Uranium (U) source, speciation, uptake, toxicity and bioremediation strategies in soil-plant system: a review

L Chen, J Liu, W Zhang, J Zhou, D Luo, Z Li - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Uranium (U), a highly toxic radionuclide, is becoming a great threat to soil health
development, as returning nuclear waste containing U into the soil systems is increased …

Uranium Sources, Uptake, Translocation in the soil-plant System and Its Toxicity in Plants and Humans: A Critical Review.

SS Duhan, P Khyalia, P Solanki… - Oriental Journal of …, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
Uranium (U) is one of the highly toxic heavy metals and radionuclides that has become a
major threat to soil health. There are two types of sources of Uranium in the soil system …

[HTML][HTML] Phosphorus-modified biochar cross-linked Mg-Al layered double-hydroxide stabilizer reduced U and Pb uptake by Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) in …

Q Yin, P Lyu, G Wang, B Wang, Y Li, Z Zhou… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The decommissioning of uranium tailings (UMT) is usually accompanied by uranium (U)
contamination in soil, which poses a serious threat to human health and ecological security …

Influence of uranium speciation on its accumulation and translocation in three plant species: Oilseed rape, sunflower and wheat

J Laurette, C Larue, C Mariet, F Brisset… - Environmental and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Chemical speciation greatly influences the accumulation and distribution of metallic
pollutants in plants. This study aimed at evaluating plant differential responses to various …

A model of uranium uptake by plant roots allowing for root-induced changes in the soil

A Boghi, T Roose, GJD Kirk - Environmental science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
We develop a model with which to study the poorly understood mechanisms of uranium (U)
uptake by plants. The model is based on equations for transport and reaction of U and acids …

Effect of calcium on the bioavailability of dissolved uranium (VI) in plant roots under circumneutral pH

E El Hayek, C Torres, L Rodriguez-Freire… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
We integrated field measurements, hydroponic experiments, microscopy, and spectroscopy
to investigate the effect of Ca (II) on dissolved U (VI) uptake by plants in 1 mM HCO3 …

Uranium uptake by hydroponically cultivated crop plants

P Soudek, Š Petrová, D Benešová, M Dvořáková… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Hydroponicaly cultivated plants were grown on medium containing uranium. The
appropriate concentrations of uranium for the experiments were selected on the basis of a …

Atomic spectrometry update-X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

M West, AT Ellis, PJ Potts, C Streli, C Vanhoof… - Journal of Analytical …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
This review offers the reader a wealth of information published between April 2010 and
March 2011 concerning analytical endeavours using the range of conventional and …

Uranium affects photosynthetic parameters in Arabidopsis thaliana

N Vanhoudt, N Horemans, G Biermans… - … and experimental botany, 2014 - Elsevier
As photosynthesis is already known to be affected under various metal stresses, the aim of
this study is to investigate uranium effects on photosynthetic parameters. Therefore, 18-day …

Efficient phytoremediation of uranium mine tailings by tobacco

MD Stojanović, ML Mihajlović, JV Milojković… - Environmental chemistry …, 2012 - Springer
This investigation shows that tobacco plant roots and leaves accumulate 60 times more
uranium than previously reported. Phytoremediation is a convenient technique to clean up …