Influence of climate factors on soil heavy metal content in Slovenia

Soil Cu contamination destroys the photosynthetic systems and hampers the growth of green vegetables

“…Zeng et al (2007) reported that Zn, Cr, and Cu occur in relatively high concentrations in lands utilized for the vegetable production, and that the highest concentration of Cu occurs in greenhouse soils. Heavy metal pollution in greenhouse soils becomes a serious problem (Zupančič 2016). Since Cu is not a biodegradable chemical, the manure containing Cu, which is used in vegetable lands, brings a potential risk to soil causing Cu contamination (Lin et al 2015).…”

“…Thus, the effect of soil Cu contamination on the green vegetables becomes a serious scientific issue; e.g., Zeng et al (2007) reported that the highest concentration of Cu occurs in greenhouse vegetable land soils comparing to other types of vegetable plantation land patterns. Additionally, soil metal contamination has been paid great attention in recent decades (Planquart et al 1999, Lin et al 2015, Zupančič 2016, Stolpe et al 2017. However, in different countries, the limit values of soil heavy metal pollutants are different (Zeng et al 2007).…”

“…However, in different countries, the limit values of soil heavy metal pollutants are different (Zeng et al 2007). Researching on the effect of soil metal contamination on vegetables is a basis for assessment of heavy metal pollution in greenhouse soils (Zupančič 2016) and for allowing national governments to set soil pollution limits (Zeng et al 2007).…”

The Monitoring of Selected Heavy Metals Content and Bioavailability in the Soil-Plant System and Its Impact on Sustainability in Agribusiness Food Chains

“…The authors Yuanan et al [87] stated that, in general, high values of the correlation coefficients between the contents of the heavy metals are likely to contribute to the same or closely related sources. The contents of the heavy metals Cu, Pb, and Zn, can be interconnected and are probably partially influenced by biological factors, the content of organic substances in the soil, and/or pollution [104].…”

Potentially toxic trace element pollution in long-term fertilized agricultural soils in China: A meta-analysis

“…Soil, crop, fertilizer, and climate all influenced the load, distribution, accumulation, and availability of PTTEs in soil-plant systems (Hou et al, 2017;Zupancic, 2017). We need a better understanding of what drives these variations of PTTE contents in agricultural soil, in order to both improve fertilizer efficiency and reduce environmental pollution.…”