Contaminants in Agricultural Soils

Challenges and Solutions
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-80146-878-7
Verlag: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd

Buch, Englisch, Band 166, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science

It’s been estimated that around 24 billion tonnes of fertile topsoil is lost each year due to historic and ongoing pollution. With increasing pressure placed upon land as a resource, there is an urgent need to make better use of existing agricultural land, as well as remediate contaminated land for farming use.

Contaminants in agricultural soils: Challenges and solutions provides a comprehensive overview of the major types of contaminants in agricultural soils. It considers key issues in dealing with contaminants such as advances in detection and risk assessment. The book also reviews recent advances in bioremediation and phytoremediation techniques to manage contaminants in soils.

Zielgruppe

University and other researchers in soil and crop science, companies providing soil monitoring and management services, as well as government and other private sector agencies regulating the health and safety of soils

Autoren/Hrsg.

Naidu, Ravi

Naidu, Laureate Professor Ravi

Weitere Mitwirkende

Vaccari, Dr Mentore

Hettiarachichi, Professor Ganga

Lee, Professor Linda

Felix da Graca Silva, Dr Vera

Rakonjac, Dr Nikola

Levy, Dr Guy

Wang, Dr Liang

Wijayawardena, Dr Ayanka

Soja, Dr Gerhard

Biswas, Dr Bhaba

Alvarenga, Dr Paula

Leung, Dr David

Cumbane, Dr Berta

Wang, Professor Fang

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Types of contaminants in agricultural soils
- 1.Petroleum hydrocarbon waste product contaminants in agricultural soils: Mentore Vaccari, University of Brescia, Italy;
- 2.Heavy metal contaminants in agricultural soils: Ganga Hettiarachichi, Kansas State University, USA;
- 3.Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as contaminants in agricultural soils: Linda Lee, Purdue University, USA;
- 4.Pesticide residues as contaminants in agricultural soils: Vera Felix da Graca Silva, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;
- 5.Antibiotic residues as contaminants in agricultural soils: Nikola Rakonjac, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;
- 6.Wastewater as a contamination risk for agricultural soils: Guy Levy, Volcani Institute – Agricultural Research Organisation, Israel;

Part 2 Remediation techniques
- 7.Advances in analytical techniques for detecting contaminants in soils: Liang Wang, University of Newcastle, Australia;
- 8.Advances in risk assessment of contaminated agricultural soils: Ayanka Wijayawardena, University of Newcastle, Australia;
- 9.Bioremediation: advances in using soil organic amendments to control contaminants in agricultural soils: Gerhard Soja, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria;
- 10.Bioremediation: advances in bioremediation additives to control contaminants in agricultural soils: Bhaba Biswas, University of Newcastle, Australia;
- 11.Phytoremediation: advances in soil contaminant phyto-stabilisation/immobilisation using vegetative cover: Paula Alvarenga, University of Lisbon, Portugal;
- 12.Phytoremediation: advances in soil contaminant phyto-extraction by accumulator and hyper-accumulator plants: David Leung, Unversity of Canterbury, New Zealand;
- 13.Growing energy crops in contaminated soils: Berta Cumbane, University of Lisbon, Portugal;
- 14.Managing contaminants in farmed soils: case studies from China: Fang Wang, Institute of Soil Science – Chinese Academy of Sciences, China;

Über Autor(innen)

Naidu, Laureate Professor Ravi
Dr Ravi Naidu is Professor in the College of Engineering Science and Environment and Founding Director of the Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER) at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is also Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and Chief Scientist of the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (crcCARE). Professor Naidu is also Chair of the UN FAO International Network on Soil Pollution (INSOP) and Chair of the CleanUp Conference Series. Amongst other honours he received the 2022 Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award and Medal and the 2023 European Geosciences Union Alina Kabata-Pendias Medal. His election as a Fellow of Australian Academy of Science Technology and Engineering, New Zealand Academy of Science and Indian Academy of Agricultural Science reflects his outstanding scientific contribution. With over 850 journal publications, he is a Web of Science Globally Highly-Cited Researcher in soil contamination and remediation research.