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The content of scandium, thorium, silver, and other trace elements in different plant species

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Thirty five plant species apartaining to 16 divisions, representing the main plant kingdom, as well as some soil samples collected under these plants, were analysed for Sc, Th, Cr, Co, Rb, Cs, Fe, Zn, and Ag. Higher amounts of scandium and thorium as well as of other elements were found in some fungi (Basidiomycetes) and bryophytes, whereas a lower content was found in angiosperms and gymnosperms. A higher silver content was found in some plant species.

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  1. C. T. Horovitz

    Present address: Institute for Water Management, University of Stuttgart, 80, 7 Stuttgart, W. Germany

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  1. Institute for Chemical Plant Physiology, Tübingen University, W. Germany

    C. T. Horovitz & L. A. Horovitz-Kisimova

  2. Institute for Mineralogy and Petrography, Tübingen University, W. Germany

    H. H. Schock

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Horovitz, C.T., Schock, H.H. & Horovitz-Kisimova, L.A. The content of scandium, thorium, silver, and other trace elements in different plant species. Plant Soil 40, 397–403 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00011522

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