The degradation of the environment brought on by human activities has developed into a problem that affects the entire world. To lessen the severity of the damage caused by contamination of the soil, water, and air, new laws and practices need to be enacted on a worldwide scale and existing ones need to be modified. These compounds, which include trace elements, pharmaceuticals, health care products, pesticides, and newly developed nanoparticles, are known to have a detrimental impact on the growth and physiology of plants, including those of agricultural interest, which can lead to unfavorable outcomes in terms of the environment and the economy. These heavy contaminants not only affect plant qualitative and quantitative traits but also affect higher trophic levels, e.g., arthropods, animals, and humans. These contaminants significantly impact the farmer's economic situation by impacting different agricultural practices, e.g., fertilizers and pest control. Each living organism has a sophisticated mechanism for detoxifying these contaminants on the physiological and genetic levels, and the mechanism of detoxification still needs more elaboration.
Different parts of the world are dealing with different kinds of pollutants. Developing and underdeveloped countries have more risk of soil contamination, which affects the standing crop and the movement at different trophic levels. The objective will be to gather data worldwide regarding the risk posed by different agricultural practices. These are particularly intriguing studies that examine how plants and invertebrates cope with new types of pollution, such as POPs (pharmaceutical and personal care products), PCBs (persistent organic compounds), and other toxins that exerted stress and their detoxification mechanism. This research topic tries to collect knowledge on the responses of plants and invertebrates to environmental contamination, as well as the consequences of pollutant accumulation in plants and their possible effects further up the food chain or at higher trophic levels.
In this Research Topic, We welcome all types of submissions, including original research, reviews, methodologies, mini-reviews, perspectives, and opinion articles in this field, including (but not limited to) research covering:
1. Risk assessment of environmental pollutants to plants.
2. Biological alterations induced by pollutants in plants and invertebrates.
3. Physiological and molecular mechanism of plants and vertebrates against pollutants.
4. Environmental pollutants as a risk to agricultural practices.
5. Remediation techniques for environmental pollutants in the field.
The degradation of the environment brought on by human activities has developed into a problem that affects the entire world. To lessen the severity of the damage caused by contamination of the soil, water, and air, new laws and practices need to be enacted on a worldwide scale and existing ones need to be modified. These compounds, which include trace elements, pharmaceuticals, health care products, pesticides, and newly developed nanoparticles, are known to have a detrimental impact on the growth and physiology of plants, including those of agricultural interest, which can lead to unfavorable outcomes in terms of the environment and the economy. These heavy contaminants not only affect plant qualitative and quantitative traits but also affect higher trophic levels, e.g., arthropods, animals, and humans. These contaminants significantly impact the farmer's economic situation by impacting different agricultural practices, e.g., fertilizers and pest control. Each living organism has a sophisticated mechanism for detoxifying these contaminants on the physiological and genetic levels, and the mechanism of detoxification still needs more elaboration.
Different parts of the world are dealing with different kinds of pollutants. Developing and underdeveloped countries have more risk of soil contamination, which affects the standing crop and the movement at different trophic levels. The objective will be to gather data worldwide regarding the risk posed by different agricultural practices. These are particularly intriguing studies that examine how plants and invertebrates cope with new types of pollution, such as POPs (pharmaceutical and personal care products), PCBs (persistent organic compounds), and other toxins that exerted stress and their detoxification mechanism. This research topic tries to collect knowledge on the responses of plants and invertebrates to environmental contamination, as well as the consequences of pollutant accumulation in plants and their possible effects further up the food chain or at higher trophic levels.
In this Research Topic, We welcome all types of submissions, including original research, reviews, methodologies, mini-reviews, perspectives, and opinion articles in this field, including (but not limited to) research covering:
1. Risk assessment of environmental pollutants to plants.
2. Biological alterations induced by pollutants in plants and invertebrates.
3. Physiological and molecular mechanism of plants and vertebrates against pollutants.
4. Environmental pollutants as a risk to agricultural practices.
5. Remediation techniques for environmental pollutants in the field.
