Use of Biostimulants on Soil Restoration in Polluted Soils by Pesticides: Effects on Soil Biochemical Properties

Dear Colleagues, 

The extensive use of various pesticides in agriculture with the objective of eliminating possible pests caused by weeds, insects or pathogens that can cause a negative effect on the development of crops and, consequently, on their yield is causing a serious environmental problem due to the consequent contamination of soils and aquifers.

Given this fact, in recent years, different types of biostimulants have been used in order to eliminate these pesticides in the soil and thus reduce these negative environmental effects.

It has been shown that a large number of these biostimulants have a positive effect on soil biology, increasing both its biochemical activity and biodiversity and, consequently, accelerating the degradation of these pesticides in the soil. However, there is a lack of information on the effects and mode of action of biostimulants that operate on soil biochemistry and, consequently, on the degradation of pesticides in the soil.

Therefore, we need to improve the understanding of the relationship between the degradation of pesticides in contaminated soil after the application of biostimulants and the biochemistry of the soil. For this reason, this Special Issue will focus on the restoration of soils contaminated by pesticides after the application of biostimulants, with special emphasis on the biochemical activity of the soils. Articles highlighting the influence of biostimulants in such pesticide-contaminated soils on soil biochemistry will be welcome. This Special Issue will generate more knowledge about this challenge for the sustainability of agriculture.

Prof. Dr. Manuel Tejada
Prof. Dr. Juan Parrado
Guest Editors

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