Trace Elements in Soils and Plants, Third Edition

Trace Elements in Soils and Plants, Third Edition provides a solid information base regarding the biogeochemistry of trace elements in soil-plant systems. The new edition of this bestselling reference has been revised to include the most up-to-date information and continues to focus on the significance of anthropogenic factors in changing the trace element status in soils and plants. The book also emphasizes chemical equilibria and speciation phenomena related to the mobility of elements. Trace Elements in Soils and Plants, Third Edition......Page 2 Preface to the Third Edition......Page 4 The Authors......Page 5 THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS......Page 6 Abbreviations......Page 7 Contents......Page 9 Acknowledgment......Page 15 References......Page 17 REFERENCES TO THE SECOND EDITION......Page 52 REFERENCES TO THE THIRD EDITION......Page 64 CHAPTER 1: The Biosphere......Page 81 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 83 II. AIR POLLUTION......Page 86 III. WATER POLLUTION......Page 89 A. Soil Contamination......Page 90 B. Soil Remediation......Page 100 V. PLANTS......Page 102 A. Biomonitoring......Page 104 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 107 II. WEATHERING PROCESSES......Page 110 III. PEDOGENIC PROCESSES......Page 114 A. Dissolution and Mobilization......Page 115 B. Transport and Budget......Page 121 C. Sorption and Adsorption......Page 122 D. Speciation......Page 126 II. TRACE ELEMENTS......Page 129 III. MINERALS......Page 131 A. Clay Minerals and Other Aluminosilicates......Page 132 B. Oxides and Hydroxides......Page 134 E. Sulfides, Sulfates, and Chlorides......Page 136 IV. ORGANISMS IN SOILS......Page 137 A. Microorganisms......Page 138 B. Invertebrates......Page 143 V. ORGANIC MATTER......Page 144 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 152 II. ABSORPTION......Page 153 A. Root Uptake......Page 155 B. Foliar Uptake......Page 156 III. TRANSLOCATION......Page 158 IV. AVAILABILITY......Page 159 V. ESSENTIALITY, DEFICIENCY, AND EXCESS......Page 163 VI. TOXICITY AND TOLERANCE......Page 166 VII. INTERACTION......Page 174 VIII. BIOINDICATION......Page 176 A. Soils......Page 178 B. Plants......Page 179 A. Soils......Page 181 B. Plants......Page 182 B. Plants......Page 183 C. 137Cesium......Page 184 A. Soils......Page 185 1. Reactions with Soil Components......Page 188 2. Contamination of Soils......Page 191 1. Absorption and Transport......Page 192 2. Biochemical Functions......Page 193 3. Interactions with Other Elements......Page 195 4. Concentrations in Plants......Page 196 A. Soils......Page 198 B. Plants......Page 200 B. Plants......Page 201 A. Soils......Page 202 B. Plants......Page 204 A. Soils......Page 205 B. Plants......Page 206 A. Soils......Page 208 V. RADIUM......Page 209 A. Soils......Page 210 1. Reactions with Soil Components......Page 211 1. Absorption and Transport......Page 215 2. Biochemical Functions......Page 217 3. Interactions with Other Elements......Page 219 4. Concentrations in Plants......Page 220 A. Soils......Page 222 1. Reaction with Soil Components......Page 223 2. Contamination of Soil......Page 226 1. Absorption and Transport......Page 228 2. Biochemical Roles......Page 232 4. Concentrations in Plants......Page 233 A. Soils......Page 236 1. Reactions with Soil Components......Page 238 2. Contamination of Soil......Page 241 1. Biochemical Roles......Page 242 2. Concentrations in Plants......Page 243 A. Soils......Page 247 1. Absorption and Transport......Page 251 2. Biochemical Functions......Page 252 3. Interactions with Other Elements......Page 254 4. Concentrations in Plants......Page 255 A. Soils......Page 257 B. Plants......Page 258 A. Soils......Page 259 B. Plants......Page 260 A. Soils......Page 261 B. Plants......Page 262 A. Soils......Page 263 B. Plants......Page 264 B. Plants......Page 265 A. Soils......Page 266 B. Plants......Page 269 A. Soils......Page 277 B. Plants......Page 279 A. Soils......Page 281 A. Soils......Page 283 B. Plants......Page 284 B. Plants......Page 285 1. Reactions with Soil Components......Page 286 2. Contamination of Soils......Page 289 1. Absorption and Transport......Page 291 2. Biochemical Roles......Page 294 4. Concentrations in Plants......Page 295 A. Soils......Page 298 A. Soils......Page 300 B. Plants......Page 301 VIII. HAFNIUM......Page 302 A. Soils......Page 303 B. Plants......Page 308 A. Soils......Page 310 IV. BISMUTH......Page 311 A. Soils......Page 312 B. Plants......Page 314 VII. TANTALUM......Page 