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The quality of agricultural soils are always under threat from chemical contaminants, which ultimately affect the productivity and safety of crops. Besides agrochemicals, a new generation of substances invades the soil through irrigation with reclaimed wastewater and pollutants of organic origin such as sewage sludge or cattle manure. Emerging pollutants such as pharmaceuticals, nanomaterials and microplastics are now present in agricultural soils, but the understanding of their impact on soil quality is still limited. With focus on in situ bioremediation, this book provides an exhaustive analysis of the current biological methodologies for recovering polluted agricultural soils as well as monitoring the effectiveness of bioremediation. Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Part 1: Chemical Stressors in the Agroecosystem; 1: Current-use Pesticides: A Historical Overview and Future Perspectives; 2: Fertilization Strategies for Agroenvironmental Protection and Sustainable Agriculture Production; 3: Microplastics in Agricultural Soils: Are They a Real Environmental Hazard?; 4: Pollutants in Urban Agriculture: Sources, Health Risk Assessment and Sustainable Management; Part 2: In situ Bioremediation; 5: Metal Contamination in Urban Soils: Use of Nature-Based Solutions for Developing Safe Urban Cropping 6: Phytoremediation of Agricultural Soils Polluted with Metals7: Bioremediation of Pesticides and Metals: A Discussion about Different Strategies using Actinobacteria; 8: Improving Agricultural Soils with Organic Wastes from Wastewater Plants, Salmon Aquaculture and Paper-Pulp Industry; 9: Bioremediation of Pesticide-Contaminated Soils by using Earthworms; 10: Biochar Mitigates the Impact of Pesticides on Soil Enzyme Activities; 11: Dual Role of Vermicomposting in Relation to Environmental Pollution: Detoxification and Bioremediation Part 3: Biological Methodologies for Monitoring Bioremediation12: Soil Enzyme Activities for Soil Quality Assessment; 13: Biomarkers in Soil Organisms: Their Potential use in the Assessment of Soil Pollution and Remediation; Index; Editor's Biography