Part 1 Types of contaminants in agricultural soils 1.Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contaminants in agricultural soils: occurrence and remediation: Teklit Gebregiorgis Ambaye, University of Brescia, Italy/Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; and Mentore Vaccari, University of Brescia, Italy; 2.Trace element contaminants in agricultural soils: challenges and solutions: Chandima Wekumbura, Kansas State University, USA; Chammi P. Attanayake, University of Illinois Urbana−Champaign/Kansas State University, USA; and Ganga M. Hettiarachchi, Kansas State University, USA; 3.Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as contaminants in agricultural soils: Lynda Peter and Linda S. Lee, Purdue University, USA; 4.Pesticide residues as contaminants in agricultural soils: Vera Silva, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands; Judith Riedo, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany; Diana Vieira, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Italy; Sergejus Ustinov, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy; Pia Kotschik, German Environment Agency, Division IV Chemical Safety - Section IV 1.

3. Plant Protection Products, Germany; Violette Geissen, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands; Antonio Bispo and Claire Froger, INRAE, UR Info&ols, France; and Shiva Sabzevari, Masaryk University, Czech Republic; 5.Antibiotic residues as contaminants in agricultural soils: Nikola Rakonjac, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Joost Lahr, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), The Netherlands; Sören Thiele-Bruhn, Trier University, Germany; Bjorn J. A. Berendsen, Wageningen Food Safety Research, The Netherlands; Carlos A. Faúndez Urbina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile; and Coen J. Ritsema, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; 6.Wastewater as a contamination risk for agricultural soils: Guy J.

Levy, Asher Bar-Tal, Eddie Cytryn, and Mikhail Borisover, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute, Israel; Part 2 Remediation techniques 7.Advances in analytical techniques for detecting contaminants in soils: Liang Wang and Ravi Naidu, University of Newcastle, Australia and CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (crcCARE), Australia; and Ying Cheng, University of Newcastle, Australia; 8.Advances in risk assessment of contaminated agricultural soils: M.A. Ayanka Wijayawardena and Ravi Naidu, University of Newcastle, Australia and CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (crcCARE), Australia; 9.Bioremediation: advances in using soil organic amendments to manage contaminants in agricultural soils: Gerhard Soja, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Austria; 10.Clay mineral-based additives for the in situ bioremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated agricultural soils: Solmaz Bidast and Santosh Kumar Paul, University of Newcastle, Australia; Ravi Naidu, CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (crcCARE), Australia; and Bhabananda Biswas, The University of Newcastle, Australia/CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (crcCARE), Australia/University of Greifswald, Germany; 11.Phytoremediation: advances in soil contaminant immobilization/phytostabilization combining soil amendments and vegetative cover: Paula Alvarenga , Luísa Louro Martins and Miguel Mourato, University of Lisbon, Portugal; 12.

Phytoremediation: advances in soil contaminant phytoextraction by accumulator and hyperaccumulator plants: David W. M. Leung, University of Canterbury, New Zealand; 13.Managing contaminants in farmed soils: case studies from China: Fang Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, and Technical University of Munich, Germany; Yu Liu, Yuhao Fu, Leilei Xiang, Xin Jiang and Yongming Luo, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China;.