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Soil and Water Pollution in Agriculture

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Water".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 July 2022) | Viewed by 4221

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Huixiong Lv

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College of National Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
Interests: emerging pollutants; soil remediation; microbial degradation; soil pollution; safety of agricultural products; environmental behavior and fate of pollutants; human exposure
Dr. Haiming Zhao

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College of Life Sciences, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Interests: emerging organic pollutants; instrumental analysis; microbial degradation; bioremediation; plant uptake and transformation
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Dear Colleagues,

Soil and water pollution have historically impacted agricultural production and food safety, which has worsened in many agricultural regions of the world. Pollutants such as pesticides, heavy metals. and emerging organic contaminants not only pose environmental risks to agricultural ecosystems but also to human health. Although cities and industries are well known sources of the pollution, agriculture is among the leading causes of soil and water pollution globally due to the discharge of large quantities of agrochemicals, nutrients, organic matter, livestock manure, drug residues, saline drainage inducing salinization and alkalinization, microplastics, and pathogens. The increasing contribution of agriculture to soil and water pollution have led to many negative effects on agricultural production, which is expected to escalate the increasing threat to human health, the environment, and sustainable development. This Special Issue collects original research and review articles on the sources, environmental behavior and fate, risk assessment of pollutants in agricultural soil and water, impacts of pollutants on the agricultural environment and production, and the effectiveness of methods and measures for remediation and mitigation of the polluted environment to present the pollution status of soil and water in agriculture and improve it.

Prof. Dr. Huixiong Lv
Dr. Hai-Ming Zhao
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • agricultural environment
  • soil pollution
  • water pollution
  • pesticides
  • heavy metals
  • organic contaminants
  • risk assessment
  • remediation

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Consortium between Groundwater Quality and Lint Yield in Cotton Belt Areas
by Muhammad Rashid Hameed, Houneida Attia, Umair Riaz, Kamran Ashraf, Khalid H. Alamer, Ashwaq T. Althobaiti, Badreyah Algethami, Khawar Sultan, Aamir Amanat Ali Khan and Qamar uz Zaman
Water 2022, 14(19), 3136; https://doi.org/10.3390/w14193136 - 4 Oct 2022
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The agriculture sector of Pakistan mainly depends on freshwater from groundwater resources. Deterioration of these resources adversely affected crop yields due to climate change and human activities. A comprehensive study was conducted to evaluate the groundwater quality of varying boring depths and the [...] Read more.
The agriculture sector of Pakistan mainly depends on freshwater from groundwater resources. Deterioration of these resources adversely affected crop yields due to climate change and human activities. A comprehensive study was conducted to evaluate the groundwater quality of varying boring depths and the possible effects on the crop yield of cotton in Tehsil Fort Abbas, District Bahawalnagar, Punjab, Pakistan. A total of 347 samples were collected from the investigated areas. Results revealed that 86% of samples were declared unfit for irrigation purposes, 6% of samples were fit, and 8% of samples were marginally fit for irrigation. The ranges for the electrical conductivity (EC), sodium absorption ratio (SAR), and residual sodium carbonate (RSC) were 0.61–10.49 dS m−1, 0.65 to 5.44 meq L−1, and 0.02 to 5.44 meq L−1, respectively. Regarding the EC of water samples, the southwestern side of the study area where the lower values were observed was in an acceptable range in terms of water quality. Differential response to metal contamination was observed in the study area. Lower contamination of metals was observed in the water samples collected from some regions on the eastern and western sides of the study area. Principal component analysis (PCA) showed that by increasing the depth of the bore, the value of EC was also increased. Similarly, for the cotton lint yield maximum yield (1040 kg acre−1) was observed in the sampling point located in the southwestern part of the study area due to better quality of irrigation water, while the minimum cotton lint yield (520 kg acre−1) was noticed in sampling point located in the western side of the study area. Overall groundwater quality of Tehsil Fort Abbas was unfit for irrigation due to the high EC values and metal concentrations. The yield showed a negative correlation among all parameters of water. It was suggested that using the recommended dose of gypsum powder/stone and dilution of groundwater with canal water reduced the hazards of anions and cations of groundwater for the accumulation of salts in crops. Full article
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Research on Temporal and Spatial Differentiation and Impact Paths of Agricultural Grey Water Footprints in the Yellow River Basin
by Ruifan Xu, Jianwen Shi, Dequan Hao, Yun Ding and Jianzhong Gao
Water 2022, 14(17), 2759; https://doi.org/10.3390/w14172759 - 5 Sep 2022
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The scientific evaluation of water pollution in the Yellow River Basin was directly related to the sustainable utilization of water resources and the green development of the agricultural economy in this region. In this study, we focused on the planting industry, and measured [...] Read more.
The scientific evaluation of water pollution in the Yellow River Basin was directly related to the sustainable utilization of water resources and the green development of the agricultural economy in this region. In this study, we focused on the planting industry, and measured the agricultural grey water footprint of 73 prefecture-level cities in the Yellow River Basin from 2000 to 2019. We used spatial autocorrelation analysis to reveal temporal and spatial differentiation characteristics, and we used the path analysis method to study the factors influencing the temporal evolution and spatial distribution. Taking 2015 as the study period, the agricultural grey water footprint showed a trend of first rising and then falling. The values and growth rates of the agricultural grey water footprint in different regions were quite different. According to the natural breakpoint method, the agricultural grey water footprints were divided into low, middle, high, and very high groups. There were obvious spatial differences in the agricultural grey water footprints, and these differences gradually decreased. Generally, the H–L and the L–L types were dominant. From 2000 to 2019, most prefecture-level cities maintained the same transition changes as those in the neighboring regions. Crop yield, economic scale, population scale, urban and rural structure, and technological innovation were found to be the key elements of spatiotemporal variation in the agricultural grey water footprint. Full article
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