Ecotoxicity Induced by Pesticides Exposure

Dear Colleagues,

In the last few decades, pesticides have played an irreplaceable role in agricultural practice for controlling pests and increasing crop yield and quality. However, the inefficient and extensive use of pesticides inadvertently results in environmental pollution and produces toxic effects in non-target organisms and on human health. Therefore, thoroughly understanding the environmental behavior and potential ecotoxicity of pesticide exposure are vitally important for pesticides’ environmental safety and scientific application. Moreover, the development of new or systematic pesticide exposure risk assessment methods is also crucial for the clarification/analysis of the risk of pesticides in complex real-world environments.

This Special Issue on “Ecotoxicity Induced by Pesticides Exposure” aims to gather studies covering various aspects of this topic, and we encourage scientists around the world to contribute original research papers and reviews dealing with the ecotoxicity and risk assessment of pesticide exposure. Articles may include but are not limited to the following topics:

• Ecotoxicity to non-target organisms;
• Ecological risk assessment;
• Mixture toxicity;
• Stereoselective toxicity;
• Aquatic toxicology;
• Risk assessment methods;
• Toxicity reduction strategies;
• Multiple omics analysis of toxicity;
• Toxic mechanism;
• Toxicological models.

Prof. Dr. Qingming Zhang
Guest Editor

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