Soil Heavy Metal Pollution and Control
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2022) | Viewed by 2036
Special Issue Editor
Interests: soil; heavy metal pollution; agronomy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Heavy metal pollution of agricultural soil is a global concern, as it can cause severe problems in living systems and damage the ecosystem. Therefore, it is urgent to develop novel and effective approaches for the removal of such heavy metals from the soil–plant system. Recent advancements in research have discovered soil amendments (clay minerals, biochar, nanomaterials and modified materials, etc.), phytoremediation, microbial methods, and combinations of microbial and biochemical methods, which are friendlier and more promising for reducing the pollution risk of heavy metals in agricultural soil.
Therefore, this Special Issue titled “Soil Heavy Metal Pollution and Control” seeks high-quality works focusing on the latest research-based studies on heavy metals, and novel strategies to reduce their risk in the soil–plant system. Relevant researchers throughout the world are invited to contribute their papers to this Special Issue. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Transport and fate of heavy metals in the soil–plant system;
- Risk assessment (models and methods) of heavy metal-polluted soil;
- Physico-chemical method-based remediation strategies for soil heavy metal pollution and their application;
- Bioremediation technologies for soil heavy metal pollution and their application;
- Agronomic measures for the removal of heavy metals.
Dr. Yanan Wan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heavy metal
- risk assessment
- soil amendment
- passivation
- physiological barrier
- phytoremediation
- microorganism remediation
- agronomic measure
