Nickel in Soils and Plants

ISBN-13: 9781498774604 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 414 str.

Christos Tsadilas

Opis

Nickel (Ni), the fifth common element on the earth is widespread in the environment. Recently Ni has been proved essential for normal growth of many organisms, and at the same time Ni can become toxic to organisms when high in concentration. In several parts of the world, high Ni concentrations are causing serious environmental impacts. This book will be the first to discuss the problems related to Ni presence and raise the need for full investigation and more efforts to support this goal. It will present the recent advances in research on Ni nutrition of plants, Ni contamination of the environment--that is, soils, waters and plants--and methods of remediation.

Spis treści

1. Essentiality of Nickel for Plants. 2. Nickel Biogeochemistry at the Soil-Plant Interface. 3. Biogeochemistry of Nickel in Soils, Plants, and the Rhizosphere. 4. Nickel Resourses and Sources. 5. The Origin of Nickel in Soils. 6.Nickel Forms in Soils. 7. A Review of Nickel in Sediments. 8. Nickel in Serpentine Soils. 9. Methods of Ni Determination in Soils and Plants. 10. Macroscale and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Studies of Soil Nickel Speciation. 11. Nickel Adsorption-Desorption and Mobility in Soils: Evidence of Kinetics. 12. Nickel Mobilization/Immobilization and Phytoavailability in Soils as Affected by Organic and Inorganic Amendments. 13. Potential of Biochar to Immobilize Nickel in Contaminated Soilds. 14. Overview Scheme for Nickel Removal and Recovery from Wastes. 15. Phytoextraction and Phytomining of Nickel Soil.