Challenges and Side Effects of Heavy Metals in Agriculture
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Soils".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2023) | Viewed by 18103
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Interests: trichome and root hair development; heavy metal stress; plant hormone vs. plant development; nitrate signal and lateral development
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Dear Colleagues,
The huge demand for and applications of heavy metals such as cadmium, zinc, chromium, copper, bismuth, nickel, cobalt, and silver have increased their release into the environment. Especially, crops uptake large quantities of heavy metals through water, which leads to increased contamination in the food chain, causing serious health problems in human beings. This phenomenon affects agricultural land and economically important crops all over the world. Soil acts as the final sink for heavy metals, and these metals could be toxic to soil organisms and plants. After entering the plant, heavy metals are transported to various organs and cause serious damage. Therefore, the goal of this Issue is to cover all aspects, including the toxic effects of heavy metals on plants, the quantification of heavy metals ending up (intentionally or unintentionally) in agricultural soil, sources of heavy metal in agriculture, problems related to the evaluation and monitoring of heavy metals in agricultural crops, and the distribution of heavy metals in agricultural soil leading to negative impacts on the ecosystem and human health. I invite you to contribute by submitting studies or comprehensive reviews analyzing current challenges in heavy metal stress, possible methodological studies, applicable techniques to ameliorate the heavy metal toxicity in agricultural crops, or innovative solutions in breeding crops resistant to heavy metal stress.
Prof. Dr. Yinbo Gan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Agricultural soil
- Metal stress
- Applicable techniques
- Human health
- Evaluation and monitoring
- Heavy metals distribution
- Toxic effect on plants
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