Biogeochemistry of trace elements in the rhizosphere. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by P.M. Huang and G.R. Gobran.
• Other Names: Huang, P. M; Gobran, George R; International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, 7th
• Contents: Part I. Fundamentals of transformations and dynamics of trace elements; 1. Contribution of rhizospheric processes to mineral weathering in forest soils; 2. Mineral weathering in the rhizosphere of forested soils; 3. Characteristics of rhizosphere soil from natural and agricultural environments; 4. Metal complexation by phytosiderophores in the rhizosphere; 5. Effects of organic ligands on the adsorption of trace elements onto metal oxides and organo-mineral complexes; 6. Kinetics of cadmium desorption from iron oxides formed under the influence of citrate; 7. Biogeochemistry of soil cadmium and the impact on terrestrial food chain contamination; Part II. Speciation, bioavailability, and phytotoxicity of trace elements; 8. Speciation and bioavailability of trace metals (Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) in the rhizosphere of contaminated soils; 9. Influence of willow (Salix viminalis L.) roots on soil metal chemistry: Effects of clones with varying metal uptake potential; 10. Fractionation and bioavailability of copper, cadmium and lead in rhizosphere soil; 11. Bioavailability and extractability of copper and zinc in a soil amended with pig slurry: Effect of iron deficiency in the rhizosphere of two grasses; 12. Binding and electrostatic attraction of trace elements to plant root surfaces; 13. Model development for simulating the bioavailability of Ni to the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi goesingense; 14. Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi on heavy metal and radionuclide transfer to plants; 15. Uptake and translocation of uranium by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under monoxenic culture conditions.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Elsevier Science
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (480 pages)
• Subjects: 579.1757; Soil microbiology -- Congresses; Rhizosphere -- Congresses; Microbial ecology -- Congresses; Soils -- Trace element content -- Congresses
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080457673; 0080457673
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