Certain plants can concentrate essential and non-essential heavy metals in their roots and shoots to levels far exceeding those present in the soil. Metal-accumulating plant species are...
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On the other hand, if the concentration drops below particular threshold values, they may cause symptoms of mineral insufficiency in plants [20]. ... The cumulative effect of several heavy metals on plant physiology, development, and reproduction should be quantified, and this should be a goal of future research. To achieve this, researchers ...
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The results indicate that fog water is of good quality for soilless production, with an electrical conductivity value of 0.65 ± 0.18 and low content of heavy metals. Plants' heavy metal ...
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The concentration of heavy metals in plants and soils is as given in Tables 5, 6, and 7. Soil contamination with Pb, Ni, and Cu was very obvious in the topsoil of Alaba dumpsite. Pb, Ni, and Cu levels in soils from Alaba and Westminster sites ranged from 224.4 to 1890 mg/kg, 6.2 to 125.9 mg/kg, and 31 to 180.9 mg/kg for total metals present ...
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Metal concentration in media differs depending on different retention times . of . ... metals by plants . may also be affected (Greger and Kautsky 1993). Such factors include resuspen-
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Schematic representation of the physiological and molecular processes of absorption/translocation of metals into plants. The uptake of heavy metals ((e.g., Pb, Cd, As, Zn, etc.) (colored circles)) occurs through the root cells, where the presence or high concentration of these metals triggers different signaling pathways inside the cell.
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7.3.1 Heavy Metal Toxicity and Inhibition of Photosynthesis. The elevated concentration of metals has a detrimental impact on plant metabolism, specifically in relation to the process of photosynthesis (Aggarwal et al. 2012).The adverse effects of metals on the process of photosynthesis mostly stem from the alterations in the structure and function of the …
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As the rate of NMT-based determination is robust, it enables the investigation of the flow characteristics of metal ions (mainly in roots); it can be used to screen species as low or hyperaccumulators and explore the enrichment characteristics of plants; and it provides technical support for hyperaccumulator-based remediation of contaminated ...
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This study innovatively leveraged proximal remote sensing to address the challenge of mineral exploration in vegetation-covered regions. Remote and proximal sensing has proven to be highly effective in pinpointing surface-exposed alteration minerals and detecting potential mining sites in previously unproductive areas. However, in regions where vegetation is …
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High concentration of heavy metals is toxic to all life forms, from microorganisms to human beings. This chapter would focus on the impacts of heavy metals on plants. High concentration of bioavailable forms of heavy metals causes production of …
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The rate of uptake and distribution of heavy metals vary widely among plants even within those of the same species. Metal bioavailability in plants is highly influenced by soil pH, …
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Concentrations are measured in the aboveground biomass of plants. In the latter case, the concentration of metals in different parts of the plants (tillering, shooting and earing) is also …
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The toxicity of HMs is influenced by a variety of factors, such as the plant species, the concentration of the individual metal, its chemical structure, soil composition, and pH level …
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Studies of heavy metal environmental pollution mainly focus on evaluating heavy metal concentration in soil or plants. Further research connecting heavy metal concentration and bioavailability or toxicology explores the damage caused by heavy metals to the environment (Fang and Cao, 2009; Angelovicova and Fazekasova, 2014; Jiméneza et al., 2011).
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Heavy metal contamination is one of the major abiotic stresses that cause environmental pollution in recent decades (Osman et al. 2017).Although heavy metals are naturally occurring in the soil, geologic and anthropogenic activities increase the concentration of them to amounts that may be harmful for both plants and animals due to their potential toxicity …
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Phytoremediation involves utilization of plants and the microorganisms present in the soil to decrease the concentrations and harmful effects of contaminants in the environment (Rostami and Azhdarpoor 2019; Wei et al. 2021; Quarshie et al. 2021).It is a versatile technique that can effectively remove or reduce the mobility and bioavailability of heavy metals, …
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Plants life needs various heavy metals for their development but the extreme quantities of these heavy metals may be lethal to plant life. The plant is adversely affected by heavy metal stress, if the amount of metals inside the plant goes beyond normal level. The high concentration of metals can directly affect the plants such as inhibition of
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In this context, the sign C plant often denotes the concentration of metals in plants, whereas the symbol C soil typically denotes the concentration of metals in soil." Health risk assessment. The possible health effects of eating plants polluted with metals were calculated using the health risk percentage [23]. A correlation exists between ...
