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Phytoextraction of Metals: Modeling Root Metal Uptake and Associated Processes

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Because the efficiency of phytoextraction processes is still questionable, various mechanistic and empirical models are needed to better evaluate the suitability of the method. This chapter discusses different aspects of such modeling. First, models predicting the transport of metals and metalloids in the soils and in the roots are presented and discussed in accordance with well-known mechanisms of metal uptake. Because metal (and metalloid) uptake greatly depends on their speciation in the soil solution, several geochemical models providing such information are presented here. This chapter provides an in-depth overview of those models; however, their combination (geochemical, transport, empirical, etc.) will be crucial in order to obtain a robust and transferable model of metal/metalloid uptake and phytoextraction.

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 The authors are grateful for financial support from the projects Postdok ČZU (Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic, ESF/MŠMT CZ.1.07/2.3.00/30.0040), GAČR P503/11/0840 (Czech Science Foundation), GAČR 14-02183P (also Czech Science Foundation) and COST CZ LD13068 (Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports). Additionally, the authors acknowledge Dr. David J. Walker for correction of the English in this book chapter.

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Trakal, L., Martínez-Fernández, D., Vítková, M., Komárek, M. (2015). Phytoextraction of Metals: Modeling Root Metal Uptake and Associated Processes. In: Ansari, A., Gill, S., Gill, R., Lanza, G., Newman, L. (eds) Phytoremediation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10395-2_6

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