Third Edition
by Alina Kabata-Pendias

• Presents a current review of soil-plant chain findings to promote a better understanding of the behavior of critical metals of concern, such as cadmium, mercury, lead, and selenium
• Emphasizes chemical equilibria and speciation phenomena relevant to the mobility of elements
• Contains over 1,600 references, approximately 500 of which are new to this edition
• Includes information on atmospheric, water, and animal waste phenomena

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 3rd Edition incorporates recent data from about 400 respected sources.

This data presents 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 renders the book an indispensable reference.

Contents

• The Biosphere
• The Anthroposphere
• Soils and Soil Processes
• Soil Constituents
• Trace Elements in Plants
• Elements of Group I
• Elements of Group II
• Elements of Group III
• Elements of Group IV
• Elements of Group V
• Elements of Group VI
• Elements of Group VII
• Elements of Group VIII

Appendix
Index

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