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Metal uptake by plants depends on several factors including the plant species and their stage of growth, the soil type, and the type of metals absorbed [29, 30]. Studies have shown wide variations in concentration factor of different metals among different plant …
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In all samples, the highest metal concentration in the soil was related to manganese, which was 33.65-34.14 mg/L. Cadmium had the lowest concentration in soil compared to other metals. The concentration of total metals in the studied plants was 29-60 ppm. The PInemerow for studied stations was 0.1711, 0.1708, and 0.1463.
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Metals uptake by plants may be conveniently assessed by the bioaccumulation factor (BAF), translocation factors (TF) and transfer coefficients (TC) . The former is defined as the ratio between the metal concentration in the above-ground parts of plant and its content in the soil.
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Download Table | Concentration of heavy metals in tomato plants from publication: UPTAKE OF HEAVY METALS BY TOMATO PLANTS (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.) AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION INSIDE THE PLANT ...
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Hyperaccumulating plants of toxic heavy metals are distributed in about 45 plant families, including Scrophulariaceae, Lamiaceae, Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Euphorbiaceae, and Brassicaceae, but about 500 plant species have been used for this purpose [].Examples of hyperaccumulating plants (and their remarkable accumulation capacities in mg/kg –1) include …
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In this study, we model the relationship between the concentration of metals in soil and plants and in parts of plants (tillering, shooting and earing) with different concentration levels. Finally, we validate this relationship using recently published experimental results.
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The concentration of metals in plants, and in parts of plants, can be predicted by a simple kinetic model based on the concentration of metals in the soil. This fact can be linked to physiological absorption mechanisms in plants. Hamon et al. (1999) found
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Heavy metal bioavailability refers to the proportion of metal species that can be readily absorbed and utilized by organisms (e.g., humans, animals, and plants) in the environment. The exchangeable (F1) and carbonate-bound (F2) fractions show a higher potential for mobilisation from sediments, thus becoming bioavailable to benthic organisms.
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Heavy metals pollution is the main environmental pollution. The heavy metals are highly toxic to plants and living life. Heavy metals play a vital role in nature as they are essential for the ...
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This study suggested that the synergistic treatment of bacteria with lower concentrations of ZnO NPs helped plants to reduce heavy metal toxicity, especially Pb and Cu, and enhanced plant …
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Although heavy metals are naturally present in the soil, geologic and anthropogenic activities increase the concentration of these elements to amounts that are …
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For all collected dominant plants and each total concentration of metal, the bioconcentration factor (BF), the biological absorption coefficient (BAC), and the translocation factor ...
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As a matter of fact, it is known that TF values show differences with plant species, locations, experimental conditions, metal species, metal concentration, or chemical form of metal and soil ...
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Concentrations of heavy metals are commonly higher in the belowground parts (roots and rhizomes) as compared to aboveground parts (stems, leaves, flowers) of wetland plants (e.g., Suzuki et al., 1989, Vymazal et al., 2009, Du Laing et al., 2009, Bonano and Lo Giudice, 2010, Galletti et al., 2010, Fawzy et al., 2012) because the roots are ...
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The redox metal can generate oxidative damages (Janadeleh et al. 2015) Pb 5.00 ppm It is a toxic metal that tends to accumulate in the tissues of human may accumulate in plant tissues and ...
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This study assessed the concentration of heavy metal, such as lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr), iron (Fe), Nickel (Ni), and Silver (Ag), in Vernonia amygdalina Delile and agricultural soils of three university farms located in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The soils and plants were taken randomly to form composite samples and analyzed for heavy metals by …
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where: C plant is metal concentration in the harvested component of the plant biomass; M plant is the mass of the harvestable aboveground biomass produced on the harvest; C soil is the metal ...
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Heavy metal concentration in the roadside plants was higher than metal determined in the same species from an uncontaminated site. Principal component analysis (PCA) suggests anthropogenic and natural sources of heavy metal. Plant roots slightly enriched by Cd and Pb (BCF < 1), while the leaves absorbed and accumulated Cu and Fe (BCF > 1). ...
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Heavy metals and metalloids are ubiquitous and persistent in the environment. Anthropogenic activities, including land use change, industrial emissions, mining, chrome plating, and smelting, escalate their distribution and accumulation in terrestrial ecosystems. Priority metals, including lead, chromium, arsenic, nickel, copper, cadmium, and mercury, pose …
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