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Soil Pollution and Remediation in Sustainable Agriculture
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Soil Pollution and Remediation in Sustainable Agriculture

A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Plant Nutrition".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2025 | Viewed by 2120

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Dr. Cledimar Rogério Lourenzi

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Departamento de Engenharia Rural, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
Interests: soil organic matter; animal manure; cover crops; heavy metal; soil pollution
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Dear Colleagues,

Soil pollution refers to the presence of a chemical product or substance outside its natural environment and/or in a concentration higher than normal, which has adverse effects on any non-target organism. Currently, there are numerous sources of soil pollution in agricultural activities, such as the use of pesticides (fungicides, insecticides, and herbicides, among others), industrial fertilizers, animal waste, and industrial residues, among others. The main pollutant elements added to the soil with these products are heavy metals, such as arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chrome (Cr), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn), among others. Even essential heavy metals for plants, such as Cu and Zn, when present in excessive amounts in the soil, inhibit plant development, affect soil biota, and cause the contamination of water sources. Thus, the use of remediation techniques (chemical, physical, and biological, among others) in polluted soils is an important strategy to maintain soil productivity.

In this Special Issue, we aim to exchange knowledge on various aspects related to agricultural soil pollution as well as the use of remediation techniques to minimize the adverse effects caused by the application of pollutant elements, including, but not limited to, heavy metals.

Dr. Cledimar Rogério Lourenzi
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • heavy metal
  • animal wastes
  • organic compost
  • cover plants
  • no-tillage system
  • soil organic carbon
  • copper
  • zinc

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Heavy Metal-Based Fungicides Alter the Chemical Fractions of Cu, Zn, and Mn in Vineyards in Southern Brazil
by Guilherme Wilbert Ferreira, Samya Uchoa Bordallo, Edenilson Meyer, Zayne Valéria Santos Duarte, Josué Klein Schmitt, Luana Paula Garlet, Allan Augusto Kokkonen da Silva, Jean Michel Moura-Bueno, George Wellington Bastos de Melo, Gustavo Brunetto, Tales Tiecher and Cledimar Rogério Lourenzi
Agronomy 2024, 14(5), 969; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14050969 - 5 May 2024
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This study aimed to evaluate Cu, Zn, and Mn fractions in vineyard soils in two important wine-growing regions in Latin America, which have soils with different soil organic matter (SOM) and clay contents. Soils were collected from vineyards aged 35, 37, and 39 [...] Read more.
This study aimed to evaluate Cu, Zn, and Mn fractions in vineyard soils in two important wine-growing regions in Latin America, which have soils with different soil organic matter (SOM) and clay contents. Soils were collected from vineyards aged 35, 37, and 39 years (Serra Gaúcha) and 13, 19, and 36 years (Campanha Gaúcha). In each region, soils were collected from a non-anthropized area, and in the oldest vineyards, the collection was conducted on and between the planting lines. The available and total Cu, Zn, and Mn contents were analyzed in addition to the chemical fractions. The ΔCu, ΔZn, and ΔMn were also calculated by subtracting the contents of each fraction of the vineyards from the reference areas. The use of fungicides promotes increased metal contents in vineyard soils. In soils with high SOM contents, Cu tended to increase in the organic fraction in surface and depth. In contrast, Zn increased in the residual fraction, and Mn increased in most bioavailable fractions. Cu and Zn increased their contents in soils with low SOM and clay contents in the organic and mineral fractions. Mn accumulated in the mineral and residual fractions. Full article
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Uptake of Thallium(I) by Rice Seedlings Grown in Different Soils: Key Soil Properties Determining Soil Thallium Availability
by Liang-Sin Huang, Puu-Tai Yang, Yu-An Lu, Wei-Lin Liu, Tsung-Ju Chuang and Shan-Li Wang
Agronomy 2024, 14(4), 718; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14040718 - 29 Mar 2024
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This study investigated the uptake of thallium (Tl) by rice seedlings grown in different soils with varying physiochemical properties and Tl levels to elucidate the key factors governing soil Tl availability and accumulation in rice plants. The bioconcentration factors of Tl in rice [...] Read more.
This study investigated the uptake of thallium (Tl) by rice seedlings grown in different soils with varying physiochemical properties and Tl levels to elucidate the key factors governing soil Tl availability and accumulation in rice plants. The bioconcentration factors of Tl in rice roots (2.5–25.6) and shoots (1.5–14.7) indicated high soil Tl availability and efficient uptake and translocation of Tl in rice plants, with significant variations across soil types. Growth suppression and visual toxic symptoms, such as stem buckling, yellowish leaf tips, and withering leaf edges, occurred at low soil Tl levels due to high Tl toxicity. The accumulation of Tl by rice plants was influenced by both soil and plant-related factors. Cation exchange reactions primarily influenced the concentration of Tl in soil solution, with potassium ions (K+) acting as competitors for cation exchange sites with Tl+ ions and effective inhibitors of Tl uptake by rice plants. Increasing soil K content may mitigate soil Tl availability in contaminated soils by reducing soil Tl(I) adsorption and plant uptake. This study elucidates the key mechanisms governing soil Tl bioavailability and highlights potential management strategies to reduce Tl accumulation in crops. Full article
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