Ecological Remediation in Agricultural Soil Pollution
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Soils".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 January 2025 | Viewed by 239
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil; pollution; heavy metals; nitrates; fertilization; modelling
Interests: soil; pollution; heavy metals; plant nutrition; nitrates; agroecology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to the rapid growth in the world’s population, the industrialization of society, and the excessive use of pesticides in agriculture, the accumulation of harmful and contaminating substances in the soil, the main resource for food production, is rapidly increasing. A direct consequence of this trend could be a significant reduction in the number of areas usable for producing healthy food that does not contain contaminants of any kind. The accumulation of toxic pollutants (heavy metals, radionuclides, and organic pollutants) burdens the production capacity of the ecosystem. The soil often adopts, binds, and accumulates harmful substances, and if the intake of these pollutants exceeds a certain limit, the soil begins to pose a health risk for the production of healthy food. The remediation of contaminated soil using conventional methods such as excavation and the removal of contaminated soil is often too expensive and applicable only in smaller areas. Also, conventional methods often make the treated soil infertile and unsuitable for agricultural production due to damage to the microflora. Therefore, today's scientific community is moving in the direction of alternative ecologically acceptable methods of healing polluted soils, primarily keeping in mind the basic purpose of the soil.
This Special Issue focuses on the development and evaluation of methods, collectively known as phytoremediation, used to remove pollutants from soil, water, and the air. This Special Issue focuses on innovative methods and technologies for soil decontamination and will include interdisciplinary studies embracing agriculture and all related disciplines, such as chemistry, biology, and microbiology. Scientific articles will cover a wide range of possibilities for the decontamination of agricultural areas in an ecologically and economically acceptable way and will explain in detail the purpose of each phytoremediation mechanism. All types of articles, such as original research articles, opinions, and reviews, are welcome.
Dr. Brigita Popović
Prof. Dr. Maja Manojlovic
Prof. Dr. Mira Pucarević
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil
- pollution
- fitoremediation
- bioremediation
- heavy metals
- microplastics
- nanoplastic
- pesticide residues
- nitrates
- groundwater
- storm water
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