The use of buffers to maintain the pH within a desired range is a very common practice in
chemical, biochemical and biological studies. Among them, zwitterionic N-substituted …

Acid soil is a worldwide problem to plant production. Acid toxicity is mainly caused by a lack
of essential nutrients in the soil and excessive toxic metals in the plant root zone. Of the toxic …

The widespread occurrence of acidic soils presents a major challenge for agriculture, as it
hampers productivity via a combination of mineral toxicity, nutrient deficiency, and poor …

Copper can accumulate in agricultural topsoil through the use of Cu-based fungicides,
which may harm soil organisms such as earthworms. This study aimed at reviewing the …

It has been argued that the identification of the phytotoxic metal thresholds in soil should be
based on field-collected soil rather than on artificially-contaminated soils. However, the use …

Aluminum (Al) and proton (H+) ions are major acid soil stress factors deleteriously affecting
plant root growth and crop yield. In our preliminary studies, cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) …

Several studies have attempted to predict the so-called “phytoavailable” fraction by
correlating plant responses with different soil metal pools. Most of the data derived from …

The widespread use of copper-based pesticides, while effective in controlling plant
diseases, has been identified as a major source of copper contamination in soils. This raises …

Abandoned tailing dumps (ATDs) offer an opportunity to identify the main physicochemical
filters that determine colonization of vegetation in solid mine wastes. The current study …

The activation of toxic heavy metals caused by soil acidification has shown detrimental effect
on rice safety and quality in paddy soil of southern China. Previous reports have shown that …