Agricultural lands face a threat from several contaminants that affect the quality of crops. With focus on in situ bioremediation, this book provides an exhaustive analysis of the current biological methodologies for assessing, monitoring, and remediating polluted agricultural soils.

Chemical stressors in agroecosystems. Toxicity of persistent organic pesticides to soil biota. Current-use pesticides: an overview. Nanopesticides. Inorganic anions: fertilizers versuspollutants. Agriculture in metal-polluted soils: plant uptake and toxicity. Metal toxicity on soilorganisms. Engineering nanoparticles: sources, transport and impacts on agricultural soils. Pharmaceuticals in soil: sources and occurrence. Pharmaceuticals in reclaimed wastewaterirrigation: plant uptake. Microplastics in soil: a real environmental hazard? In situbioremediation. Bacterial bioremediation strategies. Fungal bioremediation of agrochemicals. Genetically modified organisms in soil bioremediation. Phytoremediation in agroecosystems. Synthetic biology: a promising technology for in situ bioremediation. Biostimulation ofagricultural soils: nutrient addition. Vermicompost and its enzymatic bioremediation potential. Biochar: a partner in the fighting against soil contamination. Natural attenuation of contaminated soils. Biological methodologies for assessing and monitoring bioremediation. Microbial molecular techniques for assessing contaminated soil. Ecotoxicity testings using soilmeso - and macrofauna. In situ biomonitoring approaches. Microbial indicators: soil enzymeactivities. Urban agriculture: pollution monitoring tools for healthy vegetables.