Benimeli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioremediation
- bioaugmentation
- biopurification systems
- bioinoculants
- emerging contaminants
- pesticide-plant-microbial interactions
- agricultural wastewater
- nanoformulated
- pollutant degradation
- sustainability
- wastewaster treatments
- toxicity
- agrochemicals
- heavy metals
- phytoremediation
- organic amendments
- environmental risk
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