Agriculture Webinar | Impacts of Pesticides on Soil and Environment
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Prof. Dr. Xingang Liu
Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China;
Dr. Liu is a professor of the Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He obtained his PhD in applied chemistry in 2006 from Tianjin University. He has mainly researched the environmental fate of pesticides, pesticide ecotoxicology, and pesticide pollution prevention and control. In the last 5 years, Dr. Liu has presided over one National Key R&D Program of China, one International (Regional) Cooperation and Exchange Program, a General Program of NSFC, etc. He has published over 80 papers and developed 83 national or agricultural standards. In 2016, he was awarded the “Top Ten Youth” by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. In 2020, he was promoted to the leading talent of agricultural science and talents of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
On Tuesday, 11 October 2022, MDPI and the Journal Agriculture organized the 2nd Webinar of the Agriculture series, entitled “Impacts of Pesticides on Soil and Environment”. This online seminar was chaired by Prof. Dr. Xingang Liu from the Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
The first speaker to kick off the webinar was Dr. Yue Geng, from the from Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China. His presentation covered the residual characteristics and ecological risk assessments of typical pesticides in China. Dr. Zongsu Wei, from the Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, followed with his presentation about agricultural pollutants. Finally, Dr. Lizhen Zhu, from the Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China, gave her presentation on environmental risk assessment of pesticides to non-target organisms. Speaker presentations were followed by Q&A sessions moderated by the chair.
The webinar was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found below. In order to stay updated on the next webinars on Agriculture, be sure to sign up for our newsletter by clicking on “Subscribe” at the top of the page.
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Xingang Liu
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2022