316 A. Soils......Page 318 B. Plants......Page 323 III. TELLURIUM......Page 329 A. Soils......Page 330 B. Plants......Page 334 A. Soils......Page 337 2. Interactions with Other Elements......Page 341 3. Concentrations in Plants......Page 342 VII. TUNGSTEN......Page 345 A. Soils......Page 347 1. Absorption and Transport......Page 351 2. Biochemical Roles......Page 352 3. Concentrations in Plants......Page 353 B. Plants......Page 355 A. Soils......Page 356 B. Plants......Page 357 A. Soils......Page 358 B. Plants......Page 361 A. Soils......Page 362 1. Absorption and Transport......Page 367 2. Biochemical Functions......Page 368 3. Interactions with Other Elements......Page 370 VII. TECHNETIUM......Page 371 VIII. RHENIUM......Page 373 A. Soils......Page 374 1. Absorption and Transport......Page 377 2. Biochemical Functions......Page 378 4. Concentrations in Plants......Page 379 A. Soils......Page 381 2. Biochemical Functions......Page 385 4. Concentrations in Plants......Page 387 A. Soils......Page 389 1. Absorption and Biochemical Functions......Page 390 3. Concentrations in Plants......Page 395 V. PLATINUM-GROUP METALS......Page 397 C. Palladium......Page 398 F. Platinum......Page 399 APPENDIX......Page 401 Contemporary legislation respecting environmental protection and public health, at both national and international levels, are based on data that characterize chemical properties of environmental phenomena, especially those that reside in our food chain. Thus, environmental and food quality are now matters of major public concern and therefore a system of metrology in trace analysis has recently been developed at the international level. This new edition of a bestseller highlights the significance of anthropogenic factors in changing the trace element status in soils and plants. Written by Dr. Alina Kabata-Pendias, a world-renowned plant and soil scientist, Trace Elements in Soil and Plants, Third Edition incorporates recent data from about 400 respected sources. These data present the most recent research on topical issues such as the assessment of natural/background content of trace elements in soil; bioindication of chemical status of environmental compartments; soil remediation; and hyperaccumulation and hyperextraction of trace metals from the soil. Discussions of the health-related significance of trace elements in food are also included. This third edition presents an overview of the principal pathways from soils to plants. The author provides the background for a more profound understanding of ways by which chemical processes operate in both polluted and unpolluted conditions of the soil-plant system. The current review of recent soil-plant findings offered by Trace Elements in Soil and Plants, Third Edition renders the book an indispensable reference. "This new edition highlights the significance of anthropogenic factors in changing the trace element status in soils and plants. Trace Elements in Soils and Plants, Third Edition incorporates recent data from hundreds of respected sources. These data present the most recent research on topical issues such as the assessment of natural/background content of trace elements in soil; bioindication of chemical status of environmental compartments; soil remediation; and hyperaccumulation and phytoextraction of trace metals from the soil. Discussions of the health-related significance of trace elements in food are also included." "This third edition presents an overview of the principal pathways from soils to plants. The author provides the background for a more profound understanding of ways by which chemical processes operate in both polluted and unpolluted conditions of the soil-plant system."--BOOK JACKET The fourth edition of this book reflects the explosion of research during the past decade regarding trace elements and the environment related to the soil-plant system. It provides information on the biogeochemistry of trace elements in the soil-plant system and how these elements control our food quality. It discusses the assessment of natural/background content of trance elements in soil, bioindication of chemical status of environmental compartments, soil remediation, and hyperaccumulation and phytoextraction of trace metals from the soil. The table of contents reflects the IUPAC's recommendation for numbering element groups. (from Wageningen UR Library Catalogue) The biosphere also called the ecosphere, is the natural environment of living things and is the complex biological epidermis of the Earth whose dimensions are not precisely defined.