Heavy Metal Pollution and Its Effects on Agriculture—2nd Edition
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 2240
Special Issue Editor
Interests: soil contamination; potentially risky elements; persistent organic pollutants; contaminant assessment and monitoring; soil remediation; soil degradation; soil protection
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Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to announce the launch of a second Special Issue of Agronomy focused on problematic heavy metals and metalloids in agriculture. Heavy metals belong to a very well-known group of environmental contaminants. The main sources of heavy metals entering agricultural ecosystems should be defined. The differences between the behavior of heavy metals from natural and anthropogenic sources should be described. The topic of extreme geogenic load of agricultural soils by some heavy metals continues to be particularly important today, and the use of agrochemicals and (in)organic soil amendments with potentially increased heavy metal contents is a serious problem in agriculture. The impact of industrial and traffic emission outputs on agricultural soils is also significant. The study of heavy metal behavior in a soil environment and mobility and transfer in plants, water, and other parts of the environment is needed. Heavy metal contents in eroded agricultural soils and extracted sediments from ponds and water reservoirs can change the quality of agricultural soils and the water environment. Heavy metals can strongly influence soil functions, water quality, food chain quality, and human health. The knowledge of possible risks connected with increased heavy metal contents in agriculture and the potential of remediation techniques focused on a reduction in risks following contamination will be a valuable contribution to this Special Issue.
This Agronomy Special Issue will welcome contributions in the field of interest, including sources of heavy metals in agriculture, problematic heavy metal monitoring and assessment, inputs and monitoring of heavy metals in food chains, risk assessment, possible tools for heavy metal contamination management in agriculture, and remediation techniques applicable in agriculture.
Prof. Dr. Radim Vácha
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heavy metals
- agricultural soil
- monitoring and assessment
- plant production and food chain quality
- risk assessment
- legal instruments
- remediation techniques
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