Overview
- Outlines the occurrence of pesticides in soils
- Covers the adsorption, leaching and degradation of pesticides
- Explores soil bioremediation and control strategies
Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (HEC, volume 113)
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About this book
This book reviews the occurrence and fate of pesticides in soils, their impact on soil quality and soil ecosystems, and it also provides a comprehensive overview of the latest prevention and remediation strategies of soil contamination. Chapters from expert contributors cover topics such as soil pollution monitoring, the role of dissolved organic matter on the environmental fate of pesticides in soils, the effects of pesticides on soil microbial communities, plant uptake of pesticides from soils, and nano-based pesticides. Particular attention is given to the latest physicochemical and biological technologies developed to immobilize or degrade pesticides, preventing soil and water pollution.
Given its scope, the book will appeal to researchers, professionals, including environmental chemists, engineers, ecologists, and policy-makers responsible for soil management.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
M. Jesús Sánchez-Martín holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Salamanca (1978), and she is currently a Professor at the Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca (IRNASA-CSIC), Salamanca (Spain). Her main research interests focus on the dynamic of pesticides in soils, namely on the adsorption capacity of pesticides by soils and their components, the groundwater contamination by pesticides in agricultural areas, and the use of surfactants or low-cost organic wastes for the recovery of soils contaminated by pesticides or for the prevention of this contamination. She has been recently interested on agricultural practices involving the simultaneous application of organic amendments and pesticides, the effect in the dissipation of pesticides and the simulation of the transport of these compounds in amended soils. The ultimate goal of her research is to advance soil management strategies in order to maintain its functionality and biodiversity, and to achieve sustainable food production in soils susceptible to degradation.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pesticides in Soils
Book Subtitle: Occurrence, Fate, Control and Remediation
Editors: M. Sonia Rodríguez-Cruz, M. Jesús Sánchez-Martín
Series Title: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90546-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-90545-3Published: 08 February 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-90546-0Published: 07 February 2022
Series ISSN: 1867-979X
Series E-ISSN: 1616-864X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 377
Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Chemistry, Agriculture, Environment, general, Pollution, general, Applied Microbiology