Journal article
Bioaccumulation of Potentially Toxic Elements in Cereal and Legume Crops: A Review
Clean : soil, air, water, Vol.45(12), pp.1700548-n/a
12/2017
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Abstract
Contamination of soil and water with potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has become a global environmental concern that could pose potential risks to human health and agriculture. The major anthropogenic sources of PTEs contamination include coal combustion processes, leather tanning operations, mining, smelting activities, and use of sewage water for irrigation. Scattered studies are available in the literature that determines the sources, bioavailability, and potential hazards due to PTEs contamination to crop plants and, ultimately, to human beings. This article reviews how solid‐ and solution‐phase chemistry of soil and existing plant species influence the bioavailability of PTEs to cereal and legume plants, along with the mechanisms involved in the uptake and accumulation. This article also describes the phytotoxic effects of PTEs and strategies to overcome these toxic effects by identifying highly tolerant cereals and legumes. Moreover, this article also summarizes recent advances in the field application and discusses perspectives to reduce PTEs accumulation in cereal and legume crops.
The bioaccumulation of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in cereals and legumes grown in contaminated soils is illustrated herein. In addition, the extent of bioavailability of PTEs in contaminated soils is described, along with mechanisms involved in their uptake by plants and counter strategies to address their toxicity.
Details
- Title
- Bioaccumulation of Potentially Toxic Elements in Cereal and Legume Crops: A Review
- Creators
- Ghulam Murtaza - Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture FaisalabadYawar Usman - Directorate of Land Reclamation Punjab, Irrigation DepartmentNabeel Khan Niazi - Southern Cross UniversityMuhammad Usman - Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture FaisalabadTajammal Hussain - Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad
- Publication Details
- Clean : soil, air, water, Vol.45(12), pp.1700548-n/a
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 16
- Identifiers
- 991012927092802368
- Academic Unit
- Southern Cross GeoScience; Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article