The accumulation of metals and nutrients in biosolid-amended soils and the risk of their excess uptake by plants is a topic of great concern. This study examines the elemental uptake and accumulation in five vegetable plants grown on biosolid-applied soils and the use of spectral reflectance to monitor the resulting plant stress. Soil, shoot, root, and fruit samples were collected and analyzed for several elemental concentrations. The chemical concentrations in soils and all the plant parts increased with increase in applied biosolid concentrations. The Cu and Zn concentrations in the plant shoots increased in the order of collard
1.Texas So Univ, Dept Environm & Interdisciplinary Sci, Houston, TX 77004 USA 2.Univ Toledo, Dept Environm Sci, Toledo, OH 43606 USA 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China 4.Bowling Green State Univ, Dept Geol, Bowling Green, OH 43403 USA
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Sridhar, B. B. Maruthi; Witter, Jason D.; Wu, Chenxi; Spongberg, Alison L.; Vincent, Robert K..Effect of Biosolid Amendments on the Metal and Nutrient Uptake and Spectral Characteristics of Five Vegetable Plants,WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION,2014,():
