Bioremediation of Agricultural Contaminants: Strategies and Successes
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Farming Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2025 | Viewed by 119
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Interests: soil organic matter transformation; phosphorus sorption and behaviour in soil; soil colloids
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Dear Colleagues,
The ever-growing—in times of demographic problems, climate change or the associated accelerating degradation of arable soils—pressure on the productive function of soils is currently a great challenge for agriculture, as well as a serious threat caused by over-intensification. This Special Issue is dedicated to the mitigation of agricultural contaminants, which involves different types of pollution resulting from agricultural practices that affect soil, water and all other ecosystems. Their wide-ranging impact on the environment is linked to the vast differences in their chemical structures, since these contaminants includes pesticides, fertilisers, heavy metals, organic waste, pathogens and plastic pollutants.
Exploring effective strategies for eliminating these contaminants in soil is crucial for developing sustainable agricultural practices and maintaining soil quality, along with protecting the natural environment. Therefore, the search for effective remediation strategies for agricultural soils, especially those using ecological solutions and the natural organisms' activity, is our main objective. Bioremediation involves using biological processes to degrade or transform contaminants in the environment and is a particularly promising solution for the neutralisation of agricultural contaminants and chemical residues. It offers solutions for the mitigation of agricultural contaminants, contributing to healthier ecosystems and sustainable agricultural practices. Developing research in this field is essential to increase its effectiveness and applicability.
Therefore, we request studies presenting the latest research results on the different techniques used for the bioremediation of agricultural contaminants, with particular emphasis placed on promising strategies, as well as state-of-the-art and environmentally beneficial techniques and solutions.
Dr. Magdalena Dębicka
Dr. Xiaoyan Lin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioremediation techniques
- soil quality improvement
- contaminant stability
- immobili-sation
- metabolisation
- inactivation
- detoxification
- contaminant reduction
- microbial activity
- enzymatic activity
- biostimulation
- hyperaccumulation
- phytoremediation
- mycoremediation
- pesticides
- heavy metals
- fertiliser over-use
- nitrogen leaching
- phosphorus leaching
- organic contaminants
- organic waste
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