The uptake and bioaccumulation of heavy metals by food plants, their effects on plants nutrients, and associated health risk: a review

A Khan, S Khan, MA Khan, Z Qamar… - Environmental science and …, 2015 - Springer
Heavy metal contamination is a globally recognized environmental issue, threatening
human life very seriously. Increasing population and high demand for food resulted in …

Organic soil additives for the remediation of cadmium contaminated soils and their impact on the soil-plant system: A review

Y Hamid, L Tang, B Hussain, M Usman, Q Lin… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Immobilization is among the most-suitable strategies to remediate cadmium (Cd)
contaminated sites. Organic additives (OAs) have emerged as highly efficient and …

[BOG][B] Handbook of plant nutrition

AV Barker, DJ Pilbeam - 2015 - books.google.com
This new edition provides current information on the nutritional requirements of world crops.
It presents research on the acquisition, accumulation, transport, and functions of chemical …

Cadmium in plants on polluted soils: Effects of soil factors, hyperaccumulation, and amendments

MB Kirkham - Geoderma, 2006 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal that is of great concern in the environment, because of its
toxicity to animals and humans. This article reviews recent papers showing how soil factors …

The influence of soil heavy metals pollution on soil microbial biomass, enzyme activity, and community composition near a copper smelter

YP Wang, JY Shi, H Wang, Q Lin, XC Chen… - … and environmental safety, 2007 - Elsevier
The environmental risk of heavy metal pollution is pronounced in soils adjacent to large
industrial complexes. It is important to investigate the functioning of soil microorganisms in …

Humic Ion-Binding Model VII: a revised parameterisation of cation-binding by humic substances

E Tip**, S Lofts, JE Sonke - Environmental Chemistry, 2011 - CSIRO Publishing
Environmental context Natural organic matter exerts a powerful control on chemical
conditions in waters and soils, affecting pH and influencing the biological availability …

Partitioning of metals (Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) in soils: concepts, methodologies, prediction and applications–a review

F Degryse, E Smolders… - European Journal of Soil …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Prediction of the fate of metals in soil requires knowledge of their solid–liquid partitioning.
This paper reviews analytical methods and models for measuring or predicting the solid …

Toxicity of trace metals in soil as affected by soil type and aging after contamination: using calibrated bioavailability models to set ecological soil standards

E Smolders, K Oorts, P Van Sprang… - … and Chemistry: An …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Total concentrations of metals in soil are poor predictors of toxicity. In the last decade,
considerable effort has been made to demonstrate how metal toxicity is affected by the …

[BOG][B] The fungal community: its organization and role in the ecosystem

J Dighton, JF White - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

A terrestrial biotic ligand model. 1. Development and application to Cu and Ni toxicities to barley root elongation in soils

S Thakali, HE Allen, DM Di Toro… - Environmental …, 2006 - ACS Publications
A Terrestrial Biotic Ligand Model (TBLM) was developed using noncalcareous soils from
Europe based on Cu and Ni speciation and barley (Hordeum vulgare cv. Regina) root …